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National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for October 6, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending October 2, 2011
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| Hardcover Nonfiction | Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. | Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever- Debut Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070 A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. |
/1 |
| 2. | Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $27, 9781400064168 An unforgettable true story that is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit. |
2/46 |
| 3. | Jacqueline Kennedy Caroline Kennedy, Michael Beschloss, Hyperion, $60, 9781401324254 In 1964, Jacqueline Kennedy recorded seven historic interviews about her life with John F. Kennedy, which for the first time can be read and heard in this illustrated book and CD set. |
1/3 |
| 4. | Go the F**k to Sleep Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250 Beautiful, subversive, and very funny--a book for parents new, old, and expectant. You probably should not read it to your children! |
4/18 |
| 5. | The Swerve Stephen Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476 Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance. |
12/2 |
| 6. | In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846 Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign. |
6/21 |
| 7. | Confidence Men Ron Suskind, Harper, $29.99, 9780061429255 The hidden history of Wall Street and the White House, and a powerful, quintessentially American concept: confidence. |
3/2 |
| 8. | That Used to Be Us Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum, FSG, $28, 9780374288907 An exploration of the American condition today and a rousing manifesto for American renewal. |
5/4 |
| 9. | Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend- Debut Susan Orlean, S&S, $26.99, 9781439190135 Orlean's sweeping, powerfully moving account of Rin Tin Tin's journey from orphaned puppy to movie star and international icon is an October Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
| 10. | Here Comes Trouble Michael Moore, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446532242 An autobiography by award-winning filmmaker and author Michael Moore. |
9/3 |
| 11. | Destiny of the Republic Candice Millard, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385526265 Millard's fascinating account of the shooting of President James A. Garfield four months after his inauguration and a nation in turmoil. |
13/2 |
| 12. | The Greater Journey David McCullough, S&S, $37.50, 9781416571766 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. |
11/19 |
| 13. | Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books, $26.99, 9780316056861 Very funny essays by the popular star of 30 Rock. |
7/26 |
| 14. | Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Alexandra Fuller, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202995 In Fuller's sequel to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, she returns to Africa and the story of her unforgettable family. |
8/6 |
| 15. | 1493 Charles C. Mann, Knopf, $30.50, 9780307265722 A fascinating look at the ecological changes brought about by European vessels that carried thousands of species from the New World to homes across the oceans. |
10/8 |
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| 16. | Hemingway's Boat Paul Hendrickson, Knopf, $30, 9781400041626 Hendrickson offers a fascinating look at the years 1934 to 1961--from Hemingway's pinnacle as the reigning monarch of American letters until his suicide. |
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