National Indie Bestsellers - Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 29, 2012

16. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $16, 9780812980882

17. The Magic
Rhonda Byrne, Atria, $12.99, 9781451673449

18. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95, 9781595586438

19. Lost in Shangri-La
Mitchell Zuckoff, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061988356

20. Maphead
Ken Jennings, Scribner, $15, 9781439167182

21. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
Steve Harvey, Amistad, $13.99, 9780061728983

22. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061

23. The 5 Love Languages
Gary Chapman, Northfield, $14.99, 9780802473158

24. The Hunger Pains
The Harvard Lampoon, Touchstone, $13.99, 9781451668209

25. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375725609

26. Area 51
Annie Jacobsen, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316202305

27. Lucky Peach Issue 3
David Chang (Ed.), McSweeney's, $12, 9781936365487

28. Steal Like an Artist
Austin Kleon, Workman, $10.95, 9780761169253

29. Zeitoun
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387943

30. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946

31. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16, 9780743247542

32. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679763888

33. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310

34. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $16, 9780812979374

35. To Marry an English Lord
Gail MacColl, Carol McD. Wallace, Workman, $15.95, 9780761171959

36. Physics of the Future
Michio Kaku, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307473332

37. Night
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9.95, 9780374500016

38. Unfamiliar Fishes
Sarah Vowell, Riverhead, $16, 9781594485640

39. The Best Advice I Ever Got
Katie Couric, Random House, $15, 9780812982589

40. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061732478

41. Seal Team Six
Howard E. Wasdin, Stephen Templin, St. Martin's Griffin, $15.99, 9781250006950

42. At Home
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395

43. Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith, Perigee, $13.95, 9780399533464

44. A Jane Austen Education
William Deresiewicz, Penguin, $15, 9780143121251

45. Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from Storycorps
Dave Isay (Ed.), Penguin, $14, 9780143118800

46. The Grand Design
Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow, Bantam, $18, 9780553384666

47. This Life Is in Your Hands
Melissa Coleman, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061958335

48. This Is a Book
Demetri Martin, Grand Central, $14.99, 9780446539692

49. Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter
Lloyd Kahn, Shelter, $26.95, 9780936070520

50. Forks Over Knives
Gene Stone (Ed.), Experiment, $13.95, 9781615190454

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