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National Indie Bestsellers
Bestseller List for August 9, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 5, 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. |
1/14 |
| 2. | 1493 Charles C. Mann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307278241 A fascinating look at the ecological changes brought about by European vessels that carried thousands of species from the New World to homes across the oceans. |
2/2 |
| 3. | Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878 Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock. |
3/31 |
| 4. | How to Be a Woman Caitlin Moran, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062124296 With humor and insight, Moran shows why female rights and empowerment are essential not only for women, but also for society itself. |
13/2 |
| 5. | Tiny Beautiful Things Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307949332 A collection of advice columns from the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild. |
11/4 |
| 6. | 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. |
6/11 |
| 7. | 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. |
7/15 |
| 8. | To Heaven and Back Mary C. Neal, Waterbrook, $14.99, 9780307731715 A kayak accident during a South American adventure takes one woman to heaven and back to life again. |
8/3 |
| 9. | Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness 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. |
5/6 |
| 10. | I Feel Bad About My Neck Nora Ephron, Vintage, $14, 9780307276827 Funny, funny comic relief, on being a woman of "a certain age," from the honest and smart Ephron. |
4/16 |
| 11. | 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." |
15/214 |
| 12. | 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. |
9/74 |
| 13. | The Eighty-Dollar Champion Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $16, 9780345521095 The heartwarming true story of the plow-horse that won the 1958 National Horse Show. |
14/10 |
| 14. | 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. |
10/60 |
| 15. | 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. |
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