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Bestseller List for April 26, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 22, 2012
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Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. | Drift Rachel Maddow, Crown, $25, 9780307460981 The popular talk show host examines the political debate about how, when, and where to apply America's strength and power. |
1/4 |
2. | Wild Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736 Strayed's powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
2/5 |
3. | Imagine Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072 Lehrer's fascinating and revelatory look at the new science of creativity. |
3/5 |
4. | Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir- Debut Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159015 Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka "The Bloggess," makes her literary debut. |
/1 |
5. | 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. |
5/8 |
6. | 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. |
6/75 |
7. | Quiet Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149 Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves. |
9/13 |
8. | Some Assembly Required Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488412 By turns poignant and funny, honest and touching, Lamott's latest is the true story of how the birth of a baby changes a family. |
4/5 |
9. | 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. |
8/26 |
10. | Darth Vader and Son- Debut Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557 Brown's delightful book presents the trials and joys of parenting through the lens of a galaxy far, far away. |
/1 |
11. | The Big Miss Hank Haney, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780307985989 Haney's candid and insightful account of his tumultuous six-years coaching Tiger Woods. |
11/4 |
12. | The Social Conquest of Earth Edward Osborne Wilson, Liveright, $27.95, 9780871404138 Wilson's groundbreaking new look at the origin of the human condition and why it resulted in our domination of the Earth. |
7/2 |
13. | The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity- Debut Nancy Gibbs, Michael Duffy, S&S, $32.50, 9781439127704 A fascinating look at how U.S. presidents have worked together, and sometimes against each other, in and out of office. |
/1 |
14. | A Natural Woman Carole King, Grand Central, $27.99, 9781455512614 King takes us from her early beginnings in Brooklyn, to her remarkable success as one of the world's most acclaimed songwriting and performing talents of all time. |
10/2 |
15. | Bringing Up Bébé Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203336 Druckerman reveals the secrets behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children. |
12/10 |
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