National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for November 13, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending November 9, 2014
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Yes Please
Amy Poehler, Dey Street, $28.99, 9780062268341
A hilarious and candid book by the popular Saturday Night Live alumna and star of Parks and Recreation.
1/2
2. Killing Patton
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30, 9780805096682
Killing Patton takes readers inside the final year of WWII and recounts the events surrounding the death of General George S. Patton.
3/7
3. Not That Kind of Girl
Lena Dunham, Random House, $28, 9780812994995
A hilarious, wise, and fiercely candid collection of personal essays by the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBO's Girls.
2/6
4. Make It Ahead
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307464880
In her new cookbook, the Barefoot Contessa answers the number one question she receives from cooks: Can I make it ahead?
4/2
5. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26, 9780805095159
Practicing surgeon Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending.
5/5
6. 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.
8/53
7. The Innovators
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781476708690
Isaacson's revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet looks at the history of the digital revolution and is an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens.
6/5
8. What If?
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.
10/10
9. Food: A Love Story
Jim Gaffigan, Crown Archetype, $26, 9780804140416
The latest by the popular comedian and bestselling author of Dad Is Fat.
/2
10. Plenty More
Yotam Ottolenghi, Ten Speed Press, $35, 9781607746218
The follow-up to London chef Ottolenghi's bestselling and award-winning cookbook Plenty.
9/4
11. The Secret History of Wonder Woman
Jill Lepore, Knopf, $29.95, 9780385354042
Lepore tells the origin of one of the world's most iconic superheroes and reveals within it a fascinating family story--and a crucial history of 20th-century feminism.
11/2
12. What I Know for Sure
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.
12/10
13. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing- Debut
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307
Kondo takes readers step-by-step through her revolutionary KonMari Method for simplifying, organizing, and storing.
/1
14. Everything I Need to Know About Christmas I Learned From a Little Golden Book- Debut
Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780553497359
A delightfully retro holiday companion to the bestseller Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book.
/1
15. The World of Ice & Fire
George R.R. Martin, et al., Bantam, $50, 9780553805444
This lavishly illustrated volume is a comprehensive history of the world created by Martin in his A Song of Ice and Fire series.
7/2

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