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Bestseller List for September 17, 2015
Based on sales for the week ending September 13, 2015
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Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307 Kondo takes readers step-by-step through her revolutionary KonMari Method for simplifying, organizing, and storing. |
1/44 |
2. |
Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $24.00, 9780812993547 Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis in this bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history. A September 2015 Indie Next List Great Read. |
2/9 |
3. |
Rising Strong Brene Brown, Spiegel & Grau, $27.00, 9780812995824 Living a brave life is not always easy--we are, inevitably, going to stumble and fall. It is the rise after a fall that Brown takes as her subject in Rising Strong. |
3/3 |
4. |
The Wright Brothers David McCullough, S&S, $30.00, 9781476728742 Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner McCullough tells the dramatic story of the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly. |
5/19 |
5. |
Modern Romance Aziz Ansari, Penguin Press, $28.95, 9781594206276 A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance by one of this generation's sharpest comedic voices. |
4/13 |
6. |
Being Mortal Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26.00, 9780805095159 Practicing surgeon Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending. |
6/48 |
7. |
Dead Wake Erik Larson, Crown, $28.00, 9780307408860 Larson's Dead Wake captures the sheer drama and emotional power of a disaster whose intimate details and true meaning have long been obscured by history. A March 2015 Indie Next List Great Read. |
9/26 |
8. |
Sick in the Head Judd Apatow, Random House, $27.00, 9780812997576 A collection of intimate and hilarious conversations with the biggest names in comedy by the writer and director of Knocked Up and the producer of Freaks and Geeks. |
8/13 |
9. |
On the Move Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $27.95, 9780385352543 On the Move is the story of a brilliantly unconventional physician and writer--and of the man who has illuminated the many ways that the brain makes us human. |
7/8 |
10. |
Reckless: My Life as a Pretender- Debut Chrissie Hynde, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385540612 An insightful biography by the singer, songwriter, and undisputed leader of the Pretenders. |
/1 |
11. |
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves, Talentsmart, $24.99, 9780974320625 Bradberry and Greaves' revolutionary program to help people identify their "EQ" skills, build these skills into strengths, and enjoy consistent performance in the pursuit of important life objectives. |
11/14 |
12. |
H Is for Hawk Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $26.00, 9780802123411 MacDonald's extraordinary blend of nature writing and memoir is a March 2015 Indie Next List Great Read. |
10/23 |
13. |
Guinness World Records 2016- Debut Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781910561027 The latest incarnation of the bestselling annual with thousands of new and classic records. |
/1 |
14. |
Exceptional Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, Threshold Editions, $28.00, 9781501115417 Former vice president Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz Cheney, former deputy assistant secretary of state, explain the unique and indispensable nature of American power. |
13/2 |
15. |
A Full Life Jimmy Carter, S&S, $28.00, 9781501115639 Jimmy Carter reflects on his full and happy life with pride, humor, and a few second thoughts. |
12/10 |
ON THE RISE | ||
18. |
Black Earth Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $30.00, 9781101903452 Groundbreaking, authoritative, and utterly absorbing, Black Earth reveals a Holocaust that is not only history but also a warning. |
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