National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for October 17, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending October 13, 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.		 1/6
2. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074
A powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery by the bestselling author of Tiny Beautiful Things.		 2/29
3. Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.		 4/37
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.		 3/50
5. Unlikely Loves
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761174424
A celebration of love between species by the bestselling author of Unlikely Friendships.		 9/2
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.		 6/10
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.		 8/9
8. 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.		 7/6
9. How Music Works
David Byrne, McSweeney's, $20, 9781938073533
Byrne's brainy, irresistible, and impassioned argument about music's liberating, life-affirming power.		 5/4
10. Far From the Tree
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.		 15/2
11. The Best American Essays 2013- Debut
Cheryl Strayed, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544103887
The premier annual collection of the country's finest essays.		 /1
12. 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.		 10/28
13. 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.		 12/5
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.		 11/*
15. The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are- Debut
Brene Brown, Hazelden, $14.95, 9781592858491
Brown shares 10 guideposts for engaging with the world from a place of worthiness.		 /1
ON THE RISE
18. Living Beautifully
Pema Chodron, Shambhala , $14.95, 9781611800760
Chodron presents practices for living with wisdom and integrity even in confusing and uncertain situations.		  

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