National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for May 21, 2015
Based on sales for the week ending May 17, 2015
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Wright Brothers
David McCullough, S&S, $30, 9781476728742
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner McCullough tells the dramatic story of the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly.		 1/2
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.		 3/28
3. The Road to Character
David Brooks, Random House, $28, 9780812993257
The Road to Character provides an opportunity for us to both rethink our priorities and strive to build rich inner lives marked by humility and moral depth.		 2/5
4. 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.		 4/10
5. 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.		 5/13
6. 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.		 7/32
7. Missoula
Jon Krakauer, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385538732
Krakauer's stark, powerful, and meticulously reported narrative about a series of sexual assaults illuminate the human drama behind the national plague of campus rape.		 6/4
8. Hold Still: A Memoir With Photographs- Debut
Sally Mann, Little Brown, $32, 9780316247764
A revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from acclaimed photographer Sally Mann.		 /1
9. On the Move
Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $27.95, 9780385352543
On the Move is the story of a brilliantly unconventional physician and writer--and of the man who has illuminated the many ways that the brain makes us human.		 8/3
10. Very Good Lives
J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $15, 9780316369152
Rowling's words of wisdom for anyone at a turning point in life examine how we can embrace failure and use our imaginations to better both ourselves and others.		 9/5
11. And the Good News Is...
Dana Perino, Twelve, $26, 9781455584901
Perino reveals the lessons she's learned that have guided her through life, including stories from behind the scenes at the White House with President George W. Bush.		 13/3
12. A Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope- Debut
Tom Brokaw, Random House, $27, 9781400069699
Brokaw's memoir of a year of dramatic change--a year spent battling cancer and reflecting on a long, happy, and lucky life.		 /1
13. Clinton Cash
Peter Schweizer, Harper, $27.99, 9780062369284
A look at the financial dealings of Bill and Hillary Clinton by the author of Throw Them All Out.		 10/2
14. 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.		 12/29
15. It's a Long Story
Willie Nelson, Little Brown, $30, 9780316403559
The definitive autobiography of the legendary Willie Nelson.		 11/2
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19. The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789
Joseph J. Ellis, Knopf, $27.95, 9780385353403
Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian Ellis tells the unexpected story of why the 13 colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew.		  

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