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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for July 19, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending July 15, 2012
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
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.
1/17
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.
2/87
3. 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.
4/7
4. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072
Lehrer's fascinating and revelatory look at the new science of creativity.
5/17
5. The Amateur
Edward Klein, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596987852
Klein's view of the Obama administration's political inner workings.
3/6
6. 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.
6/12
7. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.
8/23
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.
10/10
9. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
/29
10. 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.
9/7
11. 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!
/45
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.
12/31
13. 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.
7/11
14. Barack Obama: The Story
David Maraniss, S&S, $32.50, 9781439160404
An insightful biography of Barack Obama by one of our preeminent modern historians.
/3
15. 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.
11/15
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20. Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety
Daniel Smith, S&S, $25, 9781439177303
Smith's honest and witty memoir of living with the disease of anxiety is a July 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
 


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