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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
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
ON THE RISE
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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