National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for December 15, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending December 11, 2011
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781451648539
Isaacson's exclusive biography of Steve Jobs is based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years.		 1/7
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.		 5/56
3. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805093070
A riveting historical narrative of the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.		 3/11
4. Catherine the Great
Robert K. Massie, Random House, $35, 9780679456728
Pulitzer Prize-winner Massie's extraordinary story of the obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and became one of the most remarkable and powerful women in history.		 2/5
5. Rin Tin Tin
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.		 8/8
6. Jack Kennedy
Chris Matthews, S&S, $27.50, 9781451635089
An insightful new biography of John F. Kennedy by the popular talk-show host, Chris Matthews.		 4/6
7. 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!		 7/28
8. Then Again
Diane Keaton, Random House, $26, 9781400068784
An insightful autobiography by the Academy Award-winning actress.		 6/4
9. A History of the World in 100 Objects
Neil MacGregor, Viking, $45, 9780670022700
An original history of humanity told through things we have made, from the renowned director of the British Museum.		 13/3
10. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Crown, $26, 9780307408846
Larson's vivid portrait of Berlin during the early years of Hitler's reign.		 11/31
11. Boomerang
Michael Lewis, Norton, $25.95, 9780393081817
Lewis' sadly hilarious investigation points to the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.		 10/10
12. Goodnight iPad
Ann Droyd, Blue Rider, $14.95, 9780399158568
This book, which is made of paper, is a reminder for the child in all of us to power down at the end of the day.		 9/6
13. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $30, 9780374275631
Kahneman takes readers on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two "systems" that drive the way people think.		 12/3
14. The Swerve
Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton, $26.95, 9780393064476
Greenblatt's riveting tale of the great cultural "swerve" known as the Renaissance.		 /10
15. Guinness World Records 2012- Debut
Guinness, $28.95, 9781904994671
The latest incarnation of the bestselling annual with thousands of new and classic records.		 /1


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