National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for September 7, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending September 4, 2016
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. M Train
Patti Smith, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101910160
A powerful and deeply moving book by the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids.		 1/2
2. Barbarian Days
William Finnegan, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143109396
A deeply rendered self-portrait of a lifelong surfer by the acclaimed New Yorker writer. Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for autobiography.		 3/19
3. Modern Romance
Aziz Ansari, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143109259
A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance by one of this generation's sharpest comedic voices.		 4/12
4. 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.		 5/59
5. Dead Wake
Erik Larson, Broadway, $17.00, 9780307408877
The enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania by the bestselling author of The Devil in the White City.		 2/24
6. Sully
Chesley B. Sullenberger, III, Jeffrey Zaslow, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062561206
An inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of our time, Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger.		 8/4
7. 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.		 6/118
8. Yuge!
G.B. Trudeau, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449481339
Doonesbury creator Trudeau's collection of pieces featuring GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump.		 /2
9. My Life on the Road
Gloria Steinem, Random House, $18.00, 9780345408167
Steinem's candid account of her life as a traveler, a listener, and a catalyst for change.		 12/2
10. The Wright Brothers
David McCullough, S&S, $17.00, 9781476728759
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner McCullough tells the dramatic story of the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly.		 9/18
11. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20.00, 9780143034759
The inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton.		 7/42
12. 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.		 10/29
13. Sick in the Head
Judd Apatow, Random House, $18.00, 9780812987287
Apatow's collection of intimate and hilarious conversations with the biggest names in comedy.		 13/14
14. The Oregon Trail
Rinker Buck, S&S, $16.99, 9781451659177
Buck's absorbing account of traveling the length of the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned way--in a covered wagon with a team of mules.		 11/13
15. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16.00, 9781451697728
Montgomery explores the world of the octopus--a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature--and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. A National Book Award finalist.		 15/21

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