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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for December 18, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending December 14, 2014
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| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. |
Yes Please Amy Poehler, Dey Street, $28.99, 9780062268341 A hilarious and candid book by the popular Saturday Night Live alumna and star of Parks and Recreation. |
1/7 |
| 2. |
Being Mortal Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26, 9780805095159 Practicing surgeon Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending. |
2/10 |
| 3. |
Killing Patton 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. |
4/12 |
| 4. |
Small Victories Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $22.95, 9781594486296 A collection of new and selected essays by the bestselling author of Stitches and Help, Thanks, Wow. |
3/5 |
| 5. |
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. |
6/15 |
| 6. |
Make It Ahead Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307464880 In her new cookbook, the Barefoot Contessa answers the number one question she receives from cooks: Can I make it ahead? |
7/7 |
| 7. |
41: A Portrait of My Father George W. Bush, Crown, $28, 9780553447781 Our 43rd President's personal biography of his father, George H.W. Bush, the 41st President. |
5/5 |
| 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. |
9/58 |
| 9. |
Everything I Need to Know About Christmas I Learned From a Little Golden Book Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780553497359 A delightfully retro holiday companion to the bestseller Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book. |
8/6 |
| 10. |
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307 Kondo takes readers step-by-step through her revolutionary KonMari Method for simplifying, organizing, and storing. |
12/6 |
| 11. |
Not That Kind of Girl Lena Dunham, Random House, $28, 9780812994995 A hilarious, wise, and fiercely candid collection of personal essays by the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBO's Girls. |
10/11 |
| 12. |
Plenty More Yotam Ottolenghi, Ten Speed Press, $35, 9781607746218 The follow-up to London chef Ottolenghi's bestselling and award-winning cookbook Plenty. |
14/9 |
| 13. |
The Innovators Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781476708690 Isaacson's revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet looks at the history of the digital revolution and is an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens. |
11/8 |
| 14. |
Money Master the Game Tony Robbins, S&S, $28, 9781476757803 Based on extensive research and one-on-one interviews with more than 50 of the most legendary financial experts in the world, Robbins has created a simple, seven-step blueprint that anyone can use for financial freedom. |
15/4 |
| 15. |
Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free- Debut Héctor Tobar, FSG, $26, 9780374280604 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tobar tells the story of the miners trapped when the San José mine collapsed outside of Copiapó, Chile, in August 2010. |
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