National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for April 11, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending April 7, 2013
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Lean In
Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf, $24.95, 9780385349949
Sandberg examines why women's progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and offers compelling, common sense ideas to empower women to achieve their full potential.		 1/4
2. Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal- Debut
Mary Roach, Norton, $26.95, 9780393081572
The bestselling author of Stiff and Packing For Mars returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry inside, the alimentary canal. An April 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
3. 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.		 2/33
4. 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.		 4/21
5. The Drunken Botanist
Amy Stewart, Algonquin, $19.95, 9781616200466
Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, transformed into alcohol over the centuries.		 3/4
6. The FastDiet
Michael Mosley, Mimi Spencer, Atria, $24, 9781476734941
A radical new way of thinking about food, and a lifestyle choice that could transform your health.		 8/3
7. It's All Good: Delicious, Easy Recipes That Will Make You Look Good and Feel Great- Debut
Gwyneth Paltrow, Grand Central, $32, 9781455522712
The Academy Award-winning actress and bestselling cookbook author's recipes for losing weight, looking good, and feeling more energetic.		 /1
8. 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.		 5/12
9. Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy- Debut
David Sheff, Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25, 9780547848655
Sheff shows that addiction is a preventable, treatable disease, not a moral failing, and what approaches are most likely to work based on science.		 /1
10. 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.		 7/28
11. 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.		 6/6
12. Mom & Me & Mom- Debut
Maya Angelou, Random House, $22, 9781400066117
In her latest memoir, Angelou shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother.		 /1
13. 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.		 10/114
14. 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.		 15/8
15. Those Angry Days
Lynne Olson, Random House, $30, 9781400069743
A powerful narrative that chronicles the debate over American intervention in World War II by the bestselling author of Citizens of London.		 12/2
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16. The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America
David Stockman, PublicAffairs, $35, 9781586489120
Stockman explains how crony capitalist policies are an epochal threat to free market prosperity and American political democracy.		  

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