National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for October 2, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending September 28, 2014
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General- Debut
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30, 9780805096682
Killing Patton takes readers inside the final year of WWII and recounts the events surrounding the death of General George S. Patton.		 /1
2. What If?
Randall Munroe, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 9780544272996
From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.		 1/4
3. 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.		 4/47
4. What I Know for Sure
Oprah Winfrey, Flatiron, $24.99, 9781250054050
A collection of O, The Oprah Magazine's widely popular "What I Know for Sure" columns, revised and updated.		 2/4
5. This Changes Everything
Naomi Klein, S&S, $30, 9781451697384
Klein explains why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core "free market" ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political systems.		 5/2
6. World Order
Henry Kissinger, Penguin Press, $36, 9781594206146
Drawing on his experience as one of the foremost statesmen of the modern era, Kissinger offers a deep meditation on the roots of international harmony and global disorder.		 3/3
7. How Google Works- Debut
Eric Schmidt, III, Jonathan Rosenberg, Grand Central, $30, 9781455582341
An entertaining, page-turning primer containing lessons that Schmidt and Rosenberg learned as they helped build the company.		 /1
8. Zero to One
Peter Thiel, Crown Business, $27, 9780804139298
Zero to One presents at once an optimistic view of the future of progress in America and a new way of thinking about innovation.		 10/2
9. In the Kingdom of Ice
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535373
The bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers returns with white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded Age. An August 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.		 8/8
10. 13 Hours
Mitchell Zuckoff, Twelve, $28, 9781455582273
The harrowing, true account of the brave men on the ground who fought back during the Battle of Benghazi.		 6/3
11. 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.		 7/52
12. The Organized Mind
Daniel J. Levitin, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525954187
In his new book, bestselling author Levitin shifts his keen insights from your brain on music to your brain in a sea of details.		 12/6
13. Think Like a Freak
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062218339
The bestselling authors of Freakonomics take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally-to think, that is, like a Freak.		 9/20
14. The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League- Debut
Jeff Hobbs, Scribner, $27, 9781476731902
A riveting biography of a talented young African-American man who escaped the slums of Newark for Yale University only to succumb to the dangers of the streets. An October 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
15. Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success
Steve Harvey, Amistad Press, $25.99, 9780062220325
The bestselling author of Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man tells you how to achieve your dreams using the gifts you already have.		 11/3

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