National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for August 29, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending August 25, 2013
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074
A powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery by the bestselling author of Tiny Beautiful Things.		 1/22
2. Orange Is the New Black
Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780385523394
Kerman's heartbreaking, hilarious, and at time enraging story of her year incarcerated is the basis of a new Netflix series.		 2/3
3. 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.		 3/43
4. Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.		 4/30
5. Brain on Fire
Susannah Cahalan, S&S, $16, 9781451621389
Cahalan's astonishing true story of her inexplicable descent into madness and the brilliant, lifesaving diagnosis that nearly didn't happen.		 6/3
6. 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.		 7/21
7. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $15.95, 9780544102767
Egan tells the riveting story behind the most famous photographs in Native American history and the brilliant man who created them, Edward Curtis.		 14/2
8. Waging Heavy Peace
Neil Young, Plume, $18, 9780142180310
An insightful view of the personal life and musical creativity of legendary musician Neil Young.		 8/4
9. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279
Hilarious essays from the Emmy-nominated writer and actress.		 11/47
10. Elsewhere
Richard Russo, Vintage, $15, 9780307949769
Bestselling novelist Richard Russo's memoir of his life, his parents, and the upstate New York town they all struggled variously to escape.		 5/4
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.		 10/60
12. 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."		 /24
13. Hallucinations
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307947437
Using hallucinations reported by his patients and his own experiences, Sacks shows why the potential for hallucinations is present in us all.		 9/8
14. 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.		 /11
15. 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.		 15/13

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