National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for April 26, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending April 23, 2017
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
By a former Marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class.
1/37
2. Hallelujah Anyway
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20.00, 9780735213586
A powerful exploration of mercy, its limitless (if sometimes hidden) presence, why we ignore it, and how we can embrace it. An April 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/3
3. Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign- Debut
Jonathan Allen, Amie Parnes, Crown, $28.00, 9780553447088
A blow-by-blow account of Hillary Clinton's loss in the 2016 presidential election.
/1
4. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI- Debut
David Grann, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385534246
Grann's twisting and haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history is a May 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
5. This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class- Debut
Elizabeth Warren, Metropolitan Books, $28.00, 9781250120618
Senator Warren's inspiring book about why our middle class is under siege and how we can win the fight to save it.
/1
6. The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For- Debut
David McCullough, S&S, $25.00, 9781501174216
McCullough's timely collection of speeches reminds us who we are and helps to guide us as we find our way forward.
/1
7. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, HarperOne, $24.99, 9780062457714
Superstar blogger Manson shows us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.
3/3
8. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
After reading Wohlleben's fascinating book about the complex life of trees, a walk in the woods will never be the same. A September 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.
6/32
9. The Book of Joy
The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26.00, 9780399185045
In this unique collaboration, the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu offer a reflection on lives filled with pain and turmoil, in the midst of which they discovered a level of peace, courage, and joy that we can all aspire to.
4/20
10. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25.00, 9780812988406
This profoundly moving and exquisitely observed memoir by a young neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis is a January 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.
9/62
11. Get Your Sh*t Together
Sarah Knight, Little Brown, $18.99, 9780316505079
Knight's no-holds-barred guide to cutting through the cycle of self-sabotage to get happy and stay that way.
11/2
12. Unshakeable
Tony Robbins, S&S, $26.00, 9781501164583
Robbins provides a step-by-step playbook to transform your financial life and accelerate your path to financial freedom.
13/8
13. You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth- Debut
Jen Sincero, Viking, $25.00, 9780735222977
Sincero combines hilarious personal essays with bite-size concepts that unlock earning potential and get real results.
/1
14. South and West
Joan Didion, Knopf, $21.00, 9781524732790
Two extended excerpts from Didion's never-before-seen notebooks--writings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer.
8/7
15. The Stranger in the Woods
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $25.95, 9781101875681
Finkel tells the remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years. A March 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.
7/7

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