National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for September 17, 2015
Based on sales for the week ending September 13, 2015
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.		 1/44
2. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $24.00, 9780812993547
Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis in this bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history. A September 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/9
3. Rising Strong
Brene Brown, Spiegel & Grau, $27.00, 9780812995824
Living a brave life is not always easy--we are, inevitably, going to stumble and fall. It is the rise after a fall that Brown takes as her subject in Rising Strong.		 3/3
4. The Wright Brothers
David McCullough, S&S, $30.00, 9781476728742
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner McCullough tells the dramatic story of the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly.		 5/19
5. Modern Romance
Aziz Ansari, Penguin Press, $28.95, 9781594206276
A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance by one of this generation's sharpest comedic voices.		 4/13
6. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26.00, 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.		 6/48
7. Dead Wake
Erik Larson, Crown, $28.00, 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.		 9/26
8. Sick in the Head
Judd Apatow, Random House, $27.00, 9780812997576
A collection of intimate and hilarious conversations with the biggest names in comedy by the writer and director of Knocked Up and the producer of Freaks and Geeks.		 8/13
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.		 7/8
10. Reckless: My Life as a Pretender- Debut
Chrissie Hynde, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385540612
An insightful biography by the singer, songwriter, and undisputed leader of the Pretenders.		 /1
11. Emotional Intelligence 2.0
Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves, Talentsmart, $24.99, 9780974320625
Bradberry and Greaves' revolutionary program to help people identify their "EQ" skills, build these skills into strengths, and enjoy consistent performance in the pursuit of important life objectives.		 11/14
12. H Is for Hawk
Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $26.00, 9780802123411
MacDonald's extraordinary blend of nature writing and memoir is a March 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.		 10/23
13. Guinness World Records 2016- Debut
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781910561027
The latest incarnation of the bestselling annual with thousands of new and classic records.		 /1
14. Exceptional
Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, Threshold Editions, $28.00, 9781501115417
Former vice president Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz Cheney, former deputy assistant secretary of state, explain the unique and indispensable nature of American power.		 13/2
15. A Full Life
Jimmy Carter, S&S, $28.00, 9781501115639
Jimmy Carter reflects on his full and happy life with pride, humor, and a few second thoughts.		 12/10
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18. Black Earth
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $30.00, 9781101903452
Groundbreaking, authoritative, and utterly absorbing, Black Earth reveals a Holocaust that is not only history but also a warning.		  

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