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National Indie Bestsellers
Bestseller List for June 20, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending June 16, 2013
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| Trade Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. |
Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074 A powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery by the bestselling author of Tiny Beautiful Things. |
1/12 |
| 2. |
Proof of Heaven Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99, 9781451695199 Noted neurosurgeon Alexander's fascinating account of his return from a very deep coma. |
2/33 |
| 3. |
Quiet Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156 Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves. |
3/20 |
| 4. |
Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16, 9780374533557 Kahneman takes readers on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two "systems" that drive the way people think. |
4/11 |
| 5. |
The End of Your Life Book Club Will Schwalbe, Vintage, $15, 9780307739780 Schwalbe's moving memoir of loss and love is now available in paperback. |
8/2 |
| 6. |
The Black Count Tom Reiss, Broadway, $16, 9780307382474 A stunning look at the life of General Alex Dumas. |
11/4 |
| 7. |
Let's Pretend This Never Happened Jenny Lawson, Berkley, $16, 9780425261019 Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka "The Bloggess," makes her literary debut with her "Mostly True Memoir." |
5/15 |
| 8. |
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279 Hilarious essays from the Emmy-nominated writer and actress. |
7/37 |
| 9. |
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Anna Quindlen, Random House, $15, 9780812981667 Sharp insights and revealing observations that confirm Quindlen's status as America's laureate of real life. |
6/8 |
| 10. |
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. |
10/79 |
| 11. |
Double Cross Ben Macintyre, Broadway, $15, 9780307888778 Macintyre tells the intriguing story of the final grand deception of WWII and the extraordinary spies who achieved it. |
/2 |
| 12. |
Why Does the World Exist? Jim Holt, Liveright, $16.95, 9780871403599 A fascinating look at the riddle of existence from the ancient world to modern times. |
9/11 |
| 13. |
The Swerve Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $16.95, 9780393343403 Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance. |
/37 |
| 14. |
Wreck This Journal Keri Smith, Perigee, $15, 9780399161940 Readers who've ever wished to, but had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal will discover a new way to escape the fear of the blank page. |
/4 |
| 15. |
In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson, Broadway, $16, 9780307408853 Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign. |
/53 |