National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for April 17, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending April 13, 2014
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Flash Boys
Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393244663
The bestselling author of The Big Short returns to Wall Street to report on a high-tech predator stalking the equity markets.		 1/2
2. 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.		 2/23
3. Living With a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth About Everything- Debut
Barbara Ehrenreich, Twelve, $26, 9781455501762
Ehrenreich's latest bestseller is a searing memoir and a profound reflection on science, religion, and the human condition.		 /1
4. Thrive
Arianna Huffington, Harmony, $26, 9780804140843
Huffington's impassioned and compelling case for the need to redefine what it means to be successful in today's world.		 4/3
5. 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.		 7/44
6. 10% Happier
Dan Harris, It Books, $25.99, 9780062265425
Nightline anchor Harris embarks on an unexpected, hilarious, and deeply skeptical odyssey through the worlds of spirituality and self-help, and discovers a way to get happier that is truly achievable.		 5/4
7. The Sixth Extinction
Elizabeth Kolbert, Holt, $28, 9780805092998
Kolbert's fascinating book about the future of the world blends intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes.		 6/9
8. The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap- Debut
Matt Taibbi, Spiegel & Grau, $27, 9780812993424
Taibbi takes readers on a galvanizing journey through both sides of our new system of justice--the worlds of the untouchably wealthy and the criminalized poor.		 /1
9. A Call to Action
Jimmy Carter, S&S, $28, 9781476773957
President Carter addresses the suffering inflicted upon women and girls by a false interpretation of carefully selected religious texts and a growing tolerance of violence and warfare.		 3/3
10. The Story of the Jews
Simon Schama, Ecco, $39.99, 9780060539184
Schama details the story of the Jewish experience, tracing it across three millennia, from their beginnings as an ancient tribal people to the opening of the New World, and to the modern day.		 8/4
11. The Opposite of Loneliness- Debut
Marina Keegan, Scribner , $23, 9781476753614
An affecting and hope-filled posthumous collection of essays by a talented young Yale graduate whose title essay captured the world's attention in 2012 and turned her into an icon for her generation.		 /1
12. How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher From Galilee- Debut
Bart D. Ehrman, HarperOne, $27.99, 9780061778186
Bible scholar Ehrman explores how an apocalyptic prophet from rural Galilee--crucified for crimes against the state--came to be thought of as equal with God.		 /1
13. 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.		 9/28
14. 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.		 11/16
15. The Doctor's Diet
Travis Stork, M.D., Bird Street, $25.95, 9781939457035
Stork's flexible and workable diet plan to help readers lose weight, restore health, prevent disease, and ultimately add years to their lives.		 10/2

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