National Indie Bestsellers - Hardcover Nonfiction

2017 Indie Bestsellers
Based on sales for the period of January 1 through November 26, 2017
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  Hardcover Nonfiction  
1. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546		  
2. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Norton, $18.95, 9780393609394		  
3. What Happened
Hillary Rodham Clinton, S&S, $30.00, 9781501175565		  
4. Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
Al Franken, Twelve, $28.00, 9781455540419		  
5. The Book of Joy
The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26.00, 9780399185045		  
6. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484		  
7. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, HarperOne, $24.99, 9780062457714		  
8. Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $28.00, 9780316154727		  
9. Option B
Sheryl Sandberg, Adam Grant, Knopf, $25.95, 9781524732684		  
10. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28.00, 9780399588174		  
11. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385534246		  
12. Make Your Bed
William H. McRaven, Grand Central, $18.00, 9781455570249		  
13. Get Your Sh*t Together
Sarah Knight, Little Brown, $18.99, 9780316505079		  
14. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $25.00, 9780812993547		  
15. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25.00, 9780812988406		  

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