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National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for February 24, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending February 20, 2011
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
Rock icon Smith's memoir of her early years in New York and her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe is a 2010 National Book Award winner.
1/16
2. The Big Short
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338829
A highly entertaining look at the U.S. financial crisis by the author of Liar's Poker.
2/3
3. Inside of a Dog
Alexandra Horowitz, Scribner, $16, 9781416583431
This bestseller explores what dogs know and how they think.
3/21
4. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
A young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven.
4/6
5. Committed
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $16, 9780143118701
Gilbert's follow-up to her bestseller Eat, Pray, Love.
6/3
6. The King's Speech
Mark Logue, Peter Conradi, Sterling, $14.95, 9781402786761
The inspiring tale of triumph over adversity is the tie-in to the film in theaters now.
7/5
7. Zeitoun
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387943
The gripping true story of a man who chose to remain in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina to protect his home and business.
5/36
8. What the Dog Saw
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316076203
The best of Gladwell's writing from the New Yorker.
8/10
9. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing.
9/199
10. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
An American's effort to open 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.
12/212
11. NurtureShock
Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman, Twelve, $14.99, 9780446504133
A new, scientific approach to raising children.
10/6
12. Lunch in Paris
Elizabeth Bard, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316042789
Bard's memoir is her story of falling in love, redefining success, and discovering what it truly means to be at home.
15/2
13. Taking the Leap
Pema Chodron, Shambhala, $14, 9781590308431
This book gives readers insights and practices to immediately put to use and improve their way of living.
13/7
14. Where Men Win Glory
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307386045
Krakauer's look at the remarkable life and death of Pat Tillman.
/27
15. Stones Into Schools
Greg Mortenson, Penguin, $16, 9780143118237
Mortenson follows up Three Cups of Tea with an account of his ongoing efforts to establish schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
11/17
ON THE RISE
21. Country Driving
Peter Hessler, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061804106
The bestselling author of Oracle Bones looks at the human side of the economic revolution in China.


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