National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for October 10, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending October 6, 2013
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
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.		 2/28
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.		 4/49
4. Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.		 3/36
5. How Music Works
David Byrne, McSweeney's, $20, 9781938073533
Byrne's brainy, irresistible, and impassioned argument about music's liberating, life-affirming power.		 8/3
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.		 6/9
7. 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.		 5/5
8. 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.		 7/8
9. Unlikely Loves: 43 Heartwarming True Stories From the Animal Kingdom- Debut
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761174424
A celebration of love between species by the bestselling author of Unlikely Friendships.		 /1
10. 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.		 9/27
11. 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.		 14/*
12. 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.		 10/4
13. Dog Shaming- Debut
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.		 /1
14. 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.		 /64
15. Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity- Debut
Andrew Solomon, Scribner, $21.50, 9780743236720
National Book Award-winner Solomon tells the true stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children but also find profound meaning in doing so.		 /1

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