National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for May 30, 2018
Based on sales for the week ending May 27, 2018
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483
Grann's twisting and haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history.		 1/8
2. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $16.99, 9780062300553
By a former Marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class.		 2/4
3. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110
A groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be human.		 3/2
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.		 4/149
5. Shoe Dog
Phil Knight, Scribner, $20.00, 9781501135927
Nike founder Knight shares the inside story of one of the world's most iconic and profitable brands.		 5/4
6. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781633694361
Ten articles from the Harvard Business Review to help you build your emotional strength and resilience--and to achieve high performance.		 6/10
7. I Can't Make This Up
Kevin Hart, Atria, $17.00, 9781501155574
A funny, heartfelt, and inspirational memoir by the popular actor and comedian.		 10/3
8. The American Spirit
David McCullough, S&S, $16.00, 9781501174193
McCullough's timely collection of speeches reminds us who we are as a country and helps to guide us as we find our way forward.		 9/7
9. 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.		 11/71
10. You Are a Badass at Making Money
Jen Sincero, Penguin, $16.00, 9780735223134
Sincero combines hilarious personal essays with bite-size concepts that unlock earning potential and get real results.		 8/8
11. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation.		 7/4
12. 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.		 /58
13. Why Buddhism Is True
Robert Wright, S&S, $17.00, 9781439195468
Wright's book is a journey through psychology, philosophy, and meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness.		 12/3
14. Autumn of the Black Snake: George Washington, Mad Anthony Wayne, and the Invasion That Opened the West- Debut
William Hogeland, FSG, $17.00, 9780374537845
Hogeland tells the forgotten story of how the U.S. Army was created to fight a coalition of Native American tribes that stood to halt the nation's expansion into the West.		 /1
15. 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.		 15/51

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