The Indie Business & Economics Bestseller List

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For the eight-week period ending July 14, 2010, and based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide.

1. The Big Short
Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393072235

2. Shop Class as Soulcraft
Matthew B. Crawford, Penguin, $15, 9780143117469

3. Blink
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316010665

4. The Black Swan, Second Edition
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Random House, $17, 9780812973815

5. The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316346627

6. Freakonomics
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780060731335

7. The Road to Serfdom
Friedrich A.Von Hayek, University of Chicago Press, $17, 9780226320557

8. Lords of Finance
Liaquat Ahamed, Penguin, $18, 9780143116806

9. How We Decide
Jonah Lehrer, Mariner, $14.95, 9780547247991

10. Fordlandia
Greg Grandin, Picador, $16, 9780312429621

11. 13 Bankers
Simon Johnson, James Kwak, Pantheon, $26.95, 9780307379054

12. Crisis Economics
Nouriel Roubini, Stephen Mihm, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594202506

13. Liar's Poker
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338690

14. Predictably Irrational
Dan Ariely, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061353246

15. SuperFreakonomics
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $29.99, 9780060889579

16. Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Chip Heath, Dan Heath, Broadway Business, $26, 9780385528757

17. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Daniel H. Pink, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488849

18. Soccernomics
Simon Kuper, Stefan Szymanski, Nation, $14.95, 9781568584256

19. Too Big to Fail
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $32.95, 9780670021253

20. Be Thrifty
Pia Catton, Califia Suntree (Eds.), Workman, $14.99, 9780761156093

21. The Ascent of Money
Niall Ferguson, Penguin, $16, 9780143116172

22. The Upside of Irrationality
Dan Ariely, Harper, $27.99, 9780061995033

23. The 4-Hour Workweek
Timothy Ferriss, Crown, $22, 9780307465351

24. The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
Matt Ridley, Harper, $26.99, 9780061452055

25. Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
Tony Hsieh, Business Plus, $23.99, 9780446563048