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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for March 1, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending February 26, 2012
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	Hardcover Nonfiction	Last Week/ Weeks on List
1.	Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558 Boo's brilliant work of narrative nonfiction tells the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in the "unequal city" of Mumbai.	1/3
2.	Quiet Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149 Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.	2/5
3.	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.	3/18
4.	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.	4/67
5.	Bringing Up Bébé Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203336 Druckerman reveals the secrets behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children.	6/3
6.	In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846 Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign.	7/42
7.	The End of Illness M.D. Agus, David B., Free Press, $26, 9781451610178 A bold call for all of us to become our own personal health advocates, and a dramatic departure from orthodox thinking.	8/6
8.	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.	12/14
9.	Killing Lincoln Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070 A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.	10/22
10.	Coming Apart Charles Murray, Crown Forum, $27, 9780307453426 Murray's startling look at how America is coming apart at the seams that have historically joined our classes.	/2
11.	American Sniper Chris Kyle, et al., Morrow, $26.99, 9780062082350 An eyewitness account of war by a Navy SEAL who is the most lethal sniper in United States military history.	9/6
12.	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.	14/17
13.	Go the Fk 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!	15/38
14.	Once Upon a Secret Mimi Alford, Random House, $25, 9781400069101 Alford's memoir of an 18-month affair with JFK and the effect it had on her life.	13/3
15.	The Science of Yoga William J. Broad, Bobby Clennell (Illus.), S&S, $26, 9781451641424 A lifelong yoga practitioner shows uncommon states are integral to a hidden world of risk and reward that lies beneath clouds of myth, superstition, and hype.	11/3

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