National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for June 25, 2015
Based on sales for the week ending June 21, 2015
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143125471
Brown tells the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.		 1/56
2. I Am Malala
Malala Yousafzai, Back Bay, $16.00, 9780316322423
The remarkable memoir of a young Pakistani girl who refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education.		 2/3
3. David and Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.00, 9780316204378
Gladwell draws upon history, psychology, and powerful storytelling to reshape the way we think of the world around us.		 3/11
4. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9781101873441
Strayed's powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery is now a major motion picture.		 4/30
5. How Not to Be Wrong
Jordan Ellenberg, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143127536
Ellenberg unveils the hidden beauty and logic of math and puts its power in our hands.		 5/4
6. The Opposite of Loneliness
Marina Keegan, Scribner, $15.00, 9781476753911
An affecting and hope-filled posthumous collection of essays by a talented young Yale graduate whose title essay captured the world's attention in 2012 and turned her into an icon for her generation.		 6/9
7. A Spy Among Friends
Ben Macintyre, Broadway, $16.00, 9780804136655
Macintyre's fascinating look at the greatest spy in history, who rose to head Britain's counterintelligence against the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War--while he was secretly working for the enemy.		 12/4
8. Things That Matter
Charles Krauthammer, Crown Forum, $16.00, 9780385349192
A collection of Krauthammer's columns and essays written over the last three decades.		 10/6
9. In the Kingdom of Ice
Hampton Sides, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307946911
The bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers returns with white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded Age.		 7/4
10. What the Dog Knows
Cat Warren, Touchstone, $16.00, 9781451667325
Warren's firsthand exploration of the extraordinary abilities and surprising, sometimes life-saving talents of working dogs.		 9/14
11. The Sixth Extinction
Elizabeth Kolbert, Picador USA, $16.00, 9781250062185
Kolbert's fascinating book about the future of the world blends intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes.		 11/22
12. We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95, 9781101911761
The award-winning author of Americanah offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the 21st century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness.		 8/19
13. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $16.00, 9780812987119
An unforgettable true story that is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit. Now a major motion picture.		 15/32
14. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence
Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781633690196
Ten articles from the Harvard Business Review archive selected to help you boost your emotional skills--and your professional success.		 13/3
15. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age- Debut
Matt Richtel, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062284075
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Richtel examines the impact of technology on our lives through the story of a college student who killed two scientists while texting and driving.		 /1

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