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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for March 31, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending March 27, 2011
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| Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168 The mesmerizing new book by the author of Seabiscuit in a December Indie Next List Great Read. |
1/19 |
| 2. | The Social Animal David Brooks, Random House, $27, 9781400067602 New York Times columnist Brooks illustrates a story of how success happens. |
2/3 |
| 3. | Unfamiliar Fishes- Debut Sarah Vowell, Riverhead, $25.95, 9781594487873 The bestselling author of The Wordy Shipmates retraces the impact of the arrival of New England missionaries in Hawaii in the early 1800s. |
/1 |
| 4. | Blood, Bones & Butter Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House, $26, 9781400068722 Hamilton's atypical culinary memoir is a March Indie Next List Great Read. |
4/4 |
| 5. | Moonwalking With Einstein Joshua Foer, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594202292 Foer's unlikely journey to becoming U.S. Memory Champion explores the vast, hidden impact of memory on every aspect of our lives. |
3/3 |
| 6. | Cleopatra Stacy Schiff, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316001922 Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff's masterful biography of Cleopatra is a November Indie Next List Great Read. |
5/21 |
| 7. | The Information James Gleick, Pantheon, $29.95, 9780375423727 The author of Chaos and Genius shows how information has become the modern era's defining quality. |
6/4 |
| 8. | Life Keith Richards, Little Brown, $29.99, 9780316034388 The long-awaited autobiography of the legendary founding member of the Rolling Stones. |
8/22 |
| 9. | Townie Andre Dubus III, Norton, $25.95, 9780393064667 This candid memoir by the author of The House of Sand and Fog is a March Indie Next List Great Read. |
9/5 |
| 10. | Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100- Debut Michio Kaku, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385530804 Kaku's exhilarating vision of science in the coming century. |
/1 |
| 11. | Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Amy Chua, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202841 Chua's tale of raising her children in the Chinese tradition is a January 2011 Indie Next List Great Read. |
7/11 |
| 12. | The Money Class Suze Orman, Spiegel & Grau, $26, 9781400069736 The financial guru's take on using personal finance to achieve the American Dream. |
10/3 |
| 13. | Love Wins- Debut Rob Bell, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062049643 Bell presents a vision for discovering a richer understanding of God. |
/1 |
| 14. | The Dressmaker of Khair Khana Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Harper, $24.99, 9780061732379 An incredible true story of an unlikely entrepreneur who mobilized her community under the Taliban. |
11/2 |
| 15. | Autobiography of Mark Twain Mark Twain, University of California Press, $34.95, 9780520267190 Volume one of Mark Twain's uncensored autobiography, in its entirety and exactly as he left it. |
13/23 |
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| 20. | It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living Dan Savage, Terry Miller (Eds.), Dutton , $21.95, 9780525952336 A collection of essays inspiring hope for LGBT youth facing harassment that reminds them that they are not alone. |
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