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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for August 16, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 12, 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. |
1/21 |
| 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. |
2/91 |
| 3. | Double Cross Ben Macintyre, Crown, $26, 9780307888754 Macintyre tells the intriguing story of the grand final deception of WWII and of the extraordinary spies who achieved it. |
3/2 |
| 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. |
4/11 |
| 5. | Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child- Debut Bob Spitz, Knopf , $29.95, 9780307272225 An entertaining and in-depth new biography of Julia Child. |
/1 |
| 6. | Monkey Mind 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. |
15/4 |
| 7. | 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. |
6/16 |
| 8. | 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! |
9/49 |
| 9. | The Amateur Edward Klein, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596987852 Klein's view of the Obama administration's political inner workings. |
14/10 |
| 10. | 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. |
10/14 |
| 11. | Killing Lincoln Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070 A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. |
5/33 |
| 12. | Quiet Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149 Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves. |
8/27 |
| 13. | The Price of Inequality Joseph E. Stiglitz, Norton, $27.95, 9780393088694 A forceful argument against America's growing circle of inequality by a Nobel Prize-winning economist. |
/2 |
| 14. | Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco (Illus.), Nation Books, $28, 9781568586434 Pulitzer Prize-winner Hedges and award-winning cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco give readers a look at sacrifice zones: those areas in America that have been offered up for exploitation in the name of profit, progress, and technological advancement. |
7/3 |
| 15. | 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. |
13/15 |
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| 17. | Why Does the World Exist? Jim Holt, Liveright, $27.95, 9780871404091 A fascinating look at the riddle of existence from the ancient world to modern times. |
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