National Indie Bestsellers - Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending September 1, 2013
16. Cooked
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594204210
17. The Trauma of Everyday Life
Mark Epstein, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594205132
18. It's All Good
Gwyneth Paltrow, Grand Central, $32, 9781455522712
19. The Guns at Last Light
Rick Atkinson, Holt, $40, 9780805062908
20. The Telling Room
Michael Paterniti, Dial, $27, 9780385337007
21. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558
22. The Smartest Kids in the World
Amanda Ripley, S&S, $28, 9781451654424
23. Bunker Hill
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $32.95, 9780670025442
24. Wheat Belly
William Davis, Rodale, $25.99, 9781609611545
25. Help, Thanks, Wow
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95, 9781594631290
26. Cool Gray City of Love
Gary Kamiya, Bloomsbury, $27, 9781608199600
27. Plenty
Yotam Ottolenghi, Chronicle, $35, 9781452101248
28. A Street Cat Named Bob
James Bowen, Thomas Dunne Books, $24.99, 9781250029461
29. The Butler: A Witness to History
Wil Haygood, 37 Ink, $18, 9781476752990
30. Manson
Jeff Guinn, S&S, $27.50, 9781451645163
31. The Sports Gene
David Epstein, Current, $26.95, 9781591845119
32. The Drunken Botanist
Amy Stewart, Algonquin, $19.95, 9781616200466
33. Daring Greatly
Brene Brown, Gotham, $26, 9781592407330
34. Eating on the Wild Side
Jo Robinson, Little Brown, $27, 9780316227940
35. The Unwinding
George Packer, FSG, $27, 9780374102418
36. Henri, Le Chat Noir
William Braden, Ten Speed Press, $12.99, 9781607745105
37. These Few Precious Days
Christopher Andersen, Gallery, $27, 9781476732329
38. The Reason I Jump
Naoki Higashida, Random House, $22, 9780812994865
39. Happy, Happy, Happy
Phil Robertson, Howard Books, $24.99, 9781476726090
40. How Music Works
David Byrne, McSweeney's, $32, 9781936365531
41. My Beloved World
Sonia Sotomayor, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307594884
42. The Longest Road
Philip Caputo, Holt, $28, 9780805094466
43. The Faraway Nearby
Rebecca Solnit, Viking, $25.95, 9780670025961
44. I Wear the Black Hat
Chuck Klosterman, Scribner, $25, 9781439184493
45. The Billionaire and the Mechanic
Julian Guthrie, Grove Press, $27, 9780802121356
46. Underwater Dogs
Seth Casteel, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316227704
47. The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook
Deb Perelman, Knopf, $35, 9780307595652
48. Jesus Calling
Sarah Young, Integrity, $15.99, 9781591451884
49. Mo' Meta Blues
Ahmir Thompson, Ben Greenman, Grand Central, $26, 9781455501359
50. Dad Is Fat
Jim Gaffigan, Crown Archetype, $25, 9780385349055
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