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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for May 3, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 29, 2012
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| Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Drift 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. |
1/5 |
| 2. | Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake- Debut Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400069347 Sharp insights and revealing observations that confirm Quindlen's status as America's laureate of real life. |
/1 |
| 3. | 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. |
2/6 |
| 4. | Imagine Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072 Lehrer's fascinating and revelatory look at the new science of creativity. |
3/6 |
| 5. | Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948- Debut Madeleine Albright, Harper, $29.99, 9780062030313 A remarkably personal and historical new memoir by the former U.S. Secretary of State. |
/1 |
| 6. | 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. |
6/76 |
| 7. | 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. |
5/9 |
| 8. | Let's Pretend This Never Happened Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159015 Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka "The Bloggess," makes her literary debut. |
4/2 |
| 9. | The Presidents Club Nancy Gibbs, Michael Duffy, S&S, $32.50, 9781439127704 A fascinating look at how U.S. presidents have worked together, and sometimes against each other, in and out of office. |
13/2 |
| 10. | Quiet Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149 Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves. |
7/14 |
| 11. | 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. |
9/27 |
| 12. | 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. |
8/6 |
| 13. | The Social Conquest of Earth Edward Osborne Wilson, Liveright, $27.95, 9780871404138 Wilson's groundbreaking new look at the origin of the human condition and why it resulted in our domination of the Earth. |
12/3 |
| 14. | What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets- Debut Michael J. Sandel, FSG , $27, 9780374203030 Sandel takes on the ethical question: Is there something wrong with a world in which everything is for sale? |
/1 |
| 15. | The Big Miss Hank Haney, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307985989 Haney's candid and insightful account of his tumultuous six-years coaching Tiger Woods. |
11/5 |