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NYT Best Sellers: July 2025

This is an up-to-date list of books from the New York Times Best Sellers list, including both fiction and nonfiction titles.

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Fiction

RANK

TITLE

SUMMARY

CALL NUMBER

1

Stories set in Santo Domingo de la Calzada in 1532, London in 1827 and Boston in 2019 explore hunger, love and rage.

 

F SCHWAB

2

In the summer of 1980, Joan Goodwin begins training with a group of candidates for NASA’s space shuttle program.

 

F REID

3

Holly Gibney does double duty by helping head off acts of retribution and protecting a women’s rights activist.

 

F KING

4

When President Wright’s husband goes on trial for murder, a pair of journalists search for answers.

 

F CLINTON

5

The murder of a passenger on a luxury train disrupts Anna Matheson’s plan to get retribution for her family’s downfall.

 

F SAGER
6

A man struggling in several areas of his life is sentenced to prison, where he encounters acts of kindness and brutality.

 

F LAMB

7

A writer looking for her big break competes against a Pulitzer winner to tell the story of an octogenarian with a storied past.

 

F HENRY

8

The Los Angeles County sheriff's detective Stilwell gets reassigned to Catalina Island, where he investigates a poaching case and a Jane Doe found in the harbor.

 

M CONNELLY

9

Roman Carruthers uses his finance skills to deal with criminals and try to hold his family together.

 

F COSBY

10

A young woman looks into the story behind a painting that was made 25 years ago and a small group of teens depicted in it; translated by Neil Smith.

 

F BACKMAN

11

The third book in the Empyrean series. As enemies gain traction, Violet Sorrengail goes beyond the Aretian wards in search of allies.

 

SF YARROS

12

A young professor agrees to pretend to be a third-year Ph.D. candidate’s boyfriend.

 

ASK CIRCULATION DESK

13

Sybil Delling, who is gifted with the power of foresight, forms an alliance with a heretical knight when her sister Diviners disappear.

 

ON ORDER

14

The story of Charles “Chuck” Krantz’s life is told in reverse order; the basis of the film.

 

ASK CIRCULATION DESK

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A young man becomes the caretaker of an elderly widow and they form a bond over the course of a year.

 

F VUONG

Nonfiction

RANK TITLE SUMMARY CALL NUMBER
1

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer portrays the life and career of the literary celebrity and political pundit.

 

BIO TWAIN

2 The Grammy Award-nominated comedian shares snippets from his life and career. ON ORDER
3

An account of Joe Biden’s initial decision to run for re-election in 2024 and its numerous consequences.

973.934 T175o 2025
4 A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.

 

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5

A New York Times opinion columnist and a staff writer at The Atlantic evaluate obstacles to American progress.

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6

The author of “The Anthropocene Reviewed” chronicles the fight against the deadly infectious disease tuberculosis.

 

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7

The former speaker of the House depicts the political comeback of President Trump.

ON ORDER

8 The author of “The British Are Coming” portrays the middle years of the American Revolution. 973.3 A8751f 2025
9

The former prime minister of New Zealand details challenges her country faced and makes her case for empathetic leadership.

ASK CIRCULATION DESK 
10

The author of “The Splendid and the Vile” portrays the months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the beginning of the Civil War.

973.711 L3345d 2024

11

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

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12

 

The author of “Principles” evaluates the forces that contribute to what he calls the “big debt cycle.”

ASK CIRCULATION DESK 
13

 

The 23-year relationship between John Lennon and Paul McCartney is viewed through the lens of the songs they wrote together.

 

ON ORDER

14

Essays by Casey Cep, Dave Eggers, John Lanchester, Geraldine Brooks, Sarah Vowell, W. Kamau Bell and Michael Lewis illuminate the work of federal employees and the business of government.

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A journalist depicts the development of Apple’s supply chain and its increasingly precarious relationship with China.

 

338.951 M1452a 2025