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National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for September 5, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending September 1, 2013
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
2/4
2. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074
A powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery by the bestselling author of Tiny Beautiful Things.
1/23
3. Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.
4/31
4. 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.
3/44
5. 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.
10/5
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.
6/22
7. 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.
11/61
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.
9/48
9. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
A practical guide to personal freedom, outlining a way of life rooted in traditional Toltec beliefs.
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10. 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.
5/4
11. Waging Heavy Peace
Neil Young, Plume, $18, 9780142180310
An insightful view of the personal life and musical creativity of legendary musician Neil Young.
8/5
12. 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.
7/3
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.
13/9
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.
14/12
15. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16, 9780743247542
A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing.
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