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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for May 5, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending May 1, 2011
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| Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $26.99, 9780316056861 Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock. |
1/4 |
| 2. | Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168 The mesmerizing new book by the author of Seabiscuit is a December 2010 Indie Next List Great Read. |
2/24 |
| 3. | The Social Animal David Brooks, Random House, $27, 9781400067602 New York Times columnist Brooks illustrates a story of how success happens. |
4/8 |
| 4. | 20 Years Younger: Look Younger, Feel Younger, Be Younger!- Debut Bob Greene, Little Brown , $27.99, 9780316133784 Greene's practical, science-based plan for helping people look and feel their best as they age. |
/1 |
| 5. | Blood, Bones & Butter Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $26, 9781400068722 Hamilton's atypical culinary memoir is a March Indie Next List Great Read. |
3/9 |
| 6. | Love Wins Rob Bell, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062049643 Bell presents a vision for discovering a richer understanding of God. |
11/6 |
| 7. | The Dukan Diet Pierre Dukan, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307887962 The international bestselling diet book is now available in the U.S. |
5/2 |
| 8. | The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $30, 9781439107959 Mukherjee's comprehensive history of cancer is a November Indie Next List Great Read. |
6/8 |
| 9. | Stories I Only Tell My Friends- Debut Rob Lowe, Holt , $26, 9780805093292 A wryly funny autobiography by the popular television and film actor. |
/1 |
| 10. | Malcolm X Manning Marable, Viking, $30, 9780670022205 Marable's sweeping biography of the legendary African-American activist. |
8/4 |
| 11. | The 17 Day Diet Dr.Mike Moreno, Free Press, $25, 9781451648652 A diet book that helps you figure out the foods and routines that work best with your lifestyle. |
/3 |
| 12. | Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army & Other Diabolical Insects- Debut Amy Stewart, Algonquin, $18.95, 9781565129603 Stewart's darkly comical look at more than 100 of our worst entomological foes. |
/1 |
| 13. | 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. |
7/8 |
| 14. | 1861: The Civil War Awakening- Debut Adam Goodheart, Knopf, $28.95, 9781400040155 Goodheart's original and thought-provoking look at the beginning of the Civil War. |
/1 |
| 15. | The Best Advice I Ever Got Katie Couric, Random House, $26, 9780812992779 Couric reflects on the good advice that has helped guide her personal and professional life. |
14/3 |
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| 22. | Fire Season Philip Connors, Ecco , $24.99, 9780061859366 This remarkable account of one of the last fire lookouts in America is an April Indie Next List Great Read. |
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