National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

2016 Indie Bestsellers
Based on sales from January 1, 2016 through November 27, 2016
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  Hardcover Nonfiction  
1. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25.00, 9780812988406		  
2. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307		  
3. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $25.00, 9780812993547		  
4. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26.00, 9780805095159		  
5. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546		  
6. Killing the Rising Sun
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30.00, 9781627790628		  
7. Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen, S&S, $32.50, 9781501141515		  
8. The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo
Amy Schumer, Gallery, $28.00, 9781501139888		  
9. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Carlo Rovelli, Riverhead, $18.00, 9780399184413		  
10. Spark Joy
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $18.99, 9781607749721		  
11. The Road to Little Dribbling
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385539289		  
12. Shoe Dog
Phil Knight, Scribner, $29.00, 9781501135910		  
13. Hamilton: The Revolution
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter, Grand Central, $45.00, 9781455539741		  
14. Emotional Intelligence 2.0
Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves, Talentsmart, $24.99, 9780974320625		  
15. The Rainbow Comes and Goes
Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt, Harper, $27.99, 9780062454942		  

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