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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for September 27, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending September 23, 2012
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| Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | No Easy Day Mark Owen, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525953722 A first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid by a Navy SEAL who confronted the terrorist mastermind and witnessed his final moments. |
1/3 |
| 2. | Joseph Anton: A Memoir- Debut Salman Rushdie, Random House, $30, 9780812992786 Rushdie's memoir of his life "underground" following the publication of his novel The Satanic Verses. |
/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. |
3/27 |
| 4. | Mortality Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $22.99, 9781455502752 Hitchens, who died in December 2011, poignantly describes the torments of illness and how disease transforms experience and changes our relationship to the world around us. |
4/4 |
| 5. | I Could Pee on This Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585 In this hilarious book of tongue-in-cheek poetry, Marciuliano helps cats unlock their creative potential and explain their odd behavior to ignorant humans. |
5/6 |
| 6. | The Price of Politics Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 9781451651102 Woodward looks at how President Obama and Congressional leaders attempted to restore the American economy and improve the federal government's fiscal condition. |
2/2 |
| 7. | How Music Works David Byrne, McSweeney's, $32, 9781936365531 Byrne's brainy, irresistible, and impassioned argument about music's liberating, life-affirming power. |
7/4 |
| 8. | The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court- Debut Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385527200 Toobin's insightful look at the ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration. |
/1 |
| 9. | 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. |
6/97 |
| 10. | 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. |
9/17 |
| 11. | Guinness World Records 2013 Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994879 The latest incarnation of the bestselling annual with thousands of new and classic records. |
13/2 |
| 12. | I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen- Debut Sylvie Simmons, Ecco Press, $27.99, 9780061994982 A biography of legendary songwriter, poet, and novelist Leonard Cohen. |
/1 |
| 13. | How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character- Debut Paul Tough, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780547564654 Tough examines how character plays a role in why some children succeed and others fail. |
/1 |
| 14. | Dearie Bob Spitz, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307272225 An entertaining and in-depth new biography of Julia Child. |
8/7 |
| 15. | Killing Lincoln Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070 A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. |
11/38 |
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| 23. | The Black Count Tom Reiss, Crown, $27, 9780307382467 This stunning look at the life of General Alex Dumas is an October 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
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