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National Indie Bestsellers
Bestseller List for October 3, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending September 29, 2013
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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. |
1/4 |
| 2. |
Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074 A powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery by the bestselling author of Tiny Beautiful Things. |
2/27 |
| 3. |
Quiet Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156 Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves. |
4/35 |
| 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. |
3/48 |
| 5. |
The Old Farmer's Almanac 2014 Old Farmer's Almanac, $7.95, 9781571986030 The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more. |
5/4 |
| 6. |
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. |
7/8 |
| 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. |
8/7 |
| 8. |
How Music Works David Byrne, McSweeney's, $20, 9781938073533 Byrne's brainy, irresistible, and impassioned argument about music's liberating, life-affirming power. |
12/2 |
| 9. |
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. |
10/26 |
| 10. |
Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson, S&S, $20, 9781451648546 Isaacson's exclusive biography is based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years. |
6/3 |
| 11. |
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. |
13/16 |
| 12. |
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. |
14/9 |
| 13. |
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279 Hilarious essays from the Emmy-nominated writer and actress. |
9/52 |
| 14. |
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. |
15/* |
| 15. |
The Untethered Soul Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $16.95, 9781572245372 Spiritual teacher Singer explores the question of who we are and concludes that our identity is to be found in our consciousness. |
/6 |
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| 17. |
Dog Shaming Pascale Lemire, Three Rivers Press, $15, 9780385349345 Based on the runaway web phenomenon featuring the most hilarious, most shameful, and never-before-seen doggie misdeeds. |
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