National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for February 17, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending February 14, 2016
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25.00, 9780812988406
This profoundly moving and exquisitely observed memoir by a young neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis is a January 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/5
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.		 3/31
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.		 2/66
4. The Road to Little Dribbling
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385539289
Bryson's loving and hilarious valentine to his adopted country, Great Britain.		 4/4
5. Spark Joy
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $18.99, 9781607749721
The latest by decluttering guru Marie Kondo, bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.		 5/6
6. Dark Money
Jane Mayer, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385535595
Mayer examines a network of exceedingly wealthy people with extreme libertarian views and a systematic plan to fundamentally alter the American political system.		 6/4
7. In Other Words- Debut
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101875551
Pulitzer Prize-winner Lahiri's nonfiction debut is a startling act of self-reflection and a provocative exploration of belonging and reinvention.		 /1
8. 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.		 8/67
9. Gratitude
Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $17.00, 9780451492937
Four essays written by Sacks during the last few months of his life form an ode to the uniqueness of each human being and to gratitude for the gift of life.		 7/12
10. Originals
Adam Grant, Viking, $27.00, 9780525429562
Grant examines how people can champion new ideas--and how leaders can encourage originality in their organizations.		 9/2
11. The Name of God Is Mercy
Pope Francis, Random House, $26.00, 9780399588631
Pope Francis invites all humanity to an intimate and personal dialogue on the subject of mercy--which has long been the cornerstone of his faith and is now the central teaching of his papacy.		 11/5
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.		 10/36
13. 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.		 12/29
14. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger, Sentinel, $27.95, 9781591848066
Recaptures the forgotten war that changed American history with a real-life drama of intrigue, bravery, and battle on the high seas.		 /12
15. Thing Explainer
Randall Munroe, Houghton Mifflin, $24.95, 9780544668256
The new book by the bestselling author of What If? is funny, interesting, and always understandable. Perfect for anyone who has ever wondered how things work, and why.		 /9
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21. And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East
Richard Engel, S&S, $27.00, 9781451635119
NBC's chief foreign correspondent's riveting account of the Middle East revolutions, the Arab Spring, war, and terrorism seen up-close.		  

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