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National Indie Bestsellers
Bestseller List for May 31, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending May 27, 2012
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| Trade Paperback Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson, Broadway, $16, 9780307408853 Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign. |
1/4 |
| 2. | Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878 Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock. |
2/21 |
| 3. | Turn Right at Machu Picchu Mark Adams, Plume, $16, 9780452297982 An adventure travel expert--who's never actually done anything adventurous--tries to recreate the original expedition to Machu Picchu in the Andes. |
3/5 |
| 4. | F in Exams Richard Benson, Chronicle , $9.95, 9780811878319 Students or anyone who has ever had to struggle through a test will have a good laugh. |
6/50 |
| 5. | The Greater Journey David McCullough, S&S, $20, 9781416571773 McCullough's look at adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, architects, and others who set off for Paris between 1830 and 1900, with ambitions to excel in their work. |
7/2 |
| 6. | Unlikely Friendships Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131 A look at amazing friendships between species, collected from around the world and documented in a selection of candid photographs. |
4/50 |
| 7. | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189 A fascinating look at the world's first "immortal" human cells grown in culture to be used in medical research. |
5/64 |
| 8. | The Happiness Project Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261 The author chronicles a 12-month journey to follow the wisdom of the ages in a quest to be happier. |
15/57 |
| 9. | Born to Run Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187 McDougall's fascinating look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running. |
/52 |
| 10. | Nothing Daunted Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner, $15, 9781439176597 Wickenden's exhilarating saga about two intrepid young women and their trip to the Colorado wilderness in the summer of 1916. |
8/5 |
| 11. | Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative- Debut Austin Kleon, Workman, $10.95, 9780761169253 Kleon's book provides a positive message, illustrations, and exercises to help put readers directly in touch with their artistic side. |
/1 |
| 12. | 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. |
/71 |
| 13. | The Hare With Amber Eyes Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372 At the center of de Waal's memoir is his inherited collection of ornamental Japanese wood and ivory carvings. |
13/40 |
| 14. | Then Again Diane Keaton, Random House, $16, 9780812980950 An insightful autobiography by the Academy Award-winning actress. |
/3 |
| 15. | The Psychopath Test Jon Ronson, Riverhead, $16, 9781594485756 Ronson investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who studies them. |
9/2 |