National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for April 7, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending April 3, 2011
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $27, 9781400067602
New York Times columnist Brooks illustrates a story of how success happens.		 2/4
2. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168
The mesmerizing new book by the author of Seabiscuit is a December 2010 Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/20
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.		 5/4
4. Unfamiliar Fishes
Sarah Vowell, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594487873
The bestselling author of The Wordy Shipmates retraces the impact of the arrival of New England missionaries in Hawaii in the early 1800s.		 3/2
5. Blood, Bones & Butter
Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $26, 9781400068722
Hamilton's atypical culinary memoir is a March Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/5
6. 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.		 6/22
7. 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.		 7/5
8. Love Wins
Rob Bell, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062049643
Bell presents a vision for discovering a richer understanding of God.		 13/2
9. 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.		 11/12
10. Moby-Duck
Donovan Hohn, Viking, $27.95, 9780670022199
When Hohn heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea, he embarked on an accidental odyssey in search of how it happened.		 /2
11. Physics of the Future
Michio Kaku, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385530804
Kaku's exhilarating vision of science in the coming century.		 10/2
12. 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.		 9/6
13. Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India- Debut
Joseph Lelyveld, Knopf , $28.95, 9780307269584
A highly original book about Mahatma Gandhi that deepens our understanding of his achievements and disappointments.		 /1
14. Life
Keith Richards, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316034388
The long-awaited autobiography of the legendary founding member of the Rolling Stones.		 8/23
15. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Harper, $24.99, 9780061732379
An incredible true story of an unlikely entrepreneur who mobilized her community under the Taliban.		 14/3
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17. The 17 Day Diet
Dr. Mike Moreno, Free Press, $25, 9781451648652
A diet book that helps you figure out the foods and routines that work best with your real lifestyle.


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