National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for January 23, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending January 19, 2014
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War- Debut
Robert M. Gates, Knopf, $35, 9780307959478
Gates' candid, vividly written account of his experience serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.		 /1
2. David and Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29, 9780316204361
In his new bestseller, Gladwell draws upon history, psychology, and powerful storytelling to reshape the way we think of the world around us.		 1/16
3. Little Failure
Gary Shteyngart, Random House, $27, 9780679643753
Shteyngart's candid, witty, and deeply poignant account of his life so far is a January 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/2
4. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book
Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307977618
A humorous guide to life for grown-ups by a longtime editor of the iconic Little Golden Books.		 3/11
5. I Am Malala
Malala Yousafzai, Little Brown, $26, 9780316322409
The remarkable memoir of a young Pakistani girl who refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education.		 4/15
6. Things That Matter
Charles Krauthammer, Crown Forum, $28, 9780385349178
A collection of Krauthammer's columns and essays written over the last three decades.		 5/13
7. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Viking, $28.95, 9780670025817
Brown tells the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.		 6/32
8. A Short Guide to a Long Life- Debut
David B. Agus, M.D., S&S, $17.95, 9781476730950
The bestselling author of The End of Illness shows how optimal health begins with our daily habits.		 /1
9. The Bully Pulpit
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $40, 9781416547860
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Kearns Goodwin's highly anticipated new book is a dynamic history of the first decade of the Progressive era, the tumultuous time when the nation was coming unseamed and reform was in the air.		 7/11
10. My Promised Land
Ari Shavit, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780385521703
An authoritative and deeply personal narrative history of the State of Israel, by one of the most influential journalists writing about the Middle East today.		 10/5
11. Grain Brain
David Perlmutter, Little Brown, $27, 9780316234801
Perlmutter describes the negative effects that wheat, sugar, and carbs have on the brain, and provides a drug-free remedy.		 12/4
12. One Summer: America, 1927
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780767919401
In his latest, Bryson transports readers on a journey back to one amazing season in American life.		 13/16
13. My Age of Anxiety
Scott Stossel, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307269874
A revelatory and moving account of Stossel's struggles with anxiety, and of the history of efforts by scientists, philosophers, and writers to understand the condition.		 8/2
14. Stitches
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95, 9781594632587
Lamott's wise and compassionate exploration of how we can make sense of life's chaos.		 9/11
15. This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062236678
Patchett's resonant portrait of her life is a November 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /10
ON THE RISE
18. Your Life Calling
Jane Pauley, S&S, $26, 9781476733760
Jane Pauley gives voice to the opportunities of her generation--and the next one too--offering humor and insight about the journey forward.		  

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