National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for February 20, 2014
Based on sales for the week ending February 16, 2014
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Monuments Men
Robert M. Edsel, Back Bay, $17, 9780316240055
Edsel's fascinating account of six men and their mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis is now a major motion picture.		 1/7
2. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074
A powerfully honest memoir of loss and recovery by the bestselling author of Tiny Beautiful Things.		 2/47
3. 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.		 3/16
4. My Beloved World
Sonia Sotomayor, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345804839
An autobiography by the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court.		 4/6
5. Lone Survivor
Marcus Luttrell, Back Bay, $17, 9780316324106
A powerful, almost unbelievable account of a disastrous Navy SEAL mission in Afghanistan.		 6/4
6. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $16, 9780812981605
An exploration into the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed.		 5/6
7. Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156
Cain seeks to change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves.		 7/55
8. 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.		 11/24
9. Detroit: An American Autopsy
Charlie LeDuff, Penguin, $17, 9780143124467
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff looks at his hometown of Detroit for clues to its fate, his family's, and his own.		 10/3
10. Philomena
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.		 9/7
11. Unlikely Loves
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761174424
A celebration of love between species by the bestselling author of Unlikely Friendships.		 8/19
12. 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.		 12/68
13. 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.		 /23
14. What Should We Be Worried About? Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night- Debut
John Brockman, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062296238
Brockman's insightful book shows what the world's leading scientific thinkers worry about--particularly scenarios that aren't on the popular radar yet.		 /1
15. Dance of the Reptiles
Carl Hiaasen, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345807021
A collection of the best of Hiaasen's Miami Herald columns, which demonstrate anew that truth is far stranger than fiction.		 13/3
ON THE RISE
20. The Snowden Files
Luke Harding, Vintage, $14.95, 9780804173520
Harding's timely account of the Edward Snowden intelligence breach case.		  

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