National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for July 30, 2015
Based on sales for the week ending July 26, 2015
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.		 1/37
2. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $24.00, 9780812993547
Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis in this bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history.		 2/2
3. The Wright Brothers
David McCullough, S&S, $30.00, 9781476728742
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner McCullough tells the dramatic story of the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly.		 3/12
4. Modern Romance
Aziz Ansari, Penguin Press, $28.95, 9781594206276
A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance by one of this generation's sharpest comedic voices.		 4/7
5. Sick in the Head
Judd Apatow, Random House, $27.00, 9780812997576
A collection of intimate and hilarious conversations with the biggest names in comedy by the writer and director of Knocked Up and the producer of Freaks and Geeks.		 6/6
6. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26.00, 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.		 5/41
7. Dead Wake
Erik Larson, Crown, $28.00, 9780307408860
Larson's Dead Wake captures the sheer drama and emotional power of a disaster whose intimate details and true meaning have long been obscured by history. A March 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.		 7/19
8. The Oregon Trail
Rinker Buck, S&S, $28.00, 9781451659160
Buck's absorbing account of traveling the length of the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned way--in a covered wagon with a team of mules--is a July 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.		 10/4
9. H Is for Hawk
Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $26.00, 9780802123411
MacDonald's extraordinary blend of nature writing and memoir is a March 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.		 8/22
10. The Road to Character
David Brooks, Random House, $28.00, 9780812993257
The Road to Character provides an opportunity for us to rethink our priorities and strive to build rich inner lives marked by humility and moral depth.		 9/14
11. Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life- Debut
William Finnegan, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594203473
A deeply rendered self-portrait of a lifelong surfer by the acclaimed New Yorker writer.		 /1
12. 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.		 11/38
13. The Quartet
Joseph J. Ellis, Knopf, $27.95, 9780385353403
Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian Ellis tells the unexpected story of why the 13 colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew.		 13/7
14. A Full Life
Jimmy Carter, S&S, $28.00, 9781501115639
Jimmy Carter reflects on his full and happy life with pride, humor, and a few second thoughts.		 12/3
15. The Conservative Heart: How to Build a Fairer, Happier, and More Prosperous America- Debut
Arthur Brooks, Broadside, $27.99, 9780062319753
Brooks offers a bold new vision for conservatism as a movement for social and economic justice.		 /1
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17. Selp-Helf
Miranda Sings, Gallery, $22.99, 9781501117947
In this decidedly unhelpful, candid, and hilarious "how-to" guide, YouTube personality Sings offers life lessons and tutorials with her signature sassy attitude.		  

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