National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for October 24, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending October 20, 2013
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. David and Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29, 9780316204361
In his new bestseller, Gladwell draws upon history, psychology, and powerful storytelling to reshape the way we think of the world around us.		 1/3
2. Killing Jesus
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805098549
The latest by the bestselling authors of Killing Lincoln and Killing Kennedy.		 2/4
3. I Am Malala
Malala Yousafzai, Little Brown, $26, 9780316322409
The remarkable memoir of a young Pakistani girl who refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education.		 3/2
4. One Summer: America, 1927
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780767919401
In his latest, Bryson transports readers on a journey back to one amazing season in American life.		 4/3
5. The Reason I Jump
Naoki Higashida, Random House, $22, 9780812994865
A memoir by a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming 13-year-old boy with autism.		 6/3
6. The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible- Debut
Simon Winchester, Harper, $29.99, 9780062079602
Winchester's fascinating look at the men who toiled fearlessly to discover, connect, and bond the citizenry and geography of the United States from its beginnings.		 /1
7. Zealot
Reza Aslan, Random House, $27, 9781400069224
A fascinating, provocative, and meticulously researched biography of Jesus by the bestselling author of No god but God.		 5/14
8. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book
Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307977618
A humorous guide to life for grown-ups by a longtime editor of the iconic Little Golden Books.		 7/2
9. 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.		 8/61
10. Guinness World Records 2014
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781908843357
The latest incarnation of the bestselling annual with thousands of new and classic records.		 9/5
11. 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.		 12/20
12. Tip and the Gipper
Chris Matthews, S&S, $29.95, 9781451695991
Matthews recalls his time as a top aide to Speaker of the House, Tip O'Neill.		 13/3
13. Levels of Life
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $22.95, 9780385350778
The new book by the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending is about ballooning, photography, love, and loss, and about putting two things -- and two people -- together and then tearing them apart.		 /3
14. 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.		 10/16
15. I Could Chew on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452119038
Marciuliano's delightful canine companion to I Could Pee on This.		 /10
ON THE RISE
19. Johnny Carson
Henry Bushkin, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9780544217621
Bushkin's revealing and incisive account of the King of Late Night at the height of his fame and power.		  

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