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Bestseller List for July 5, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending July 1, 2012
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Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. | Wild Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307592736 Strayed's powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery is an April 2012 Indie Next List Great Read. |
1/15 |
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. |
2/85 |
3. | The Amateur Edward Klein, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596987852 Klein's view of the Obama administration's political inner workings. |
9/4 |
4. | Darth Vader and Son Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452106557 Brown's delightful book presents the trials and joys of parenting through the lens of a galaxy far, far away. |
4/5 |
5. | Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9781400069347 Sharp insights and revealing observations that confirm Quindlen's status as America's laureate of real life. |
3/10 |
6. | Barack Obama: The Story David Maraniss, S&S, $32.50, 9781439160404 An insightful biography of Barack Obama by one of our preeminent modern historians. |
5/2 |
7. | Imagine Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780547386072 Lehrer's fascinating and revelatory look at the new science of creativity. |
6/15 |
8. | The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson Robert A. Caro, Knopf, $35, 9780679405078 Book four of Caro's monumental biography of Lyndon Johnson. |
7/9 |
9. | Drift Rachel Maddow, Crown, $25, 9780307460981 The popular talk show host examines the political debate about how, when, and where to apply America's strength and power. |
/13 |
10. | Quiet Susan Cain, Crown, $26, 9780307352149 Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves. |
8/21 |
11. | Killing Lincoln Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070 A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. |
10/28 |
12. | Let's Pretend This Never Happened Jenny Lawson, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $25.95, 9780399159015 Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka "The Bloggess," makes her literary debut. |
13/8 |
13. | 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! |
/44 |
14. | Yes, Chef: A Memoir- Debut Marcus Samuelsson, Random House, $27, 9780385342605 World-renowned chef Samuelsson's memoir is a love letter to food and family in all its manifestations. |
/1 |
15. | American Grown Michelle Obama, Crown, $30, 9780307956026 The story of the White House kitchen garden, from the first planting to the latest harvest. |
11/4 |
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