National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for March 9, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending March 6, 2016
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16.00, 9780802124739
H Is for Hawk is a genre-defying debut from one of our most unique and transcendent voices.		 1/3
2. The Big Short
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393353150
The highly entertaining look at the U.S. financial crisis by the author of Liar's Poker is now a major motion picture.		 2/12
3. 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.		 3/92
4. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20.00, 9780143034759
The inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton.		 5/16
5. 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.		 4/33
6. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan- Debut
Kim Barker, Anchor, $15.95, 9781101973127
Journalist Barker captures the humor and heartbreak of life in post-9/11 Afghanistan and Pakistan in this profound and darkly comic memoir.		 /1
7. On the Move
Oliver Sacks, Vintage, $16.95, 9780804170932
On the Move is the story of a brilliantly unconventional physician and writer--and of the man who has illuminated the many ways that the brain makes us human.		 7/2
8. 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.		 8/26
9. 13 Hours
Mitchell Zuckoff, Twelve, $16.99, 9781455538447
The harrowing, true account of the brave men on the ground who fought back during the Battle of Benghazi. Now a major motion picture.		 10/10
10. 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.		 9/32
11. Missoula
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $16.95, 9780804170567
Krakauer's stark, powerful, and meticulously reported narrative about a series of sexual assaults illuminates the human drama behind the national plague of campus rape.		 6/7
12. Harry Potter Coloring Book
Scholastic, $15.99, 9781338029994
Unleash your creativity and escape to one of the most beloved series of all time.		 12/17
13. Lost Ocean
Johanna Basford, Penguin, $16.95, 9780143108993
Basford invites color-inners of all ages to discover an enchanting underwater world hidden in the depths of the sea.		 14/18
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.		 11/15
15. We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95, 9781101911761
The award-winning author of Americanah offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the 21st century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness.		 15/36

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