National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for April 4, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending March 31, 2013
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Lean In
Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf, $24.95, 9780385349949
Sandberg examines why women's progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and offers compelling, common sense ideas to empower women to achieve their full potential.		 1/3
2. I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585
In this hilarious book of tongue-in-cheek poetry, Marciuliano helps cats unlock their creative potential and explain their odd behavior to ignorant humans.		 2/32
3. The Drunken Botanist
Amy Stewart, Algonquin, $19.95, 9781616200466
Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, transformed into alcohol over the centuries.		 3/3
4. Help, Thanks, Wow
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95, 9781594631290
Lamott writes about three simple prayers she believes are essential to coming through tough times and the hardships of daily life.		 5/20
5. My Beloved World
Sonia Sotomayor, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307594884
An autobiography by the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court.		 4/11
6. Salt Sugar Fat
Michael Moss, Random House, $28, 9781400069804
Pulitzer Prize-winner Moss exposes the story of the rise of the processed food industry and its link to the obesity epidemic.		 7/5
7. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $27, 9781400067558
Boo's brilliant work of narrative nonfiction tells the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in the "unequal city" of Mumbai.		 10/27
8. The FastDiet
Michael Mosley, Mimi Spencer, Atria, $24, 9781476734941
A radical new way of thinking about food, and a lifestyle choice that could transform your health.		 8/2
9. Life Code
Phillip C. McGraw, Bird Street Books, $26, 9780985462734
Dr. Phil McGraw tells readers the ugly truth about the users, abusers, and overall "bad guys" we all have in our lives.		 9/7
10. 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.		 14/113
11. The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II- Debut
Denise Kiernan, Touchstone, $27, 9781451617528
Kiernan's book is a fascinating look at a remarkable, almost forgotten chapter of American history.		 /1
12. Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941- Debut
Lynne Olson, Random House, $30, 9781400069743
A powerful narrative that chronicles the debate over American intervention in World War II by the bestselling author of Citizens of London.		 /1
13. Sum It Up
Pat Summitt, Sally Jenkins, Crown Archetype, $28, 9780385346870
Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history, talks about facing down her greatest challenge: early-onset Alzheimer's disease.		 /2
14. Daring Greatly
Brene Brown, Gotham, $26, 9781592407330
Brown offers a new vision that encourages us to embrace vulnerability and imperfection, to live wholeheartedly, and to courageously engage in our lives.		 11/2
15. Detroit: An American Autopsy
Charlie LeDuff, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594205347
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff looks at his hometown of Detroit for clues to its fate, his family's, and his own.		 13/7
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19. Wave
Sonali Deraniyagala, Knopf, $24, 9780307962690
Deraniyagala's unforgettable memoir of the devastating tsunami in Sri Lanka in December 2004.		  

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