National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for January 15, 2015
Based on sales for the week ending January 11, 2015
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26, 9780805095159
Practicing surgeon Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending.		 1/14
2. Yes Please
Amy Poehler, Dey Street, $28.99, 9780062268341
A hilarious and candid book by the popular Saturday Night Live alumna and star of Parks and Recreation.		 2/11
3. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307
Kondo takes readers step-by-step through her revolutionary KonMari Method for simplifying, organizing, and storing.		 5/10
4. Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Roz Chast, Bloomsbury, $28, 9781608198061
Chast's memoir is both comfort and comic relief for anyone experiencing the life-altering loss of elderly parents. A May 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.		 8/19
5. Small Victories
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $22.95, 9781594486296
A collection of new and selected essays by the bestselling author of Stitches and Help, Thanks, Wow.		 4/9
6. Not That Kind of Girl
Lena Dunham, Random House, $28, 9780812994995
A hilarious, wise, and fiercely candid collection of personal essays by the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBO's Girls.		 3/15
7. Killing Patton
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30, 9780805096682
Killing Patton takes readers inside the final year of WWII and recounts the events surrounding the death of General George S. Patton.		 7/16
8. Deep Down Dark
Hector Tobar, FSG, $26, 9780374280604
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tobar tells the story of the miners trapped when the San José mine collapsed outside of Copiapó, Chile, in August 2010.		 6/3
9. MONEY Master the Game
Tony Robbins, S&S, $28, 9781476757803
Based on extensive research and one-on-one interviews with more than 50 of the most legendary financial experts in the world, Robbins has created a simple, seven-step blueprint that anyone can use for financial freedom.		 11/6
10. Make It Ahead
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307464880
In her new cookbook, the Barefoot Contessa answers the number one question she receives from cooks: Can I make it ahead?		 10/11
11. 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.		 9/62
12. The 20/20 Diet: Turn Your Weight Loss Vision Into Reality- Debut
Dr. Phil McGraw, Bird Street, $26, 9781939457318
McGraw identifies seven reasons other diets fail people over and over again, and he addresses each of these roadblocks by applying the latest research and theories.		 /1
13. Procrastinate on Purpose: 5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time- Debut
Rory Vaden, Perigee, $24.95, 9780399170621
Vaden presents a simple yet powerful paradigm that will set readers free to do their best work on time and without stress and anxiety.		 /1
14. What If?
Randall Munroe, Houghton Mifflin, $24, 9780544272996
From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.		 /18
15. Plenty More
Yotam Ottolenghi, Ten Speed Press, $35, 9781607746218
The follow-up to London chef Ottolenghi's bestselling and award-winning cookbook Plenty.		 12/13
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21. America's Bitter Pill
Steven Brill, Random House, $28, 9780812996951
Brill's surprising new vision of how we can fix American healthcare so that it stops draining the bank accounts of our families and our businesses -- and the federal treasury.		  

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