National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for April 6, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending April 3, 2016
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25.00, 9780812988406
This profoundly moving and exquisitely observed memoir by a young neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis is a January 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/12
2. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307
Kondo takes readers step-by-step through her revolutionary KonMari Method for simplifying, organizing, and storing.		 2/73
3. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $24.00, 9780812993547
Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis in this bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history. A September 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/38
4. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Carlo Rovelli, Riverhead, $18.00, 9780399184413
Rovelli's book revealing all the beauty of modern physics in seven short and enlightening lessons is a March 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/5
5. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26.00, 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.		 9/74
6. The Immortal Irishman
Timothy Egan, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28.00, 9780544272880
National Book Award-winner Egan tells the epic story of one of the most fascinating and colorful Irishmen in 19th-century America, Thomas Meagher.		 5/5
7. Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939- Debut
Adam Hochschild, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30.00, 9780547973180
Hochschild's sweeping history of the Spanish Civil War, told through a dozen characters, including Ernest Hemingway and George Orwell. A tale of idealism, heartbreaking suffering, and a noble cause that failed.		 /1
8. Lust & Wonder: A Memoir- Debut
Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $26.99, 9780312342036
In his new memoir Burroughs examines what it means to be in love, what it means to be in lust, and what it means to be figuring it all out. An April 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1
9. The Road to Little Dribbling
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385539289
Bryson's loving and hilarious valentine to his adopted country, Great Britain.		 6/11
10. Smarter Faster Better
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28.00, 9780812993394
Duhigg explores the science of productivity and why managing how you think--rather than what you think--can transform your life.		 8/4
11. Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape- Debut
Peggy Orenstein, Harper, $26.99, 9780062209726
Orenstein offers a clear-eyed picture of the new sexual landscape girls face and reveals how they are negotiating it.		 /1
12. Dark Money
Jane Mayer, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385535595
Mayer examines a network of exceedingly wealthy people with extreme libertarian views and a systematic plan to fundamentally alter the American political system.		 7/11
13. In Other Words
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101875551
Pulitzer Prize-winner Lahiri's nonfiction debut is a startling act of self-reflection and a provocative exploration of belonging and reinvention.		 13/8
14. Originals
Adam Grant, Viking, $27.00, 9780525429562
Grant examines how people can champion new ideas--and how leaders can encourage originality in their organizations.		 11/9
15. Modern Romance
Aziz Ansari, Penguin Press, $28.95, 9781594206276
A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance by one of this generation's sharpest comedic voices.		 12/35

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