National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for January 9, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending January 5, 2014
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Hyperbole and a Half
Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $17.99, 9781451666175
Brosh's highly anticipated book showcases her unique voice, wit, and ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations. The #1 November 2013 Indie Next List Great Read.		 1/10
2. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074
A powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery by the bestselling author of Tiny Beautiful Things.		 2/41
3. Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.		 5/49
4. Orange Is the New Black
Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812986181
Kerman's heartbreaking, hilarious, and at times enraging story of her year incarcerated is the basis of a new Netflix series.		 4/18
5. 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.		 7/62
6. Unlikely Loves
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761174424
A celebration of love between species by the bestselling author of Unlikely Friendships.		 3/14
7. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2014
Old Farmer's Almanac, $7.95, 9781571986030
The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more.		 6/18
8. The World Almanac and Book of Facts
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $13.99, 9781600571824
The dependable reference guide, updated for 2014.		 8/6
9. Wave- Debut
Sonali Deraniyagala, Vintage, $15, 9780345804310
Deraniyagala's unforgettable memoir of the devastating tsunami in Sri Lanka in December 2004.		 /1
10. Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela, Back Bay, $18, 9780316323543
An autobiography by one of the great moral and political leaders of our time.		 13/3
11. Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search- Debut
Martin Sixsmith, Penguin, $16, 9780143124726
The heartbreaking true story about the love between a mother and son who endured a lifelong separation is now a major motion picture.		 /1
12. Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief- Debut
Lawrence Wright, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307745309
A look into the world of Scientology by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower.		 /1
13. 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.		 11/33
14. 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.		 10/67
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.		 14/19
ON THE RISE
19. Naked Statistics
Charles Wheelan, Norton , $16.95, 9780393347777
The bestselling author of Naked Economics defies the odds with a book about statistics that you'll welcome and enjoy.		  

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