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Bestseller List for August 3, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending July 31, 2016
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Trade Paperback Nonfiction |
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Modern Romance Aziz Ansari, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143109259 A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance by one of this generation's sharpest comedic voices. |
1/7 |
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. |
2/19 |
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. |
3/14 |
4. |
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. |
6/54 |
5. |
Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20.00, 9780143034759 The inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton. |
4/37 |
6. |
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. |
7/113 |
7. |
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. |
5/13 |
8. |
Sick in the Head Judd Apatow, Random House, $18.00, 9780812987287 Apatow's collection of intimate and hilarious conversations with the biggest names in comedy. |
8/9 |
9. |
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. |
9/24 |
10. |
Primates of Park Avenue 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. |
10/7 |
11. |
Contagious Jonah Berger, S&S, $16.00, 9781451686586 Wharton marketing professor Berger explains why certain products and ideas become popular. |
12/13 |
12. |
Night Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9.95, 9780374500016 The masterful account of Wiesel's survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. |
11/41 |
13. |
The Oregon Trail Rinker Buck, S&S, $16.99, 9781451659177 Buck's absorbing account of traveling the length of the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned way--in a covered wagon with a team of mules. |
14/8 |
14. |
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. |
15/24 |
15. |
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. |
13/16 |
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