National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for August 31, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2016
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. M Train- Debut
Patti Smith, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101910160
A powerful and deeply moving book by the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids.		 /1
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.		 5/23
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.		 2/18
4. 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.		 1/11
5. 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.		 4/58
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.		 3/117
7. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20.00, 9780143034759
The inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton.		 7/41
8. Sully
Chesley Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062561206
An inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of our time, Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger.		 9/3
9. 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.		 6/17
10. 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.		 8/28
11. 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.		 10/12
12. My Life on the Road- Debut
Gloria Steinem, Random House, $18.00, 9780345408167
Steinem's candid account of her life as a traveler, a listener, and a catalyst for change.		 /1
13. 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.		 13/13
14. 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.		 11/11
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.		 12/20

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