National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for June 15, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending June 12, 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.		 1/22
2. Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War- Debut
Mary Roach, Norton, $26.95, 9780393245448
Grunt tackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries--panic, exhaustion, heat, and noise--and introduces us to the scientists who seek to conquer them.		 /1
3. The Gene
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $32.00, 9781476733500
Mukherjee animates the quest to understand human heredity and its surprising influence on our lives, personalities, identities, fates, and choices.		 3/4
4. The View From the Cheap Seats
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062262264
Gaiman's enthralling collection of nonfiction essays on a myriad of topics--from art and artists to dreams, myths, and memories--is a June 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/2
5. 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.		 4/83
6. Shoe Dog
Phil Knight, Scribner, $29.00, 9781501135910
Nike founder Knight shares the inside story of one of the world's most iconic and profitable brands.		 6/7
7. 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.		 7/15
8. 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.		 5/48
9. Tribe
Sebastian Junger, Twelve, $22.00, 9781455566389
Junger explores what we can learn from tribal societies about loyalty, belonging, and the eternal human quest for meaning.		 8/3
10. Hamilton: The Revolution
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter, Grand Central, $40.00, 9781455539741
The story of the Broadway musical phenomenon Hamilton.		 9/8
11. But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present as If It Were the Past- Debut
Chuck Klosterman, Blue Rider, $26.00, 9780399184123
Klosterman's fascinating new book visualizes the contemporary world as it will appear to those who'll perceive it as the distant past.		 /1
12. Grit
Angela Duckworth, Scribner, $28.00, 9781501111105
Psychologist Duckworth shows that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls "grit."		 11/6
13. Valiant Ambition
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $30.00, 9780525426783
Philbrick's new book is a surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold. A May 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 10/5
14. 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.		 13/84
15. Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots- Debut
David Fisher, Holt, $35.00, 9781627797894
An exciting and eye-opening look at the Revolutionary War through the lives of its leaders.		 /1
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20. The Hour of Land
Terry Tempest Williams, Sarah Crichton Books, $27.00, 9780374280093
A literary celebration of our national parks, an exploration of what they mean to us and what we mean to them.		  

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