National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for August 22, 2013
Based on sales for the week ending August 18, 2013
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074
A powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery by the bestselling author of Tiny Beautiful Things.		 1/21
2. Orange Is the New Black
Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780385523394
Kerman's heartbreaking, hilarious, and at time enraging story of her year incarcerated is the basis of a new Netflix series.		 4/2
3. Proof of Heaven
Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99, 9781451695199
Noted neurosurgeon Alexander's fascinating account of his return from a very deep coma.		 2/42
4. Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.		 3/29
5. Elsewhere
Richard Russo, Vintage, $15, 9780307949769
Bestselling novelist Richard Russo's memoir of his life, his parents, and the upstate New York town they all struggled variously to escape.		 6/3
6. Brain on Fire
Susannah Cahalan, S&S, $16, 9781451621389
Cahalan's astonishing true story of her inexplicable descent into madness and the brilliant, lifesaving diagnosis that nearly didn't happen.		 8/2
7. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16, 9780374533557
Kahneman takes readers on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two "systems" that drive the way people think.		 9/20
8. Waging Heavy Peace
Neil Young, Plume, $18, 9780142180310
An insightful view of the personal life and musical creativity of legendary musician Neil Young.		 7/3
9. Hallucinations
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307947437
Using hallucinations reported by his patients and his own experiences, Sacks shows why the potential for hallucinations is present in us all.		 10/7
10. 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.		 15/59
11. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279
Hilarious essays from the Emmy-nominated writer and actress.		 5/46
12. The Untethered Soul
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $16.95, 9781572245372
Spiritual teacher Singer explores the question of who we are and concludes that our identity is to be found in our consciousness.		 /5
13. How Children Succeed
Paul Tough, Mariner, $15.95, 9780544104402
Tough shows how researchers and educators are using the tools of science to peel back the mysteries of character and reveals how this new knowledge can transform young people's lives.		 14/5
14. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher- Debut
Timothy Egan, Mariner, $15.95, 9780544102767
Egan tells the riveting story behind the most famous photographs in Native American history and the brilliant man who created them, Edward Curtis.		 /1
15. Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith, Perigee, $15, 9780399161940
Readers who've ever wished to, but had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal will discover a new way to escape the fear of the blank page.		 /12

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