National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for February 10, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending February 6, 2011
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
Rock icon Smith's memoir of her early years in New York and her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe is a 2010 National Book Award winner.		 1/14
2. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine- Debut
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338829
A highly entertaining look at the U.S. financial crisis by the author of Liar's Poker.		 /1
3. Inside of a Dog
Alexandra Horowitz, Scribner, $16, 9781416583431
This bestseller explores what dogs know and how they think.		 2/19
4. What the Dog Saw
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316076203
The best of Gladwell's writing from the New Yorker.		 3/8
5. Zeitoun
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387943
The gripping true story of a man who chose to remain in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina to protect his home and business.		 4/34
6. Committed: A Love Story- Debut
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $16, 9780143118701
Gilbert's follow-up to her bestseller Eat, Pray, Love.		 /1
7. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
A young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven.		 12/4
8. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542
A lovely telling of a most bizarre upbringing.		 5/197
9. The King's Speech
Mark Logue, Peter Conradi, Sterling, $14.95, 9781402786761
The inspiring tale of triumph over adversity is the tie-in to the film in theaters now.		 7/3
10. Unless It Moves the Human Heart: The Craft and Art of Writing- Debut
Roger Rosenblatt, Ecco, $13.99, 9780061965616
Rosenblatt's inspiring account of one semester in his "Writing Everything" class.		 /1
11. Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $16, 9780143038252
An American's effort to open 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.		 8/210
12. NurtureShock
Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman, Twelve, $14.99, 9780446504133
A new, scientific approach to raising children.		 6/4
13. The Checklist Manifesto
Atul Gawande, Picador, $15, 9780312430009
Gawande's fascinating look at how to-do lists help people live more successful lives.		 13/4
14. Where Men Win Glory
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307386045
Krakauer's look at the remarkable life and death of Pat Tillman.		 /26
15. Stones Into Schools
Greg Mortenson, Penguin, $16, 9780143118237
Mortenson follows up Three Cups of Tea with an account of his ongoing efforts to establish schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan.		 10/15
ON THE RISE
19. The Poisoner's Handbook
Deborah Blum, Penguin, $16, 9780143118824
Blum's fascinating account of the pioneers of forensic chemistry in early twentieth-century New York.


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