National Indie Bestsellers - Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 8, 2012

16. The Magic
Rhonda Byrne, Atria, $12.99, 9781451673449

17. The Hunger Pains
The Harvard Lampoon, Touchstone, $13.99, 9781451668209

18. The Social Animal
David Brooks, Random House, $16, 9780812979374

19. Steal Like an Artist
Austin Kleon, Workman, $10.95, 9780761169253

20. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946

21. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $15.95, 9780375725609

22. What to Expect When You're Expecting
Heidi Murkoff, Sharon Mazel, Workman, $14.95, 9780761148579

23. Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith, Perigee, $13.95, 9780399533464

24. The Grand Design
Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow, Bantam, $18, 9780553384666

25. Lucky Peach Issue 3
David Chang (Ed.), McSweeney's, $12, 9781936365487

26. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679763888

27. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310

28. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $16, 9780743247542

29. Physics of the Future
Michio Kaku, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307473332

30. At Home
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395

31. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Harper Perennial, $14.99, 9780061732478

32. Night
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9.95, 9780374500016

33. Unfamiliar Fishes
Sarah Vowell, Riverhead, $16, 9781594485640

34. The 5 Love Languages
Gary Chapman, Northfield, $14.99, 9780802473158

35. The Man Who Quit Money
Mark Sundeen, Riverhead, $15, 9781594485695

36. Zeitoun
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387943

37. To Marry an English Lord
Gail MacColl, Carol McD. Wallace, Workman, $15.95, 9780761171959

38. Periodic Tales
Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Ecco Press, $14.99, 9780061824739

39. Eat to Live
Joel Fuhrman, Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316120913

40. Rand McNally Road Atlas 2012
Rand McNally, $13.95, 9780528003363

41. One Hundred Names for Love
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $15.95, 9780393341744

42. Moneyball
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338393

43. The Information
James Gleick, Vintage, $15.95, 9781400096237

44. Moby-Duck
Donovan Hohn, Penguin, $16, 9780143120506

45. To End All Wars
Adam Hochschild, Mariner, $15.95, 9780547750316

46. What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?
The Buried Life, et al., Artisan, $19.95, 9781579654764

47. The Elements
Theodore Gray, Black Dog & Leventhal, $19.95, 9781579128951

48. The Book of Awakening
Mark Nepo, Conari, $18.95, 9781573241175

49. Free Will
Sam Harris, Free Press, $9.99, 9781451683400

50. Townie
Andre Dubus, III, Norton, $15.95, 9780393340679

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