National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for July 25, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending July 21, 2013
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $27, 9780316154697
A new collection of hilarious and thought-provoking essays by the bestselling author of When You Are Engulfed in Flames.		 1/13
2. 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.		 2/19
3. This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral -- Plus Plenty of Valet Parking! -- in America's Gilded Capital- Debut
Mark Leibovich, Blue Rider, $27.95, 9780399161308
Leibovich's stunning and often very funny look at our nation's capital.		 /1
4. Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth- Debut
Reza Aslan, Random House, $27, 9781400069224
A fascinating, provocative, and meticulously researched biography of Jesus by the bestselling author of No god but God.		 /1
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.		 3/48
6. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Viking, $28.95, 9780670025817
Brown tells the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.		 5/7
7. William Shakespeare's Star Wars
Ian Doescher, Quirk, $14.95, 9781594746376
Doescher's parody is a retelling of George Lucas's epic Star Wars in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon.		 4/3
8. Vader's Little Princess
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452118697
Brown's irresistibly funny follow-up to Darth Vader and Son.		 6/13
9. 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.		 11/32
10. I Wear the Black Hat
Chuck Klosterman, Scribner, $25, 9781439184493
Klosterman provides serious popular culture criticism that is instantly accessible and really, really funny.		 9/2
11. The Unwinding
George Packer, FSG, $27, 9780374102418
The bestselling author of The Assassin's Gate tells the story of the United States over the past three decades in an utterly original way.		 7/9
12. Cooked
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594204210
In his latest bestseller, Pollan reclaims cooking as an act of enjoyment and self-reliance and opens the door to a more nourishing life.		 10/13
13. 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.		 14/18
14. The Guns at Last Light
Rick Atkinson, Holt, $40, 9780805062908
This magnificent conclusion to Atkinson's acclaimed Liberation Trilogy follows The Day of Battle.		 15/10
15. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $28, 9781400064168
An unforgettable true story that is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.		 8/123
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22. Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations
Peter Evans, Ava Gardner, S&S, $26, 9781451627695
In this candid memoir, Peter Evans describes his late-night conversations with the legendary Hollywood star of the '40s and '50s, Ava Gardner.		  

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