National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for November 2, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending October 30, 2016
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen, S&S, $32.50, 9781501141515
In his insightful memoir Springsteen demonstrates the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs.		 1/5
2. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
By a former Marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class.		 2/12
3. Cooking for Jeffrey: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook- Debut
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780307464897
Ina's most personal cookbook yet is filled with the recipes her husband, Jeffrey, and their friends request most often, as well as charming stories from Ina and Jeffrey's many years together.		 /1
4. Upstream
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9781594206702
Upstream is a collection of essays in which Mary Oliver reflects on her willingness, as a young child and as an adult, to lose herself within the beauty and mysteries of both the natural world and the world of literature.		 4/3
5. Killing the Rising Sun
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30.00, 9781627790628
Killing the Rising Sun details the final moments of World War II like never before.		 3/7
6. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
After reading Wohlleben's fascinating book about the complex life of trees, a walk in the woods will never be the same. A September 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 5/7
7. Appetites: A Cookbook- Debut
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $37.50, 9780062409959
Bourdain's first cookbook in more than a decade boils down 40-plus years of professional cooking and globe-trotting to a tight repertoire of personal favorites.		 /1
8. The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo
Amy Schumer, Gallery, $28.00, 9781501139888
Emmy Award-winner Schumer's refreshingly candid and uproariously funny collection of extremely personal and observational essays.		 6/11
9. The Magnolia Story
Chip Gaines, Joanna Gaines, Thomas Nelson, $26.99, 9780718079185
A memoir by the dynamic husband-and-wife team from HGTV's Fixer Upper.		 7/2
10. 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.		 8/42
11. 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.		 11/103
12. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $25.00, 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.		 10/68
13. The Truth About Cancer: What You Need to Know About Cancer's History, Treatment, and Prevention- Debut
Ty M. Bollinger, Hay House, $24.99, 9781401952235
Bollinger discusses the politics of cancer, the facts and myths about its causes, and the range of tools available to diagnose and treat it.		 /1
14. Hero of the Empire
Candice Millard, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385535731
Millard's thrilling narrative of Winston Churchill's extraordinary and little-known exploits during the Boer War is an October 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.		 9/6
15. Atlas Obscura
Joshua Foer, et al., Workman, $35.00, 9780761169086
Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world.		 /3
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17. A Life Well Played
Arnold Palmer, St. Martin's, $22.99, 9781250085948
Palmer's book is a treasure trove of entertaining anecdotes and timeless wisdom that readers—golfers and non-golfers alike—will celebrate and cherish.		  

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