National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for April 20, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending April 17, 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.		 1/14
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.		 2/75
3. The Rainbow Comes and Goes
Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt, Harper, $27.99, 9780062454942
A touching and intimate correspondence between Anderson Cooper and his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, offering timeless wisdom and a revealing glimpse into their lives.		 3/2
4. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Carlo Rovelli, Riverhead, $18.00, 9780399184413
Rovelli's book revealing all the beauty of modern physics in seven short and enlightening lessons is a March 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 4/7
5. 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.		 5/40
6. Lab Girl
Hope Jahren, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101874936
This illuminating debut memoir by acclaimed scientist Jahren is also a moving portrait of a longtime friendship, and a stunningly fresh look at plants that will forever change how you see the natural world.		 6/2
7. 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.		 7/76
8. Hamilton: The Revolution- Debut
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter, Grand Central, $40.00, 9781455539741
The story of the Broadway musical phenomenon Hamilton.		 /1
9. The Third Wave
Steve Case, S&S, $26.95, 9781501132582
Case, co-founder of AOL, shares a roadmap for how anyone can succeed in a world of rapidly changing technology.		 12/2
10. The Road to Little Dribbling
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385539289
Bryson's loving and hilarious valentine to his adopted country, Great Britain.		 10/13
11. Smarter Faster Better
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $28.00, 9780812993394
Duhigg explores the science of productivity and why managing how you think--rather than what you think--can transform your life.		 /5
12. The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time- Debut
Arianna Huffington, Harmony, $26.00, 9781101904008
Huffington shows how our cultural dismissal of sleep as time wasted compromises our health and our decision-making and undermines our lives.		 /1
13. Brave Enough
Cheryl Strayed, Knopf, $16.95, 9781101946909
A collection of quotes--drawn from the wide range of Strayed's writings--that capture her wisdom, courage, and outspoken humor.		 /9
14. Spain in Our Hearts
Adam Hochschild, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30.00, 9780547973180
Hochschild's sweeping history of the Spanish Civil War, told through a dozen characters, including Ernest Hemingway and George Orwell. A tale of idealism, heartbreaking suffering, and a noble cause that failed.		 9/3
15. Girls & Sex
Peggy Orenstein, Harper, $26.99, 9780062209726
Orenstein offers a clear-eyed picture of the new sexual landscape girls face and reveals how they are negotiating it.		 8/3
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19. Most Blessed of the Patriarchs
Annette Gordon-Reed, Peter S. Onuf, Liveright, $27.95, 9780871404428
Gordon-Reed and Onuf reintroduce us all to Thomas Jefferson: a man more gifted than most, but complicated in the ways we all are.		  

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