National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for February 7, 2018
Based on sales for the week ending February 4, 2018
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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.		 1/133
2. The Silk Roads
Peter Frankopan, Vintage, $20.00, 9781101912379
The epic history of the crossroads of the world--the meeting place of East and West and the birthplace of civilization.		 3/10
3. 12 Strong
Doug Stanton, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501178511
The true-life account of a U.S. Special Forces team deployed to war-ridden Afghanistan in the weeks following 9/11.		 2/6
4. The Lost City of the Monkey God
Douglas J. Preston, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455540013
Preston's book is an eyewitness account of one of the great discoveries of the 21st century.		 4/21
5. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Picador USA, $16.00, 9781250076229
Practicing surgeon Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending.		 5/22
6. 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.		 8/75
7. 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.		 6/33
8. 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.		 7/55
9. The Undoing Project
Michael Lewis, Norton, $16.95, 9780393354775
Lewis tells the incredible true story about how a Nobel Prize-winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality.		 10/14
10. 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.		 11/38
11. 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.		 12/47
12. Being a Dog
Alexandra Horowitz, Scribner, $17.00, 9781476796024
The bestselling author of Inside of a Dog explains how dogs experience the world through their most spectacular organ: the nose.		 9/16
13. Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't- Debut
Simon Sinek, Portfolio, $17.00, 9781591848011
Sinek describes how great leaders sacrifice their own comfort for the good of their team. He illustrates his ideas with fascinating true stories that range from the military to big business, from government to investment banking.		 /1
14. Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street- Debut
Sheelah Kolhatkar, Random House, $18.00, 9780812985795
The story of the billionaire trader Steven A. Cohen, the rise and fall of his hedge fund, SAC Capital, and the largest insider trading investigation in history.		 /1
15. Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action- Debut
Simon Sinek, Portfolio, $16.00, 9781591846444
Drawing on a wide range of real-life stories, Sinek weaves together a clear vision of what it truly takes to lead and inspire.		 /1

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