National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for October 11, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending October 7, 2012
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot- Debut
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805096668
A look at the shocking events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
/1
2. No Easy Day
Mark Owen, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525953722
A first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid by a Navy SEAL who confronted the terrorist mastermind and witnessed his final moments.
1/5
3. America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't- Debut
Stephen Colbert, Grand Central, $28.99, 9780446583978
Colbert's hilarious follow-up to I Am America (And So Can You!).
/1
4. Waging Heavy Peace
Neil Young, Blue Rider, $30, 9780399159466
An insightful view of the personal life and musical creativity of legendary musician Neil Young.
3/2
5. 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.
2/29
6. Joseph Anton
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $30, 9780812992786
Rushdie's memoir of his life "underground" following the publication of his novel The Satanic Verses.
4/3
7. I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585
In this hilarious book of tongue-in-cheek poetry, Marciuliano helps cats unlock their creative potential and explain their odd behavior to ignorant humans.
6/8
8. Mortality
Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, $22.99, 9781455502752
Hitchens, who died in December 2011, poignantly describes the torments of illness and how disease transforms experience and changes our relationship to the world around us.
5/6
9. The Oath
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385527200
Toobin's insightful look at the ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration.
9/3
10. The End of Your Life Book Club- Debut
Will Schwalbe, Knopf, $25, 9780307594037
Schwalbe's moving memoir of loss and love is an October 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
11. How Children Succeed
Paul Tough, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780547564654
Tough examines how character plays a role in why some children succeed and others fail.
13/3
12. How Music Works
David Byrne, McSweeney's, $32, 9781936365531
Byrne's brainy, irresistible, and impassioned argument about music's liberating, life-affirming power.
8/6
13. 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.
10/99
14. 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.
11/19
15. The Price of Politics
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 9781451651102
Woodward looks at how President Obama and Congressional leaders attempted to restore the American economy and improve the federal government's fiscal condition.
7/4
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16. Total Recall
Arnold Schwarzenegger, S&S, $35, 9781451662436
An autobiography by the popular actor and former governor of California.
 


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