National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for June 7, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending June 3, 2012
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
Robert A. Caro, Knopf, $35, 9780679405078
Book four of Caro's monumental biography of Lyndon Johnson.		 1/5
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.		 3/11
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.		 8/81
4. American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America- Debut
Michelle Obama, Crown, $30, 9780307956026
The story of the White House kitchen garden, from the first planting to the latest harvest.		 /1
5. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400069347
Sharp insights and revealing observations that confirm Quindlen's status as America's laureate of real life.		 2/6
6. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072
Lehrer's fascinating and revelatory look at the new science of creativity.		 4/11
7. 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.		 5/10
8. Cronkite- Debut
Douglas Brinkley, Harper, $34.99, 9780061374265
A biography of the long-time CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite.		 /1
9. It Worked For Me
Colin Powell, Tony Koltz, Harper, $27.99, 9780062135124
The vivid experiences and lessons learned that shaped the career of the four-star general and former Secretary of State.		 6/2
10. I Am a Pole (and So Can You!)
Stephen Colbert, Paul Hildebrandt (Illus.), Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455523429
The inimitable Colbert conquers new territory with his first children's book...for adults!		 10/4
11. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.		 15/19
12. Are You My Mother?
Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $22, 9780618982509
A brilliant, new graphic memoir by the bestselling author of Fun Home.		 7/5
13. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476
Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance.		 /17
14. This Is How
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9780312563554
The bestselling author of Running With Scissors explores how to survive the "un-survivable".		 9/4
15. Prague Winter
Madeleine Albright, Harper, $29.99, 9780062030313
A remarkably personal and historical new memoir by the former U.S. Secretary of State.		 12/6


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