National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for March 24, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending March 20, 2011
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
The mesmerizing new book by the author of Seabiscuit in a December Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/18
2. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $27, 9781400067602
New York Times columnist Brooks illustrates a story of how success happens.		 1/2
3. Moonwalking With Einstein
Joshua Foer, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594202292
Foer's unlikely journey to becoming U.S. Memory Champion explores the vast, hidden impact of memory on every aspect of our lives.		 3/2
4. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $26, 9781400068722
Hamilton's atypical culinary memoir is a March Indie Next List Great Read.		 5/3
5. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316001922
Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff's masterful biography of Cleopatra is a November Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/20
6. The Information
James Gleick, Pantheon, $29.95, 9780375423727
The author of Chaos and Genius shows how information has become the modern era's defining quality.		 6/3
7. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Amy Chua, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202841
Chua's tale of raising her children in the Chinese tradition is a January 2011 Indie Next List Great Read.		 8/10
8. Life
Keith Richards, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316034388
The long-awaited autobiography of the legendary founding member of the Rolling Stones.		 7/21
9. Townie
Andre Dubus, III, Norton, $25.95, 9780393064667
This candid memoir by the author of The House of Sand and Fog is a March Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/4
10. The Money Class
Suze Orman, Spiegel & Grau, $26, 9781400069736
The financial guru's take on using personal finance to achieve the American Dream.		 15/2
11. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe- Debut
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Harper, $24.99, 9780061732379
An incredible true story of an unlikely entrepreneur who mobilized her community under the Taliban.		 /1
12. Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock- Debut
Sammy Hagar, It Books, $26.99, 9780062009289
A memoir by veteran rock vocalist Sammy Hagar.		 /1
13. Autobiography of Mark Twain
Mark Twain, University of California Press, $34.95, 9780520267190
Volume one of Mark Twain's uncensored autobiography, in its entirety and exactly as he left it.		 14/22
14. The Hidden Reality
Brian Greene, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307265630
A book that takes on the grandest question: Is ours the only universe?		 /7
15. Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Karen Armstrong, Knopf, $22.95, 9780307595591
Armstrong's latest is a practical book about how we can help make the world a more compassionate place.		 11/10
ON THE RISE
17. Physics of the Future
Michio Kaku, Doubleday Books, $28.95, 9780385530804
Kaku's exhilarating vision of science in the coming century.


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