National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for October 22, 2015
Based on sales for the week ending October 18, 2015
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143125471
Brown tells the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.		 2/73
2. The Mindfulness Coloring Book
Emma Farrarons, Experiment, $9.95, 9781615192823
A fun and unique pocket-size coloring book designed to channel stress into relaxing, creative accomplishments.		 1/13
3. Yes Please
Amy Poehler, Dey Street, $16.99, 9780062268358
A hilarious and candid book by the popular Saturday Night Live alumna and star of Parks and Recreation.		 3/7
4. #Girlboss
Sophia Amoruso, Portfolio, $16.00, 9781591847939
Amoruso's fascinating story shows success is about trusting your instincts and following your gut, knowing which rules to follow and which to break.		 4/3
5. I Am Malala
Malala Yousafzai, Back Bay, $16.00, 9780316322423
The remarkable memoir of a young Pakistani girl who refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education.		 6/20
6. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16.00, 9780762447695
Sincero helps you understand why you are how you are, how to love what you can't change, how to change what you don't love, and how to start living the kind of life you used to be jealous of.		 5/14
7. Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson- Debut
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $20.00, 9781451673296
Gwynne's thrilling account of how Civil War general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson became a great and tragic American hero.		 /1
8. David and Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.00, 9780316204378
Gladwell draws upon history, psychology, and powerful storytelling to reshape the way we think of the world around us.		 8/28
9. Black Mass
Dick Lehr, Gerard O'Neill, PublicAffairs, $15.99, 9781610395533
A riveting account of how James "Whitey" Bulger became one of the most ruthless gangsters in U.S. history.		 7/10
10. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence
Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781633690196
Ten articles from the Harvard Business Review archive selected to help you boost your emotional skills--and your professional success.		 14/5
11. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (An Indies Introduce Title)
Caitlin Doughty, Norton, $15.95, 9780393351903
Doughty--a young mortician--goes behind the scenes of her curious profession.		 11/3
12. Think Like a Freak
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062218346
The bestselling authors of Freakonomics take us inside their thought processes and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally--to think, that is, like a Freak.		 13/15
13. One Nation
Ben Carson, Sentinel, $15.00, 9781595231222
Carson's ideas to help the people of our country work together to solve the nation's problems.		 12/7
14. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16.00, 9780812984965
A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice.		 10/9
15. Do Unto Animals: A Friendly Guide to How Animals Live, and How We Can Make Their Lives Better- Debut
Tracey Stewart, Lisel Ashlock (Illus.), Artisan, $19.95, 9781579656232
Former veterinary technician and animal advocate Tracey Stewart provides insight into the secret lives of animals and the kindest ways to live with and alongside them.		 /1
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17. The Wars of the Roses
Dan Jones, Penguin, $18.00, 9780143127888
In this riveting follow-up to The Plantagenets, Jones describes how the longest-reigning British royal family tore itself apart and was finally replaced by the Tudors.		  

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