National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for April 16, 2015
Based on sales for the week ending April 12, 2015
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dead Wake
Erik Larson, Crown, $28, 9780307408860
Larson's Dead Wake captures the sheer drama and emotional power of a disaster whose intimate details and true meaning have long been obscured by history. A March 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/5
2. 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.		 2/23
3. H Is for Hawk
Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $26, 9780802123411
MacDonald's extraordinary blend of nature writing and memoir is a March 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.		 3/8
4. 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.		 4/27
5. Between You & Me
Mary Norris, Norton, $24.95, 9780393240184
This boisterous language book as full of life as it is of practical advice is an April 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.		 8/2
6. 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.		 5/24
7. Better Than Before
Gretchen Rubin, Crown, $26, 9780385348614
The bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Happier at Home tackles the critical question: How do we change?		 6/4
8. The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House- Debut
Kate Andersen Brower, Harper, $27.99, 9780062305190
An intimate account of the service staff of the White House, from the Kennedys to the Obamas.		 /1
9. Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now- Debut
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Harper, $27.99, 9780062333933
The bestselling author of Infidel makes a passionate plea for peaceful change and a new era of global toleration.		 /1
10. In Defense of a Liberal Education
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $23.95, 9780393247688
CNN host and bestselling author Zakaria argues for a renewed commitment to the world's most valuable educational tradition.		 13/2
11. 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.		 15/29
12. A Fine Romance- Debut
Candice Bergen, S&S, $28, 9780684808277
Bergen's follow-up to her self-deprecating autobiography Knock Wood.		 /1
13. 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.		 12/73
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.		 9/31
15. So You've Been Publicly Shamed- Debut
Jon Ronson, Riverhead , $27.95, 9781594487132
The new book by the bestselling author of The Psychopath Test is an April 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.		 /1

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