National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for December 9, 2015
Based on sales for the week ending December 6, 2015
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.		 1/21
2. 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.		 2/56
3. Thing Explainer
Randall Munroe, Houghton Mifflin, $24.95, 9780544668256
The new book by the bestselling author of What If? is funny, interesting, and always understandable. Perfect for anyone who has ever wondered how things work, and why.		 5/2
4. Gratitude
Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $17.00, 9780451492937
Four essays written by Sacks during the last few months of his life form an ode to the uniqueness of each human being and to gratitude for the gift of life.		 7/2
5. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger, Sentinel, $27.95, 9781591848066
Recaptures the forgotten war that changed American history with a real-life drama of intrigue, bravery, and battle on the high seas.		 6/4
6. M Train
Patti Smith, Knopf, $25.00, 9781101875100
A powerful and deeply moving new book by the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids.		 3/9
7. My Life on the Road
Gloria Steinem, Random House, $28.00, 9780679456209
Steinem's candid account of her life as a traveler, a listener, and a catalyst for change.		 8/6
8. The Witches
Stacy Schiff, Little Brown, $32.00, 9780316200608
One of America's great mysteries is unveiled fully for the first time by one of our most acclaimed historians.		 4/6
9. S.P.Q.R: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard, Liveright, $35.00, 9780871404237
A sweeping, revisionist history of the Roman Empire from one of our foremost classicists.		 10/3
10. Boys in the Trees
Carly Simon, Flatiron, $28.99, 9781250095893
In her memoir, Simon brilliantly captures moments of creative inspiration and the stories behind the writing of many of her award-winning songs.		 13/2
11. 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.		 /59
12. Destiny and Power
Jon Meacham, Random House, $35.00, 9781400067657
Meacham's intimate and surprising portrait of George Herbert Walker Bush.		 9/4
13. 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.		 /26
14. Notorious RBG
Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik, Dey Street, $19.99, 9780062415837
A visually rich, intimate, and unprecedented look at the life of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.		 12/6
15. Brave Enough
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $16.95, 9781101946909
A collection of quotes--drawn from the wide range of Strayed's writings--that capture her wisdom, courage, and outspoken humor.		 14/6

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