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Bestseller List for September 12, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending September 8, 2013
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Trade Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
Orange Is the New Black Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812986181 Kerman's heartbreaking, hilarious, and at time enraging story of her year incarcerated is the basis of a new Netflix series. |
1/5 |
2. |
Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074 A powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery by the bestselling author of Tiny Beautiful Things. |
2/24 |
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. |
4/45 |
4. |
Quiet Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156 Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves. |
3/32 |
5. |
The Old Farmer's Almanac 2014- Debut Old Farmer's Almanac, $7.95, 9781571986030 The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more. |
/1 |
6. |
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. |
12/4 |
7. |
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. |
6/23 |
8. |
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. |
5/6 |
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. |
8/49 |
10. |
The Hare With Amber Eyes Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372 At the center of de Waal's memoir is his inherited collection of ornamental Japanese wood and ivory carvings. |
/44 |
11. |
Waging Heavy Peace Neil Young, Plume, $18, 9780142180310 An insightful view of the personal life and musical creativity of legendary musician Neil Young. |
11/6 |
12. |
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. |
13/10 |
13. |
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. |
7/62 |
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. |
14/13 |
15. |
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. |
10/5 |
ON THE RISE | ||
17. |
I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen Sylvie Simmons, Ecco, $16.99, 9780061995002 A biography of the legendary song writer, poet, and novelist, Leonard Cohen. |
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