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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for June 30, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending June 26, 2011
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| Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Go the F**k to Sleep Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250 Beautiful, subversive, and very funny--a book for parents new, old, and expectant. You probably should not read it to your children! |
3/4 |
| 2. | In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846 Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign is a May Indie Next List Great Read. |
1/7 |
| 3. | The Greater Journey David McCullough, S&S, $37.50, 9781416571766 McCullough's look at adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, architects, and others who set off for Paris between 1830 and 1900, with ambitions to excel in their work. |
2/5 |
| 4. | Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $26.99, 9780316056861 Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock. |
5/12 |
| 5. | 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. |
4/32 |
| 6. | The Social Animal David Brooks, Random House, $27, 9781400067602 New York Times columnist Brooks illustrates a story of how success happens. |
7/16 |
| 7. | Area 51 Annie Jacobsen, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316132947 A new look at the military base never acknowledged by the U.S. government, but has captivated imaginations for decades. |
8/6 |
| 8. | Seal Team Six Howard E. Wasdin, Stephen Templin, St. Martin's, $26.99, 9780312699451 A fascinating look at a secret unit tasked with counterterrorism, hostage rescue, and counterinsurgency. |
6/7 |
| 9. | The Psychopath Test Jon Ronson, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594488016 Ronson investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who studies them. |
12/5 |
| 10. | Lost in Shangri-La Mitchell Zuckoff, Harper, $26.99, 9780061988349 Zuckoff's truly riveting work of narrative nonfiction is a May Indie Next List Great Read. |
14/4 |
| 11. | Lies That Chelsea Handler Told Me Chelsea Handler, et al., Grand Central, $24.99, 9780446584715 Friends, family members, and co-workers of Chelsea Handler tell all! |
13/7 |
| 12. | Incognito David M. Eagleman, Pantheon, $26.95, 9780307377333 Renowned neuroscientist Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries. |
/3 |
| 13. | Blood, Bones & Butter Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $26, 9781400068722 Hamilton's atypical culinary memoir is a March Indie Next List Great Read. |
/15 |
| 14. | "There Are Things I Want You to Know About" Stieg Larsson and Me- Debut Eva Gabrielsson, Seven Stories Press, $23.95, 9781609803636 Gabrielsson's story of her life with the Millennium Trilogy author, Stieg Larsson. |
/1 |
| 15. | Sh*t My Dad Says Justin Halpern, It Books, $15.99, 9780061992704 Halpern's hilarious and touching portrait of his relationship with his father. |
9/38 |
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| 16. | Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner , $26, 9781439176580 Wickenden's exhilarating saga about two intrepid young women and their trip to the Colorado wilderness in the summer of 1916. |
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