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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for April 25, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending April 21, 2013
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| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 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. |
1/6 |
| 2. |
Gulp 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. |
2/3 |
| 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. |
3/35 |
| 4. |
It's All Good 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. |
5/3 |
| 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. |
4/6 |
| 6. |
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. |
6/23 |
| 7. |
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. |
8/14 |
| 8. |
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. |
10/30 |
| 9. |
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. |
7/5 |
| 10. |
Clean 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. |
9/3 |
| 11. |
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. |
15/116 |
| 12. |
The Way of the Knife Mark Mazzetti, Penguin Press, $29.95, 9781594204807 Mazzetti's riveting account of the transformation of the CIA and America's special operations forces and how they will define American national security in the years to come. |
11/2 |
| 13. |
Letters to a Young Scientist- Debut Edward O. Wilson, Liveright, $21.95, 9780871403773 Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Wilson has distilled 60 years of teaching into a book for students young and old. |
/1 |
| 14. |
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. |
/21 |
| 15. |
Mom & Me & Mom Maya Angelou, Random House, $22, 9781400066117 In her latest memoir, Angelou shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother. |
/2 |