The Siftivo Reading Index — Nonfiction

The nonfiction books in heaviest cultural circulation this week. Published October 16, 2026.

V1: based on weekly bestseller signal. Expanding to multi-source soon.

One Helluva Ride, Michael Douglas with Shane Salerno #1
Blockers, Michael Lewis #2
Swan Song, Charles Spencer #3
The Steps, Sylvester Stallone #4
The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk #5
Devil on My Shoulder, Alice Cooper with Daniel Richler #6
The American Way of Killing, Malcolm Gladwell #7
The Rush, Nathaniel Philbrick #8
So Ordered, Samuel A. Alito Jr #9
Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea, Emily Wilson #10
One Man In, Christian Craighead #11
Not Today, Fascists, Jennifer Welch #12
Biological War, Annie Jacobsen #13
All About Love, bell hooks #14
John & Paul, Ian Leslie #15
Sleeping Beauties, David Byrne #16
The AGI Chronicles, Kevin Roose #17
Born a Crime, Trevor Noah #18
This Is Me, Hayden Panettiere #19
50 True Stories That Will Scare You to Death, Sebastian Krahl #20
How to Eat an Elephant, Sarah Longwell #21
Braiding Sweetgrass Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, Robin Wall Kimmerer #22
Bread of Angels, Patti Smith #23
The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls #24
American Scoundrel, Kai Bird with Susan Goldmark #25