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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for October 13, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending October 9, 2011
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| Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World- Debut Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817 Lewis's sadly hilarious investigation points to the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations. |
/1 |
| 2. | Killing Lincoln Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070 A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. |
1/2 |
| 3. | 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. |
2/47 |
| 4. | 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. |
3/4 |
| 5. | The Swerve Stephen Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476 Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance. |
5/3 |
| 6. | 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. |
8/5 |
| 7. | 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! |
4/19 |
| 8. | In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846 Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign. |
6/22 |
| 9. | Rin Tin Tin Susan Orlean, S&S, $26.99, 9781439190135 Orlean's sweeping, powerfully moving account of Rin Tin Tin's journey from orphaned puppy to movie star and international icon is an October Indie Next List Great Read. |
9/2 |
| 10. | Seriously... I'm Kidding- Debut Ellen DeGeneres, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446585026 A memoir by the popular comedian and talk-show host. |
/1 |
| 11. | Confidence Men Ron Suskind, Harper, $29.99, 9780061429255 The hidden history of Wall Street and the White House, and a powerful, quintessentially American concept: confidence. |
7/3 |
| 12. | Destiny of the Republic 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. |
11/3 |
| 13. | Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $26.99, 9780316056861 Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock. |
13/27 |
| 14. | Here Comes Trouble Michael Moore, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446532242 An autobiography by award-winning filmmaker and author Michael Moore. |
10/4 |
| 15. | 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. |
15/9 |
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| 20. | The Price of Civilization Jeffrey D. Sachs, Random House, $27, 9781400068418 Sachs presents a road map for prosperity founded on America's deepest values and a true understanding of the 21st-century world economy. |
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