National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for September 1, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2011
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| Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | 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. |
3/16 |
| 2. | Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168 An unforgettable true story that is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit. |
1/41 |
| 3. | 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! |
2/13 |
| 4. | Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness- Debut Alexandra Fuller, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202995 In Fuller's sequel to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, she returns to Africa and the story of her unforgettable family. |
/1 |
| 5. | 1493 Charles C. Mann, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307265722 A fascinating look at the ecological changes brought about by European vessels that carried thousands of species from the New World to homes across the oceans. |
4/3 |
| 6. | Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $26.99, 9780316056861 Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock. |
6/21 |
| 7. | A Stolen Life Jaycee Dugard, S&S, $24.99, 9781451629187 The incredible true story of Jaycee Dugard's kidnapping, 18-year imprisonment, and her survival--in Jaycee's own words. |
5/7 |
| 8. | 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. |
7/14 |
| 9. | Prime Time Jane Fonda, Random House, $27, 9781400066971 Fonda's blueprint for living well and for making the most of life, especially the second half of it. |
8/3 |
| 10. | Turn Right at Machu Picchu Mark Adams, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525952244 An adventure travel expert--who's never actually done anything adventurous--tries to recreate the original expedition to Machu Picchu in the Andes. |
9/7 |
| 11. | The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation- Debut Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $26, 9780345521088 The heartwarming true story of the plow-horse that won the 1958 National Horse Show is a September Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
| 12. | Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein- Debut Julie Salamon, Penguin Press, $29.95, 9781594202988 Salamon explores the life of Tony Award-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein. |
/1 |
| 13. | Nothing Daunted 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. |
11/8 |
| 14. | The Social Animal David Brooks, Random House, $27, 9781400067602 New York Times columnist Brooks illustrates a story of how success happens. |
10/25 |
| 15. | 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. |
12/13 |
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