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Bestseller List for March 29, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending March 25, 2012
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Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. | Imagine: How Creativity Works- Debut Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072 Lehrer's fascinating and revelatory look at the new science of creativity. |
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2. | Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail- Debut Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736 Strayed's powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
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3. | The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28, 9781400069286 An exploration into the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. |
6/4 |
4. | Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son- Debut Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594488412 By turns poignant and funny, honest and touching, Lamott's latest is the true story of how the birth of a baby changes a family. |
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5. | 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. |
3/71 |
6. | Quiet Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149 Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves. |
1/9 |
7. | The Blood Sugar Solution: The UltraHealthy Program for Losing Weight, Preventing Disease, and Feeling Great Now!- Debut Mark Hyman, M.D., Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316127370 Hyman's solutions to weight loss, disease prevention, and feeling better than ever. |
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8. | Revelations Elaine Pagels, Viking, $27.95, 9780670023349 A startling exploration of the history of the most controversial book of the Bible, by the author of Beyond Belief. |
8/3 |
9. | Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539 Isaacson's exclusive biography of Steve Jobs is based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years. |
4/22 |
10. | Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558 Boo's brilliant work of narrative nonfiction tells the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in the "unequal city" of Mumbai. |
2/7 |
11. | Bringing Up Bébé Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594203336 Druckerman reveals the secrets behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children. |
5/7 |
12. | Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Jeanette Winterson, Grove Press, $25, 9780802120106 Winterson's memoir of her search for belonging, love, and identity is a March 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
15/2 |
13. | Goodnight iPad Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568 This book, which is made of paper, is a reminder for the child in all of us to power down at the end of the day. |
11/21 |
14. | American Sniper Chris Kyle, et al., Morrow, $26.99, 9780062082350 An eyewitness account of war by a Navy SEAL who is the most lethal sniper in United States military history. |
14/10 |
15. | Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $30, 9780374275631 Kahneman takes readers on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two "systems" that drive the way people think. |
10/18 |
ON THE RISE | ||
20. | The Righteous Mind Jonathan Haidt, Pantheon, $28.95, 9780307377906 Haidt explores the origins of our political divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding. |
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