National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for April 5, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 1, 2012
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power- Debut
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $25, 9780307460981
The popular talk show host examines the political debate about how, when, and where to apply America's strength and power.
/1
2. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736
Strayed's powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/2
3. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072
Lehrer's fascinating and revelatory look at the new science of creativity.
1/2
4. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.
6/10
5. 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.
3/5
6. The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods- Debut
Hank Haney, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307985989
Haney's candid and insightful account of his tumultuous six years coaching Tiger Woods.
/1
7. 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.
5/72
8. Some Assembly Required
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488412
By turns poignant and funny, honest and touching, Lamott's latest is the true story of how the birth of a baby changes a family.
4/2
9. Bringing Up Bébé
Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203336
Druckerman reveals the secrets behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children.
11/8
10. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
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.
12/3
11. 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.
10/8
12. 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.
9/23
13. 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.
13/22
14. 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!
/42
15. New American Haggadah- Debut
Jonathan Safran Foer (Ed.), Nathan Englander (Trans.), Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316069861
Jonathan Safran Foer has orchestrated a new way of experiencing and understanding one of our oldest, most timeless, and sacred stories, with a new translation of the traditional text by Nathan Englander.
/1
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23. Weeknights With Giada
Giada de Laurentiis, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307451026
The popular culinary star shares her favorite tips and go-to dishes to get a delicious meal on the table in a flash.
 


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