National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for October 16, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending October 13, 2019
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30.00, 9780316478526
Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong.
1/5
2. Blowout
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $30.00, 9780525575474
Maddow's in-depth look at the unimaginably lucrative and equally corrupting oil and gas industry.
2/2
3. Educated (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504
Westover's unforgettable memoir about growing up, being kept out of school, leaving her survivalist family, and going on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University. A Winter/Spring 2018 Indies Introduce title and the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for March 2018.
4/86
4. Year of the Monkey
Patti Smith, Knopf, $24.95, 9780525657682
Smith's profound, beautifully realized memoir in which dreams and reality are vividly woven into a tapestry of one transformative year.
5/3
5. The Book of Gutsy Women
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, S&S, $35.00, 9781501178412
Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them--women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done.
6/2
6. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $24.99, 9780062457714
Superstar blogger Manson shows us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.
8/132
7. Letters from an Astrophysicist- Debut
Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Norton, $19.95, 9781324003311
Tyson's most candid and heartfelt writing yet, Letters from an Astrophysicist, introduces us to a newly personal dimension of Tyson's quest to explore our place in the cosmos.
/1
8. Permanent Record
Edward Snowden, Metropolitan Books, $30.00, 9781250237231
Snowden, the man who exposed the U.S. government's system of mass surveillance, reveals the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down.
3/4
9. Know My Name
Chanel Miller, Viking, $28.00, 9780735223707
Know My Name will forever transform the way we think about sexual assault, challenging our beliefs about what is acceptable and speaking truth to the tumultuous reality of healing.
11/3
10. Call Sign Chaos
Jim Mattis, Bing West, Random House, $28.00, 9780812996838
The account of Mattis's storied career, from wide-ranging leadership roles in three wars to ultimately commanding a quarter of a million troops across the Middle East.
10/6
11. How To
Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780525537090
The world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide, by the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and bestselling author of What If?.
9/6
12. The Education of an Idealist
Samantha Power, Dey Street Books, $29.99, 9780062820693
In her memoir, Power offers an urgent response to the question "What can one person do?"--and a call for a clearer eye, a kinder heart, and a more open and civil hand in our politics and daily lives.
7/5
13. She Said
Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780525560340
Kantor and Twohey describe not only the consequences of their reporting for the #MeToo movement, but the inspiring and affecting journeys of the women who spoke up--for the sake of other women, for future generations, and for themselves.
12/5
14. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Norton, $18.95, 9780393609394
What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and bestselling author Neil deGrasse Tyson.
/94
15. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations--and whose story inspires us to do the same.
14/48

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