National Indie Bestsellers - Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2016

16. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16.00, 9781451697728

17. Johanna's Christmas
Johanna Basford, Penguin, $15.00, 9780143129301

18. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2017
Old Farmer's Almanac, $7.95, 9781571987020

19. Barbarian Days
William Finnegan, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143109396

20. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16.00, 9780812984965

21. Dead Wake
Erik Larson, Broadway, $17.00, 9780307408877

22. Year of Yes
Shonda Rhimes, S&S, $16.00, 9781476777122

23. The Whispers of Angels
Annette Gail Smith, Harvest House, $5.99, 9780736912181

24. Yuge!
G.B. Trudeau, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449481339

25. Prisoners of Geography
Tim Marshall, Scribner, $17.00, 9781501121470

26. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95, 9781595586438

27. H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16.00, 9780802124739

28. The Mindfulness Coloring Book
Emma Farrarons, Experiment, $9.95, 9781615192823

29. Sully
Chesley B. Sullenberger, III, Jeffrey Zaslow, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062561206

30. March: Book Three
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $19.99, 9781603094023

31. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609

32. The Wright Brothers
David McCullough, S&S, $17.00, 9781476728759

33. Harry Potter Coloring Book
Scholastic, $15.99, 9781338029994

34. Custer's Trials
T.J. Stiles, Vintage, $19.95, 9780307475947

35. March: Book Two
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Top Shelf Productions, $19.95, 9781603094009

36. How to Relax
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781941529089

37. The Clothing of Books
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $7.95, 9780525432753

38. My Life on the Road
Gloria Steinem, Random House, $18.00, 9780345408167

39. As You Wish
Cary Elwes, Joe Layden, Touchstone, $16.00, 9781476764047

40. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16.00, 9780374533557

41. M Train
Patti Smith, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101910160

42. The Best American Essays 2016
Jonathan Franzen, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544812109

43. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2016
Amy Stewart, Tim Folger (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544748996

44. Lost Ocean
Johanna Basford, Penguin, $16.95, 9780143108993

45. Primates of Park Avenue
Wednesday Martin, S&S, $16.00, 9781476762715

46. Unlikely Friendships: Dogs
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761187288

47. Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith, Perigee, $15.00, 9780399161940

48. How to Love
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781937006884

49. The Geography of Genius
Eric Weiner, S&S, $16.99, 9781451691672

50. The Oregon Trail
Rinker Buck, S&S, $16.99, 9781451659177

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