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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for September 29, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending September 25, 2011
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| Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Jacqueline Kennedy Caroline Kennedy, Michael Beschloss, Hyperion, $60, 9781401324254 In 1964, Jacqueline Kennedy recorded seven historic interviews about her life with John F. Kennedy, which for the first time can be read and heard in this illustrated book and CD set. |
1/2 |
| 2. | Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168 An unforgettable true story that is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit. |
3/45 |
| 3. | Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President- Debut Ron Suskind, Harper, $29.99, 9780061429255 The hidden history of Wall Street and the White House, and a powerful, quintessentially American concept: confidence. |
/1 |
| 4. | Go the F**k to Sleep Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250 Beautiful, subversive, and very funny--a book for parents new, old, and expectant. You probably should not read it to your children! |
5/17 |
| 5. | That Used to Be Us Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum, FSG, $28, 9780374288907 An exploration of the American condition today and a rousing manifesto for American renewal. |
2/3 |
| 6. | In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846 Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign. |
4/20 |
| 7. | Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $26.99, 9780316056861 Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock. |
10/25 |
| 8. | Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Alexandra Fuller, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202995 In Fuller's sequel to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, she returns to Africa and the story of her unforgettable family. |
6/5 |
| 9. | Here Comes Trouble Michael Moore, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446532242 An autobiography by award-winning filmmaker and author Michael Moore. |
11/2 |
| 10. | 1493 Charles C. Mann, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307265722 A fascinating look at the ecological changes brought about by European vessels that carried thousands of species from the New World to homes across the oceans. |
8/7 |
| 11. | The Greater Journey David McCullough, S&S, $37.50, 9781416571766 McCullough's look at adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, architects, and others who set off for Paris between 1830 and 1900, with ambitions to excel in their work. |
14/18 |
| 12. | The Swerve: How the World Became Modern- Debut Stephen Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476 Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance. |
/1 |
| 13. | Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President- Debut Candice Millard, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385526265 Millard's fascinating account of the shooting of President James A. Garfield four months after his inauguration and a nation in turmoil. |
/1 |
| 14. | The Eighty-Dollar Champion Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $26, 9780345521088 The heartwarming true story of the plow-horse that won the 1958 National Horse Show is a September Indie Next List Great Read. |
12/5 |
| 15. | Arguably Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $30, 9781455502776 A collection of essays by the popular political and social commentator. |
9/4 |
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| 18. | The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin Joe McGinniss, Crown, $25, 9780307718921 A biography of Sarah Palin by the author of Fatal Vision. |
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