National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for March 22, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending March 18, 2012
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.
2/8
2. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558
Boo's brilliant work of narrative nonfiction tells the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in the "unequal city" of Mumbai.
1/6
3. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
An unforgettable true story that is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.
7/70
4. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539
Isaacson's exclusive biography of Steve Jobs is based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years.
4/21
5. Bringing Up Bébé
Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203336
Druckerman reveals the secrets behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children.
3/6
6. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286
An exploration into the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed.
6/3
7. House of Stone
Anthony Shadid, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547134666
Shadid's memoir is an unforgettable meditation on war, exile, rebirth, and the universal yearning for home.
11/2
8. Revelations
Elaine Pagels, Viking, $27.95, 9780670023349
A startling exploration of the history of the most controversial book of the Bible, by the author of Beyond Belief.
5/2
9. The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier- Debut
Ree Drummond, Morrow, $29.99, 9780061997181
Drummond's new collection of simple but scrumptious recipes for all occasions.
/1
10. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $30, 9780374275631
Kahneman takes readers on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two "systems" that drive the way people think.
10/17
11. Goodnight iPad
Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568
This book, which is made of paper, is a reminder for the child in all of us to power down at the end of the day.
13/20
12. The End of Illness
David B. Agus, M.D., Free Press, $26, 9781451610178
A bold call for all of us to become our own personal health advocates, and a dramatic departure from orthodox thinking.
9/9
13. Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250
Beautiful, subversive, and very funny--a book for parents new, old, and expectant. You probably should not read it to your children!
14/41
14. American Sniper
Chris Kyle, et al., Morrow, $26.99, 9780062082350
An eyewitness account of war by a Navy SEAL who is the most lethal sniper in United States military history.
8/9
15. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?- Debut
Jeanette Winterson, Grove Press, $25, 9780802120106
Winterson's memoir of her search for belonging, love, and identity is a March 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
ON THE RISE
18. When I Was a Child I Read Books: Essays
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $24, 9780374298784
A captivating new collection of essays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gilead.
 


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