National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for February 20, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending February 17, 2019
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/40
2. 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.
2/187
3. Beautiful Boy
David Sheff, Eamon Dolan/Mariner Books, $16.99, 9781328974716
David Sheff describes his journey through his son Nic's addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery. Now a major motion picture.
3/24
4. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18.00, 9781501145254
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's first book since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993 is a witty, engaging, and serious collection of writings and speeches.
6/27
5. When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead, $17.00, 9780735210639
Pink unlocks the scientific secrets of good timing to help you flourish at work, at school, and at home.
4/6
6. 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.
8/46
7. 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.
5/48
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.
7/102
9. 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.
11/42
10. Fascism: A Warning
Madeleine Albright, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062802200
Former U.S. Secretary of State Albright's personal and urgent examination of fascism in the 20th century and how its legacy shapes today's world.
13/3
11. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807047415
DiAngelo explores the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.
10/9
12. 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.
9/36
13. The Recovering
Leslie Jamison, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316259583
Jamison has given us nothing less than the story of addiction and recovery in America writ large, a definitive and revelatory account that will resonate for years to come.
15/5
14. How to Love
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781937006884
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh brings his signature clarity, compassion, and humor to the thorny question of how to love.
/22
15. Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest
Hanif Abdurraqib, University of Texas Press, $16.95, 9781477316481
Abdurraqib's homage to the seminal rap group A Tribe Called Quest is a February 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
14/2

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