National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for September 14, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending September 11, 2016
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo
Amy Schumer, Gallery, $28.00, 9781501139888
Emmy Award-winner Schumer's refreshingly candid and uproariously funny collection of extremely personal and observational essays.		 1/4
2. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
By a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class.		 2/5
3. Love Warrior: A Memoir- Debut
Glennon Doyle Melton, Flatiron, $25.99, 9781250075727
In her highly anticipated new memoir Melton tells the story of her journey of self-discovery after the implosion of her marriage.		 /1
4. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25.00, 9780812988406
This profoundly moving and exquisitely observed memoir by a young neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis is a January 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/35
5. 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.		 4/61
6. 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.		 5/96
7. The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories From My Life- Debut
John le Carré, Viking, $28.00, 9780735220775
The first memoir by the legendary bestselling author of The Night Manager.		 /1
8. Shoe Dog
Phil Knight, Scribner, $29.00, 9781501135910
Nike founder Knight shares the inside story of one of the world's most iconic and profitable brands.		 6/20
9. 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.		 10/30
10. Crisis of Character
Gary J. Byrne, Center Street, $27.00, 9781455568871
Former Secret Service officer Byrne reveals what he observed of Hillary Clinton's character and the culture inside the White House while protecting the First Family.		 13/11
11. White Trash
Nancy Isenberg, Viking, $28.00, 9780670785971
We acknowledge racial injustice as an ugly stain on our nation's history. With Isenberg's new book, we will have to face the truth about the enduring, malevolent nature of class as well.		 8/11
12. The One Thing
Gary Keller, Jay Papasan, Bard Press, $24.95, 9781885167774
Keller and Papasan show that people are living more rewarding personal and professional lives by focusing their energy on one thing at a time.		 15/4
13. American Heiress
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385536714
A riveting account of the Patty Hearst kidnapping case by the bestselling author of The Nine.		 7/6
14. 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.		 12/96
15. The Kingdom of Speech
Tom Wolfe, Little Brown, $26.00, 9780316404624
Maestro storyteller and reporter Wolfe provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong.		 9/2
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16. The 37th Parallel
Ben Mezrich, Atria, $26.00, 9781501135521
Mezrich tells the true story of a computer programmer who tracks paranormal events along a 3,000-mile stretch through the heart of America and is drawn deeper into a vast conspiracy.		  

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