National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for September 11, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending September 7, 2014
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions- Debut
Randall Munroe, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 9780544272996
From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.		 /1
2. What I Know for Sure- Debut
Oprah Winfrey, Flatiron, $24.99, 9781250054050
A collection of O, The Oprah Magazine's widely popular "What I Know for Sure" columns, revised and updated.		 /1
3. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book
Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307977618
A humorous guide to life for grown-ups by a longtime editor of the iconic Little Golden Books.		 3/44
4. In the Kingdom of Ice
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385535373
The bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers returns with white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded Age. An August 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/5
5. David and Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29, 9780316204361
In his new bestseller, Gladwell draws upon history, psychology, and powerful storytelling to reshape the way we think of the world around us.		 4/49
6. The Organized Mind
Daniel J. Levitin, Dutton, $27.95, 9780525954187
In his new book, bestselling author Levitin shifts his keen insights from your brain on music to your brain in a sea of details.		 7/3
7. Think Like a Freak
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062218339
The bestselling authors of Freakonomics take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally-to think, that is, like a Freak.		 5/17
8. A Spy Among Friends
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $27, 9780804136631
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.		 1/6
9. Flash Boys
Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393244663
The bestselling author of The Big Short returns to Wall Street to report on a high-tech predator stalking the equity markets.		 6/22
10. Goodnight Darth Vader
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452128306
Darth Vader's parenting skills are tested anew in this delightful new book by the bestselling author of Darth Vader and Son and Vader's Little Princess.		 13/4
11. How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits- Debut
Anne Berest, et al., Doubleday, $25, 9780385538657
Four stunning and accomplished French women offer a fresh and spirited take on what it really means to be a Parisienne.		 /1
12. Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty, Belknap Press, $39.95, 9780674430006
Piketty's analysis of a unique collection of economic data from 20 countries will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality.		 12/20
13. Hard Choices
Hillary Rodham Clinton, S&S, $35, 9781476751443
Clinton's inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future.		 8/13
14. Diary of a Mad Diva- Debut
Joan Rivers, Berkley, $26.95, 9780425269022
A no-holds-barred, delightfully vicious, and always hilarious look at the everyday life of Joan Rivers.		 /1
15. The Grumpy Guide to Life
Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452134239
Featuring many new photos of Grumpy Cat's famous frown and packed with uninspiring observations to help anyone get in touch with their inner grouch.		 11/3

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