The NYT Best Sellers - 07 December 2025 (Nonfiction)

The NYT Best Sellers - 07 December 2025 (Nonfiction)

01. NOBODY'S GIRL by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
02. HOW TO TEST NEGATIVE FOR STUPID by John Kennedy
03. 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin
04. THE GREATEST SENTENCE EVER WRITTEN by Walter Isaacson
05. THE LOOK by Michelle Obama
06. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION by Geoffrey C. Ward
07. A REVOLUTION OF COMMON SENSE by Scott Jennings
08. SIMPLY MORE by Cynthia Erivo
09. THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt
10. 100 RULES FOR LIVING TO 100 by Dick Van Dyke
11. THE GALES OF NOVEMBER by John U. Bacon
12. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk
13. 107 DAYS by Kamala Harris
14. HEART LIFE MUSIC by Kenny Chesney
15. OUTLIVE by Peter Attia

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04. THE GREATEST SENTENCE EVER WRITTEN by Walter Isaacson
Isaacson offers a concise, word‑by‑word reading of the second sentence of the U.S. Declaration of Independence—“We hold these truths to be self‑evident…”—arguing that it encapsulates America’s mission, common values, and unresolved contradictions. He traces how Jefferson drafted the line and how Franklin and Adams’s edits (such as changing “sacred” to “self‑evident”) grounded rights in reason rather than religious dogma.

07. A REVOLUTION OF COMMON SENSE by Scott Jennings
Jennings, a Republican strategist and CNN commentator, offers a highly sympathetic insider account of Donald Trump’s return to the White House and his second term agenda, framed as a “revolution of common sense” in U.S. governance. Drawing on access to Trump and senior aides, he argues that Trump “rebranded” the GOP through populist stances on issues such as DEI, immigration, and crime, casting them as 80/20 cultural battles in defense of Western civilization. The book mixes campaign and West Wing anecdotes with a broader case for Trump‑era conservatism, making it both a political argument and a narrative of what supporters see as one of the most consequential comebacks in modern American politics.

08. SIMPLY MORE by Cynthia Erivo
Simply More is a part‑memoir, part self‑development guide in which Erivo uses short, personal vignettes—from learning Wicked years before she was cast to running real and metaphorical “marathons” on stage and screen—to explore how she learned to embrace being “too much” and to grow into her fullest self.

10. 100 RULES FOR LIVING TO 100 by Dick Van Dyke
Written on the eve of his 100th birthday, Van Dyke blends memoir and life advice, turning a century’s worth of stories—from his Depression‑era childhood and Hollywood career to late‑in‑life love—into “rules” for staying joyful, active, and curious at any age.