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National Indie Bestsellers
Bestseller List for April 26, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending April 22, 2012
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| Trade Paperback Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878 Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock. |
1/16 |
| 2. | Unlikely Friendships Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131 A look at amazing friendships between species, collected from around the world and documented in a selection of candid photographs. |
2/45 |
| 3. | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189 A fascinating look at the world's first "immortal" human cells grown in culture to be used in medical research. |
4/59 |
| 4. | Moonwalking With Einstein Joshua Foer, Penguin, $16, 9780143120537 Foer's unlikely journey to becoming U.S. Memory Champion explores the vast, hidden impact of memory on every aspect of our lives. |
5/8 |
| 5. | Heaven Is for Real Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158 A young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven. |
8/67 |
| 6. | Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey The Countess of Carnarvon, Broadway, $15.99, 9780770435622 The story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration and setting for the Emmy Award-winning PBS program Downton Abbey. |
3/13 |
| 7. | The Hare With Amber Eyes Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372 At the center of de Waal's memoir is his inherited collection of ornamental Japanese wood and ivory carvings. |
9/35 |
| 8. | The Happiness Project Gretchen Rubin, Harper, $14.99, 9780061583261 The author chronicles a 12-month journey to follow the wisdom of the ages in a quest to be happier. |
6/52 |
| 9. | Born to Run Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187 McDougall's fascinating look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running. |
7/48 |
| 10. | Outliers Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930 The author of Blink and The Tipping Point looks at what makes some people successful--and others not. |
/38 |
| 11. | Just Kids Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228 Rock icon Smith's memoir of her early years in New York and her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe is a 2010 National Book Award winner. |
11/74 |
| 12. | F in Exams Richard Benson, Chronicle , $9.95, 9780811878319 Students or anyone who has ever had to struggle through a test will have a good laugh. |
12/45 |
| 13. | Blood, Bones & Butter Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $16, 9780812980882 Hamilton's bestselling culinary memoir is now available in paperback. |
10/13 |
| 14. | The Magic Rhonda Byrne, Atria, $12.99, 9781451673449 The latest by the internationally bestselling author of The Secret. |
15/6 |
| 15. | The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95, 9781595586438 Alexander's bold argument that mass incarceration amounts to a devastating system of racial control. |
14/4 |