National Indie Bestsellers - Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending August 14, 2011
16. The Wave
Susan Casey, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767928854
17. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372
18. Rand McNally Road Atlas 2012
Rand McNally, $13.95, 9780528003363
19. Zeitoun
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387943
20. The Disappearing Spoon
Sam Kean, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316051637
21. Four Fish
Paul Greenberg, Penguin, $16, 9780143119463
22. Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307387172
23. The Big Short
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338829
24. Three Cups of Deceit
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $9.95, 9780307948762
25. Lucky Peach, Issue 1: Ramen
Chris Ying (Ed.), McSweeney's, $10, 9781936365463
26. Sex at Dawn
Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jetha, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061707810
27. 1491
Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400032051
28. How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Thomas C. Foster, Harper, $14.99, 9780060009427
29. What the Dog Saw
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316076203
30. Medium Raw
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $15.99, 9780061718953
31. The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316346627
32. Blink
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665
33. The Sweet Life in Paris
David Lebovitz, Broadway, $14, 9780767928892
34. The Memory Palace
Mira Bartok, Free Press, $15, 9781439183328
35. A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway, Scribner, $15, 9781439182710
36. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
37. The Most Beautiful Walk in the World
John Baxter, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061998546
38. What to Expect When You're Expecting
Heidi Murkoff, Sharon Mazel, Workman, $14.95, 9780761148579
39. The Tiger
John Vaillant, Vintage, $15, 9780307389046
40. Eat to Live
Joel Fuhrman, Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316120913
41. Lunch in Paris
Elizabeth Bard, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316042789
42. The Last Stand
Nathaniel Philbrick, Penguin, $18, 9780143119609
43. Thank You Notes
Jimmy Fallon, Grand Central, $12, 9780892967414
44. The 5 Love Languages
Gary Chapman, Northfield, $14.99, 9780802473158
45. The Dirty Life
Kristin Kimball, Scribner, $15, 9781416551614
46. Operation Mincemeat
Ben Macintyre, Broadway, $15, 9780307453280
47. Night
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9.95, 9780374500016
48. A Long Way Gone
Ishmael Beah, FSG, $12, 9780374531263
49. War
Sebastian Junger, Twelve, $15.99, 9780446556224
50. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061730337
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