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Bestseller List for March 15, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending March 12, 2017
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Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
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. |
1/31 |
2. |
South and West: From a Notebook- Debut Joan Didion, Knopf, $21.00, 9781524732790 Two extended excerpts from Didion's never-before-seen notebooks--writings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer. |
/1 |
3. |
The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26.00, 9780399185045 In this unique collaboration, the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu offer a reflection on lives filled with pain and turmoil, in the midst of which they discovered a level of peace, courage, and joy that we can all aspire to. |
2/14 |
4. |
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions- Debut Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $15.00, 9781524733131 From the bestselling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today--written as a letter to a friend. |
/1 |
5. |
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. |
3/26 |
6. |
Unshakeable Tony Robbins, S&S, $26.00, 9781501164583 Robbins provides a step-by-step playbook to transform your financial life and accelerate your path to financial freedom. |
14/2 |
7. |
Homo Deus Yuval Noah Harari, Harper, $35.00, 9780062464316 The bestselling author of Sapiens turns his focus toward humanity's future. |
4/3 |
8. |
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. |
7/25 |
9. |
Born a Crime Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28.00, 9780399588174 Noah's compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime coming-of-age memoir--set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed--is a December 2016 Indie Next List Great Read. |
6/17 |
10. |
The Undoing Project Michael Lewis, Norton, $28.95, 9780393254594 Lewis tells the incredible true story about how a Nobel Prize-winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality. |
5/14 |
11. |
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit- Debut Michael Finkel, Knopf, $25.95, 9781101875681 Finkel tells the remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years. A March 2017 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
12. |
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. |
8/56 |
13. |
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves, Talentsmart, $24.99, 9780974320625 Bradberry and Greaves' revolutionary program to help people identify their "EQ" skills, build these skills into strengths, and enjoy consistent performance in the pursuit of important life objectives. |
13/40 |
14. |
The Little Book of Hygge Meik Wiking, Morrow, $19.99, 9780062658807 Meik Wiking, the CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen, provides a definitive guide to the Danish philosophy of comfort, togetherness, and well-being. |
9/5 |
15. |
Portraits of Courage George W. Bush, Crown, $35.00, 9780804189767 A vibrant collection of oil paintings and stories by President George W. Bush honoring the sacrifice and courage of America's military veterans. |
12/2 |
ON THE RISE | ||
20. |
Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich Norman Ohler, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28.00, 9781328663795 Ohler's riveting book throws surprising light on a history that until now has remained in the shadows. |
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