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Bestseller List for January 4, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending January 1, 2017
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Trade Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062363602 The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture. |
3/4 |
2. |
The Road to Little Dribbling Bill Bryson, Anchor, $16.95, 9780804172714 Bryson's loving and hilarious valentine to his adopted country, Great Britain. |
2/10 |
3. |
S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome Mary Beard, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631492228 A sweeping, revisionist history of the Roman Empire from one of our foremost classicists. |
5/17 |
4. |
You Are a Badass Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16.00, 9780762447695 Sincero helps you understand why you are how you are, how to love what you can't change, how to change what you don't love, and how to start living the kind of life you used to be jealous of. |
7/76 |
5. |
Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20.00, 9780143034759 The inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton. |
1/58 |
6. |
The Road to Character David Brooks, Random House, $18.00, 9780812983418 The Road to Character provides an opportunity for us to rethink our priorities and strive to build rich inner lives marked by humility and moral depth. |
9/16 |
7. |
The Witches Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316200592 One of America's great mysteries is unveiled fully for the first time by one of our most acclaimed historians. |
10/15 |
8. |
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger, Sentinel, $17.00, 9780143129431 Recaptures the forgotten war that changed American history with a real-life drama of intrigue, bravery, and battle on the high seas. |
6/11 |
9. |
Modern Romance Aziz Ansari, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143109259 A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance by one of this generation's sharpest comedic voices. |
13/27 |
10. |
We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95, 9781101911761 The award-winning author of Americanah offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the 21st century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness. |
8/56 |
11. |
The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143125471 Brown tells the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. |
4/135 |
12. |
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781422157992 A collection of Harvard Business Review articles to help you maximize yourself. |
/13 |
13. |
The Invention of Nature Andrea Wulf, Vintage, $17.00, 9780345806291 Wulf reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world. |
11/13 |
14. |
Why Not Me? Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers Press, $16.00, 9780804138161 The essays in Kaling's collection are as hilarious and insightful as they are deeply personal. |
/11 |
15. |
Big Magic Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead, $16.00, 9781594634727 Gilbert digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity. |
/12 |
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