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National Indie Bestsellers
Bestseller List for June 21, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending June 17, 2012
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| Trade Paperback Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson, Broadway, $16, 9780307408853 Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign. |
1/7 |
| 2. | Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $15.99, 9780316056878 Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock. |
2/24 |
| 3. | The Greater Journey David McCullough, S&S, $20, 9781416571773 McCullough's look at adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, architects, and others who set off for Paris between 1830 and 1900, with ambitions to excel in their work. |
7/5 |
| 4. | Turn Right at Machu Picchu Mark Adams, Plume, $16, 9780452297982 An adventure travel expert--who's never actually done anything adventurous--tries to recreate the original expedition to Machu Picchu in the Andes. |
3/8 |
| 5. | F in Exams Richard Benson, Chronicle , $9.95, 9780811878319 Students or anyone who has ever had to struggle through a test will have a good laugh. |
5/53 |
| 6. | Unlikely Friendships Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131 A look at amazing friendships between species, collected from around the world and documented in a selection of candid photographs. |
6/53 |
| 7. | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189 A fascinating look at the world's first "immortal" human cells grown in culture to be used in medical research. |
4/67 |
| 8. | The Eighty-Dollar Champion Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $16, 9780345521095 The heartwarming true story of the plow-horse that won the 1958 National Horse Show. |
9/3 |
| 9. | Born to Run Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187 McDougall's fascinating look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running. |
11/54 |
| 10. | Lost in Shangri-La Mitchell Zuckoff, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061988356 Zuckoff's fascinating account of an American transport plane's crash in the jungle of Dutch New Guinea in 1945. |
/2 |
| 11. | Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President- Debut Candice Millard, Anchor, $16, 9780767929714 Millard's fascinating account of the shooting of President James A. Garfield four months after his inauguration and a nation in turmoil. |
/1 |
| 12. | Outliers Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930 The author of Blink and The Tipping Point looks at what makes some people successful--and others not. |
13/42 |
| 13. | Steal Like an Artist Austin Kleon, Workman, $10.95, 9780761169253 Kleon's book provides a positive message, illustrations, and exercises to help put readers directly in touch with their artistic side. |
15/3 |
| 14. | Blue Nights Joan Didion, Vintage, $15, 9780307387387 Didion examines her thoughts, fears, and doubts about having children, illness, and growing old. |
14/3 |
| 15. | Moonwalking With Einstein Joshua Foer, Penguin, $16, 9780143120537 Foer's unlikely journey to becoming U.S. Memory Champion explores the vast, hidden impact of memory on every aspect of our lives. |
/13 |