National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for July 26, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending July 23, 2017
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.		 2/105
2. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $7.99, 9780804190114
Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the 20th century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.		 1/19
3. On Trails: An Exploration
Robert Moor, S&S, $16.00, 9781476739236
A wondrous exploration of how trails help us understand the world--from invisible ant trails to hiking paths that span continents, from interstate highways to the Internet.		 4/3
4. No Is Not Enough
Naomi Klein, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9781608468904
Klein provides a road map to reclaiming the populist ground from those who would divide us--one that sets a bold course for winning the fair and caring world we want and need.		 5/6
5. The Zookeeper's Wife
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $15.95, 9780393354256
The true story of zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who hid hundreds of Polish Jews during WWII, based on Antonina's diaries.		 3/24
6. Invisible Influence
Jonah Berger, S&S, $16.00, 9781476759739
The bestselling author of Contagious explores the subtle, secret influences that affect the decisions we make.		 7/5
7. The Genius of Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $17.00, 9780399563126
Ackerman delivers an extraordinary story that will give readers a new appreciation for the exceptional talents of birds and let them discover what birds can reveal about our changing world.		 8/15
8. Evicted
Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17.00, 9780553447453
Desmond transforms our understanding of extreme poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving a devastating, uniquely American problem.		 13/21
9. White Trash
Nancy Isenberg, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143129677
We acknowledge racial injustice as an ugly stain on our nation's history. With Isenberg's book, we will have to face the truth about the enduring, malevolent nature of class as well.		 6/16
10. Originals
Adam Grant, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143128854
Grant examines how people can champion new ideas--and how leaders can encourage originality in their organizations.		 10/24
11. Dunkirk- Debut
Joshua Levine, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062740304
The epic true story of the Battle of Dunkirk. Now a major motion picture.		 /1
12. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $17.00, 9781501171581
A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing. Soon to be a major motion picture.		 /*
13. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9781101912195
With We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, blogger and comedian Irby turns the serio-comic essay into an art form.		 11/8
14. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself
Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781422157992
A collection of Harvard Business Review articles to help you maximize yourself.		 14/29
15. Hero of the Empire
Candice Millard, Anchor, $17.00, 9780307948786
Millard's thrilling narrative of Winston Churchill's extraordinary and little-known exploits during the Boer War.		 9/8

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