National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for June 8, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending June 5, 2016
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Wright Brothers
David McCullough, S&S, $17.00, 9781476728759
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner McCullough tells the dramatic story of the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly.		 2/5
2. Dead Wake
Erik Larson, Broadway, $17.00, 9780307408877
The enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania by the bestselling author of The Devil in the White City.		 3/11
3. Barbarian Days
William Finnegan, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143109396
A deeply rendered self-portrait of a lifelong surfer by the acclaimed New Yorker writer. Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for autobiography.		 1/6
4. H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16.00, 9780802124739
H Is for Hawk is a genre-defying debut from one of our most unique and transcendent voices.		 4/16
5. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20.00, 9780143034759
The inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton.		 6/29
6. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16.00, 9780762447695
Sincero helps you understand why you are how you are, how to love what you can't change, how to change what you don't love, and how to start living the kind of life you used to be jealous of.		 5/46
7. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143125471
Brown tells the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.		 7/105
8. Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy- Debut
Judd Apatow, Random House, $18.00, 9780812987287
Apatow's collection of intimate and hilarious conversations with the biggest names in comedy.		 /1
9. When to Rob a Bank
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062385802
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the landmark book Freakonomics comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe.		 9/2
10. Contagious
Jonah Berger, S&S, $16.00, 9781451686586
Wharton marketing professor Berger explains why certain products and ideas become popular.		 10/5
11. Killing Kennedy
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's Griffin, $15.99, 9781250092335
A look at the shocking events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.		 8/4
12. We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95, 9781101911761
The award-winning author of Americanah offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the 21st century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness.		 14/48
13. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16.00, 9781451697728
Montgomery explores the world of the octopus--a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature--and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. A National Book Award finalist.		 11/8
14. The Quartet
Joseph J. Ellis, Vintage, $16.00, 9780804172486
Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian Ellis tells the unexpected story of why the 13 colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew.		 12/4
15. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence
Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781633690196
Ten articles from the Harvard Business Review archive selected to help you boost your emotional skills--and your professional success.		 /17
ON THE RISE
17. Primates of Park Avenue: A Memoir
Wednesday Martin, S&S, $16.00, 9781476762715
Martin's memoir lifts a veil on the exotic, fascinating, and strangely familiar culture of privileged Manhattan motherhood.		  

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