National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for October 25, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending October 22, 2017
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Leonardo da Vinci- Debut
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35.00, 9781501139154
The bestselling author of Benjamin Franklin brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography.		 /1
2. What Happened
Hillary Rodham Clinton, S&S, $30.00, 9781501175565
Clinton describes what it was like to run against Donald Trump, the mistakes she made, how she has coped with the loss, and how she found the strength to pick herself back up afterward.		 1/6
3. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Norton, $18.95, 9780393609394
What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and bestselling author Neil deGrasse Tyson.		 3/25
4. Grant
Ron Chernow, Penguin Press, $40.00, 9781594204876
Pulitzer Prize-winner Chernow's sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant.		 4/2
5. We Were Eight Years in Power
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28.00, 9780399590566
A vital account of modern America by the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me.		 2/3
6. 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.		 5/29
7. Killing England
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30.00, 9781627790642
O'Reilly and Dugard transport readers to the most important era in our nation's history, the Revolutionary War.		 7/5
8. The Wisdom of Sundays: Life-Changing Insights From Super Soul Conversations- Debut
Oprah Winfrey, Flatiron, $27.99, 9781250138064
The Wisdom of Sundays features selections from the most meaningful conversations between Oprah and some of today's most admired thought leaders.		 /1
9. 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.		 8/63
10. Braving the Wilderness
Brene Brown, Random House, $28.00, 9780812995848
Brown's timely new book challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture.		 6/6
11. Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery- Debut
Scott Kelly, Knopf , $29.95, 9781524731595
A stunning memoir from the astronaut and modern-day hero who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station.		 /1
12. Principles
Ray Dalio, S&S, $30.00, 9781501124020
Dalio, one of the world's most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the principles that he's developed and used over the past 40 years to create unique results in both life and business.		 14/4
13. 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.		 10/27
14. Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir- Debut
Amy Tan, Ecco, $28.99, 9780062319296
In Where the Past Begins Tan is at her most intimate in revealing the truths and inspirations that underlie her extraordinary fiction.		 /1
15. From Here to Eternity
Caitlin Doughty, Norton, $24.95, 9780393249897
The bestselling author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes looks at the many fascinating ways people everywhere have confronted the very human challenge of mortality.		 12/2
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17. Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell
David Yaffe, Sarah Crichton Books, $28.00, 9780374248130
Yaffe tells the story of Joni Mitchell and her indelible mark on American music.		  

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