National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for May 10, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending May 6, 2012
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson- Debut
Robert A. Caro, Knopf, $35, 9780679405078
Book four of Caro's monumental biography of Lyndon Johnson.		 /1
2. Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400069347
Sharp insights and revealing observations that confirm Quindlen's status as America's laureate of real life.		 2/2
3. 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.		 1/6
4. 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.		 3/7
5. End This Depression Now!- Debut
Paul Krugman, Norton, $24.95, 9780393088779
Nobel Prize-winning economist and bestselling author Krugman's ideas for a quick and strong economic recovery.		 /1
6. Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama- Debut
Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $22, 9780618982509
A brilliant, new graphic memoir by the bestselling author of Fun Home.		 /1
7. Prague Winter
Madeleine Albright, Harper, $29.99, 9780062030313
A remarkably personal and historical new memoir by the former U.S. Secretary of State.		 5/2
8. Imagine
Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072
Lehrer's fascinating and revelatory look at the new science of creativity.		 4/7
9. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159015
Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka "The Bloggess," makes her literary debut.		 8/3
10. 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.		 7/10
11. 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.		 6/77
12. Quiet
Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.		 10/15
13. Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden--From 9/11 to Abbottabad- Debut
Peter L. Bergen, Crown , $26, 9780307955579
Bergen's gripping account of the decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden.		 /1
14. The Presidents Club
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.		 9/3
15. My Cross to Bear- Debut
Gregg Allman, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062112033
An autobiography by the legendary rock musician and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band.		 /1
ON THE RISE
18. When Women Were Birds
Terry Tempest Williams, Angela Williams, FSG, $23, 9780374288976
Williams' lyrical and caring meditation on the mystery of her mother's journals.		  


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