National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for May 8, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending May 4, 2014
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849922077
A young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven.		 1/78
2. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $16, 9780812979329
Boo's brilliant work of narrative nonfiction tells the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in the "unequal city" of Mumbai.		 2/4
3. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $16, 9780812981605
An exploration into the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed.		 3/17
4. 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.		 8/21
5. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074
A powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery by the bestselling author of Tiny Beautiful Things.		 9/58
6. Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation- Debut
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $17, 9780143125334
Pollan reclaims cooking as an act of enjoyment and self-reliance and opens the door to a more nourishing life.		 /1
7. The Girls of Atomic City
Denise Kiernan, Touchstone, $16, 9781451617535
Kiernan's book is a fascinating look at a remarkable, almost forgotten chapter of American history.		 4/8
8. Dad Is Fat
Jim Gaffigan, Three Rivers Press, $15.99, 9780385349079
A sharply observed, explosively funny cry for help from a man who realizes he and his wife are outnumbered in their own home.		 12/2
9. Gulp
Mary Roach, Norton, $15.95, 9780393348743
The bestselling author of Stiff and Packing for Mars returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry inside, the alimentary canal.		 7/5
10. 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.		 6/79
11. The Plantagenets
Dan Jones, Penguin, $18, 9780143124924
A stunning achievement that brings one of the most tumultuous and fascinating periods of British history to life, including the Crusades, the Black Death, and the Hundred Years War.		 5/6
12. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781422157992
A collection of Harvard Business Review articles to help you maximize yourself.		 14/3
13. The Wolf of Wall Street
Jordan Belfort, Bantam, $16, 9780345549334
Belfort's account of greed, power, and excess is now a major motion picture.		 13/7
14. The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261
The author chronicles a 12-month journey to follow the wisdom of the ages in a quest to be happier.		 15/74
15. Frozen in Time- Debut
Mitchell Zuckoff, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062133403
A gripping true story of survival, bravery, and honor in the Arctic wilderness during World War II, by the bestselling author of Lost in Shangri-La.		 /1
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20. Empty Mansions
Bill Dedman, Paul Clark Newell, Jr., Ballantine, $17, 9780345534538
A rich mystery of wealth and loss, connecting the Gilded Age opulence of the 19th century with a 21st century battle over a $300 million inheritance.		  

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