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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for June 28, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending June 24, 2012
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| Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | 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. |
1/14 |
| 2. | 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. |
2/84 |
| 3. | 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. |
7/9 |
| 4. | Darth Vader and Son Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557 Brown's delightful book presents the trials and joys of parenting through the lens of a galaxy far, far away. |
4/4 |
| 5. | Barack Obama: The Story- Debut David Maraniss, S&S, $32.50, 9781439160404 An insightful biography of Barack Obama by one of our preeminent modern historians. |
/1 |
| 6. | Imagine Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072 Lehrer's fascinating and revelatory look at the new science of creativity. |
10/14 |
| 7. | 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. |
3/8 |
| 8. | Quiet Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149 Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves. |
/20 |
| 9. | The Amateur Edward Klein, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596987852 Klein's view of the Obama administration's political inner workings. |
13/3 |
| 10. | Killing Lincoln Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070 A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. |
8/27 |
| 11. | American Grown Michelle Obama, Crown, $30, 9780307956026 The story of the White House kitchen garden, from the first planting to the latest harvest. |
/3 |
| 12. | It Worked For Me Colin Powell, Harper, $27.99, 9780062135124 The vivid experiences and lessons learned that shaped the career of the four-star general and former Secretary of State. |
6/5 |
| 13. | 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. |
/7 |
| 14. | The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future- Debut Joseph E. Stiglitz, Norton, $27.95, 9780393088694 A forceful argument against America's growing circle of inequality by a Nobel Prize-winning economist. |
/1 |
| 15. | Cronkite Douglas Brinkley, Harper, $34.99, 9780061374265 A biography of the long-time CBS Evening News anchor, Walter Cronkite. |
5/4 |