National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for April 24, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending April 20, 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.		 1/3
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.		 2/24
3. 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.		 4/4
4. 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.		 13/29
5. Uganda Be Kidding Me
Chelsea Handler, Grand Central, $27, 9781455599738
An uproarious collection of travel stories by the bestselling author of Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea.		 /7
6. The Divide
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.		 8/2
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.		 5/45
8. Living With a Wild God
Barbara Ehrenreich, Twelve, $26, 9781455501762
Ehrenreich's latest bestseller is a searing memoir and a profound reflection on science, religion, and the human condition.		 3/2
9. 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.		 7/10
10. 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.		 6/5
11. 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.		 9/4
12. Killing Jesus
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $28, 9780805098549
The latest by the bestselling authors of Killing Lincoln and Killing Kennedy.		 /19
13. 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.		 14/17
14. The Future of the Mind
Michio Kaku, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385530828
The bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible tackles the most fascinating and complex object in the known universe: the human brain.		 /8
15. The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet
Mark Hyman, M.D., Little Brown, $28, 9780316230025
Hyman's revolutionary new weight-loss program, based on his bestseller, The Blood Sugar Solution.		 /6
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16. The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014
Carlotta Gall, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9780544046696
Carlotta's sweeping account of a war brought by well-intentioned American leaders against an enemy they barely understood, and could not truly engage.		  

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