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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for March 22, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending March 18, 2012
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| Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Quiet Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149 Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves. |
2/8 |
| 2. | 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. |
1/6 |
| 3. | 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. |
7/70 |
| 4. | 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. |
4/21 |
| 5. | Bringing Up Bébé Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203336 Druckerman reveals the secrets behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children. |
3/6 |
| 6. | The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286 An exploration into the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. |
6/3 |
| 7. | House of Stone Anthony Shadid, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547134666 Shadid's memoir is an unforgettable meditation on war, exile, rebirth, and the universal yearning for home. |
11/2 |
| 8. | Revelations Elaine Pagels, Viking, $27.95, 9780670023349 A startling exploration of the history of the most controversial book of the Bible, by the author of Beyond Belief. |
5/2 |
| 9. | The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier- Debut Ree Drummond, Morrow, $29.99, 9780061997181 Drummond's new collection of simple but scrumptious recipes for all occasions. |
/1 |
| 10. | 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. |
10/17 |
| 11. | 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. |
13/20 |
| 12. | The End of Illness David B. Agus, M.D., 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. |
9/9 |
| 13. | 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! |
14/41 |
| 14. | 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. |
8/9 |
| 15. | Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?- Debut Jeanette Winterson, Grove Press, $25, 9780802120106 Winterson's memoir of her search for belonging, love, and identity is a March 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
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| 18. | When I Was a Child I Read Books: Essays Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $24, 9780374298784 A captivating new collection of essays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gilead. |
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