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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for March 24, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending March 20, 2011
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| Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168 The mesmerizing new book by the author of Seabiscuit in a December Indie Next List Great Read. |
2/18 |
| 2. | The Social Animal David Brooks, Random House, $27, 9781400067602 New York Times columnist Brooks illustrates a story of how success happens. |
1/2 |
| 3. | Moonwalking With Einstein Joshua Foer, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594202292 Foer's unlikely journey to becoming U.S. Memory Champion explores the vast, hidden impact of memory on every aspect of our lives. |
3/2 |
| 4. | Blood, Bones & Butter Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $26, 9781400068722 Hamilton's atypical culinary memoir is a March Indie Next List Great Read. |
5/3 |
| 5. | Cleopatra Stacy Schiff, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316001922 Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff's masterful biography of Cleopatra is a November Indie Next List Great Read. |
4/20 |
| 6. | The Information James Gleick, Pantheon, $29.95, 9780375423727 The author of Chaos and Genius shows how information has become the modern era's defining quality. |
6/3 |
| 7. | Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Amy Chua, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202841 Chua's tale of raising her children in the Chinese tradition is a January 2011 Indie Next List Great Read. |
8/10 |
| 8. | Life Keith Richards, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316034388 The long-awaited autobiography of the legendary founding member of the Rolling Stones. |
7/21 |
| 9. | Townie Andre Dubus, III, Norton, $25.95, 9780393064667 This candid memoir by the author of The House of Sand and Fog is a March Indie Next List Great Read. |
9/4 |
| 10. | The Money Class Suze Orman, Spiegel & Grau, $26, 9781400069736 The financial guru's take on using personal finance to achieve the American Dream. |
15/2 |
| 11. | The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe- Debut Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Harper, $24.99, 9780061732379 An incredible true story of an unlikely entrepreneur who mobilized her community under the Taliban. |
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| 12. | Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock- Debut Sammy Hagar, It Books, $26.99, 9780062009289 A memoir by veteran rock vocalist Sammy Hagar. |
/1 |
| 13. | Autobiography of Mark Twain Mark Twain, University of California Press, $34.95, 9780520267190 Volume one of Mark Twain's uncensored autobiography, in its entirety and exactly as he left it. |
14/22 |
| 14. | The Hidden Reality Brian Greene, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307265630 A book that takes on the grandest question: Is ours the only universe? |
/7 |
| 15. | Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life Karen Armstrong, Knopf, $22.95, 9780307595591 Armstrong's latest is a practical book about how we can help make the world a more compassionate place. |
11/10 |
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| 17. | Physics of the Future Michio Kaku, Doubleday Books, $28.95, 9780385530804 Kaku's exhilarating vision of science in the coming century. |
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