National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

Bestseller List for April 19, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending April 16, 2017
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
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.		 1/36
2. Hallelujah Anyway
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20.00, 9780735213586
A powerful exploration of mercy, its limitless (if sometimes hidden) presence, why we ignore it, and how we can embrace it. An April 2017 Indie Next List Great Read.		 2/2
3. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, HarperOne, $24.99, 9780062457714
Superstar blogger Manson shows us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.		 9/2
4. 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.		 3/19
5. Old School
Bill O'Reilly, Bruce Feirstein, Holt, $27.00, 9781250135797
The latest by the bestselling author of Killing the Rising Sun.		 7/3
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.		 4/31
7. The Stranger in the Woods
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.		 5/6
8. South and West
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.		 6/6
9. 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.		 8/61
10. 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.		 13/30
11. Get Your Sh*t Together- Debut
Sarah Knight, Little Brown, $18.99, 9780316505079
Knight's no-holds-barred guide to cutting through the cycle of self-sabotage to get happy and stay that way.		 /1
12. Wealth Can't Wait- Debut
David Osborn, Paul Morris, Greenleaf, $22.95, 9781626344198
Osborn and Morris' five-part strategy outlines what is required to build wealth and enjoy more financial freedom throughout your life.		 /1
13. 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.		 10/7
14. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
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.		 /5
15. 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.		 12/22

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