Follow ABA

       

National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for July 5, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending July 1, 2012
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
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.
1/9
2. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878
Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock.
2/26
3. I Remember Nothing
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307742803
A collection of funny and insightful essays by the author of I Feel Bad About My Neck.
/6
4. 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.
4/69
5. 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.
3/10
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.
7/55
7. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness- Debut
Alexandra Fuller, Penguin, $15, 9780143121343
In the sequel to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, Fuller returns to Africa and the story of her unforgettable family.
/1
8. 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.
5/55
9. The Eighty-Dollar Champion
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $16, 9780345521095
The heartwarming true story of the plow-horse that won the 1958 National Horse Show.
8/5
10. I Feel Bad About My Neck
Nora Ephron, Vintage, $13, 9780307276827
Funny, funny comic relief, on being a woman of "a certain age," from the honest and smart Ephron.
/11
11. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
The author of Blink and The Tipping Point looks at what makes some people successful--and others not.
10/44
12. Destiny of the Republic
Candice Millard, Anchor, $16, 9780767929714
Millard's fascinating account of the shooting of President James A. Garfield four months after his inauguration and a nation in turmoil.
/2
13. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375725609
As the subtitle says, "murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America."
15/209
14. 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.
9/56
15. 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.
6/7


Reprint Guidelines.