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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for March 14, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending March 9, 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.
1/8
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.
2/29
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.
3/17
4. 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.
4/50
5. 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.
6/24
6. Detroit: An American Autopsy
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.
13/4
7. Salt Sugar Fat
Michael Moss, Random House, $28, 9781400069804
Pulitzer Prize-winner Moss exposes the story of the rise of the processed food industry and its link to the obesity epidemic.
5/2
8. Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective- Debut
Pat Summitt, Sally Jenkins, Crown Archetype, $28, 9780385346870
Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history, talks about facing down her greatest challenge: early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
/1
9. 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.
10/6
10. Life Code
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.
7/4
11. 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.
12/8
12. Whitey Bulger
Kevin Cullen, Shelley Murphy, Norton, $26.95, 9780393087727
An unforgettable look at the gangster career of Whitey Bulger, and the epic manhunt for him.
9/2
13. Out of Order: Stories From the History of the Supreme Court- Debut
Sandra Day O'Connor, Random House, $26, 9780812993929
O'Connor provides a fascinating look at the history and evolution of the United States Supreme Court.
/1
14. 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.
11/10
15. 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.
/110


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