National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for February 21, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending February 17, 2013
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. My Beloved World
Sonia Sotomayor, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307594884
An autobiography by the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
1/5
2. 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.
2/26
3. Help, Thanks, Wow
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95, 9781594631290
Lamott writes about three simple prayers she believes are essential to coming through tough times and the hardships of daily life.
3/14
4. The Future
Al Gore, Random House, $30, 9780812992946
A frank and clear-eyed assessment of six critical drivers of global change in the decades to come, by the former vice president and author of An Inconvenient Truth.
5/3
5. 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.
6/47
6. Life Code: The New Rules for Winning in the Real World- Debut
Phillip C. McGraw, Bird Street Books, $26, 9780985462734
Dr. Phil McGraw tells readers the ugly truth about the users, abusers, and overall "bad guys" we all have in our lives.
/1
7. Going Clear
Lawrence Wright, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307700667
A look into the world of Scientology by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower.
4/5
8. The World Until Yesterday
Jared M. Diamond, Viking, $36, 9780670024810
Diamond provides a mesmerizing, firsthand picture of the human past as it had been for millions of years -- a past that has mostly vanished -- and considers what the differences between that past and our present mean for our lives today.
7/7
9. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558
Boo's brilliant work of narrative nonfiction tells the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in the "unequal city" of Mumbai.
8/21
10. True Love: 24 Surprising Stories of Animal Affection- Debut
Rachel Buchholz, National Geographic Society, $9.95, 9781426210365
National Geographic presents uplifting true love stories from the animal kingdom and heartwarming accounts of animal emotions, friendships, romance, and sibling and parent-child love.
/1
11. Killing Kennedy
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805096668
A look at the shocking events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
/18
12. Detroit: An American Autopsy- Debut
Charlie LeDuff, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594205347
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff looks at his hometown of Detroit for clues to its fate, his family's, and his own.
/1
13. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Jon Meacham, Random House, $35, 9781400067664
Pulitzer Prize-winner Meacham's magnificent biography of Thomas Jefferson is a December 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
9/14
14. Francona
Terry Francona, Dan Shaughnessy, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9780547928173
The former Red Sox manager opens up for the first time about his tenure in Boston.
14/4
15. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
/50
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17. Coolidge
Amity Shlaes, Harper, $35, 9780061967559
A brilliant and provocative reexamination of America's 30th president, Calvin Coolidge.
 


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