National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for October 19, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending October 16, 2016
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen, S&S, $32.50, 9781501141515
In his insightful memoir Springsteen demonstrates the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs.		 1/3
2. Killing the Rising Sun
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30.00, 9781627790628
Killing the Rising Sun details the final moments of World War II like never before.		 2/5
3. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
By a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class.		 3/10
4. The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo
Amy Schumer, Gallery, $28.00, 9781501139888
Emmy Award-winner Schumer's refreshingly candid and uproariously funny collection of extremely personal and observational essays.		 4/9
5. Upstream: Selected Essays - Debut
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $26.00, 9781594206702
Upstream is a collection of essays in which Mary Oliver reflects on her willingness, as a young child and as an adult, to lose herself within the beauty and mysteries of both the natural world and the world of literature.		 /1
6. Hero of the Empire
Candice Millard, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385535731
Millard's thrilling narrative of Winston Churchill's extraordinary and little-known exploits during the Boer War is an October 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 5/4
7. 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.		 6/40
8. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $30.00, 9781501145247
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's first book since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993 is a witty, engaging, and serious collection of writings and speeches.		 10/2
9. 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.		 8/66
10. 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.		 12/101
11. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone, $24.95, 9781771642484
After reading Wohlleben's fascinating book about the complex life of trees, a walk in the woods will never be the same. A September 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/5
12. Be Obsessed or Be Average - Debut
Grant Cardone, Portfolio, $27.00, 9781101981054
From the millionaire entrepreneur and New York Times bestselling author of The 10X Rule comes a bold and contrarian wake-up call for anyone truly ready for success.		 /1
13. Designing Your Life
Bill Burnett, Dave Evans, Knopf, $24.95, 9781101875322
Burnett and Evans show us how design thinking can help us create a life that is meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or how young or old we are.		 7/4
14. Love Warrior
Glennon Doyle Melton, Flatiron, $25.99, 9781250075727
In her highly anticipated new memoir Melton tells the story of her journey of self-discovery after the implosion of her marriage.		 14/6
15. A Life in Parts - Debut
Bryan Cranston, Scribner, $27.00, 9781476793856
A poignant, intimate, funny, inspiring memoir from Bryan Cranston, beloved and acclaimed star of one of history’s most successful TV shows, Breaking Bad.		 /1

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