National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for November 3, 2011
Based on sales for the week ending October 30, 2011
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Broadway, $16, 9781400052189
A fascinating look at the world's first "immortal" human cells grown in culture to be used in medical research.		 1/34
2. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316001946
Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff's masterful biography of Cleopatra is available in paperback.		 2/8
3. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761159131
A look at amazing friendships between species, collected from around the world and documented in a selection of candid photographs.		 4/20
4. At Home
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767919395
The latest by the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything.		 3/4
5. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849946158
A young boy emerges from life-saving surgery with remarkable stories of his visit to heaven.		 5/42
6. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
Rock icon Smith's memoir of her early years in New York and her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe is a 2010 National Book Award winner.		 9/52
7. Empire of the Summer Moon
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $16, 9781416591061
A vivid historical account of the 40-year battle between the Comanches and white settlers for control of the American West.		 6/25
8. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679763888
Pulitzer Prize-winner Wilkerson's chronicle of the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South in search of a better life.		 7/4
9. Moneyball
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338393
Lewis' in-depth analysis of the 2002 Oakland A's team is now a major motion picture.		 8/*
10. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle , $9.95, 9780811878319
Students or anyone who has ever had to struggle through a test will have a good laugh.		 11/29
11. The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal, Picador, $16, 9780312569372
At the center of de Waal's memoir is his inherited collection of ornamental Japanese wood and ivory carvings.		 15/11
12. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2012
Old Farmer's Almanac, $6.95, 9781571985446
The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more.		 14/7
13. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
The author of Blink and The Tipping Point looks at what makes some people successful--and others not.		 12/21
14. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307279187
McDougall's fascinating look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running.		 10/31
15. How to Live: Or a Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer- Debut
Sarah Bakewell, Other Press, $16.95, 9781590514832
Bakewell looks at the life and work of the Renaissance writer Michel de Montaigne.		 /1


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