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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for December 29, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 25, 2011
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| Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539 Isaacson's exclusive biography of Steve Jobs is based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years. |
1/9 |
| 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. |
2/58 |
| 3. | Killing Lincoln Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070 A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. |
3/13 |
| 4. | Catherine the Great Robert K. Massie, Random House, $35, 9780679456728 Pulitzer Prize-winner Massie's extraordinary story of the obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and became one of the most remarkable and powerful women in history. |
5/7 |
| 5. | In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846 Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign. |
11/33 |
| 6. | Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $30, 9780374275631 Kahneman takes readers on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two "systems" that drive the way people think. |
8/5 |
| 7. | Jack Kennedy Chris Matthews, S&S, $27.50, 9781451635089 An insightful new biography of John F. Kennedy by the popular talk-show host, Chris Matthews. |
4/8 |
| 8. | 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! |
7/30 |
| 9. | Then Again Diane Keaton, Random House, $26, 9781400068784 An insightful autobiography by the Academy Award-winning actress. |
6/6 |
| 10. | The Swerve Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476 Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance. |
12/12 |
| 11. | A History of the World in 100 Objects Neil MacGregor, Viking, $45, 9780670022700 An original history of humanity told through things we have made, from the renowned director of the British Museum. |
10/5 |
| 12. | Boomerang Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817 Lewis' sadly hilarious investigation points to the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations. |
13/12 |
| 13. | Rin Tin Tin Susan Orlean, S&S, $26.99, 9781439190135 Orlean's sweeping, powerfully moving account of Rin Tin Tin's journey from orphaned puppy to movie star and international icon is an October Indie Next List Great Read. |
9/10 |
| 14. | The Time of Our Lives Tom Brokaw, Random House, $26, 9781400064588 Brokaw gives readers a wise, honest, and nourishing vision of American hopefulness in an age of diminished expectations. |
15/6 |
| 15. | Goodnight iPad Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568 This book, which is made of paper, is a reminder for the child in all of us to power down at the end of the day. |
14/8 |