National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for July 11, 2018
Based on sales for the week ending July 8, 2018
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Kitchen Confidential
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $16.99, 9780060899226
In Kitchen Confidential, Bourdain tells the wild-but-true tales of his life in the culinary trade.		 4/4
2. 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.		 2/8
3. 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.		 1/14
4. 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.		 3/10
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.		 5/155
6. 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.		 7/10
7. Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316154734
Theft by Finding proves that Sedaris is one of our great modern observers. It's a potent reminder that when you're as perceptive and curious as Sedaris, there's no such thing as a boring day.		 6/5
8. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body- Debut
Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062420718
Gay's searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself.		 /1
9. 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.		 8/16
10. 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.		 12/7
11. 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.		 9/77
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.		 10/64
13. Things That Matter
Charles Krauthammer, Crown Forum, $16.00, 9780385349192
A collection of Krauthammer's columns and essays written over the last three decades.		 /5
14. I Can't Make This Up
Kevin Hart, Atria, $17.00, 9781501155574
A funny, heartfelt, and inspirational memoir by the popular actor and comedian.		 11/9
15. 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.		 15/37

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