National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for February 1, 2017
Based on sales for the week ending January 29, 2017
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062363602
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space. Now a major motion picture.		 1/8
2. 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.		 2/80
3. 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.		 3/60
4. The Trump Survival Guide
Gene Stone, Dey Street, $9.99, 9780062686480
Stone offers guidance and concrete solutions that can be used to make a difference during the Trump presidency.		 7/3
5. Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right- Debut
Jane Mayer, Anchor, $17.00, 9780307947901
Mayer examines a network of exceedingly wealthy people with a systematic plan to fundamentally alter the American political system.		 /1
6. The Road to Little Dribbling
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $16.95, 9780804172714
Bryson's loving and hilarious valentine to his adopted country, Great Britain.		 4/14
7. What We Do Now
Dennis Johnson, Valerie Merians (Eds.), Melville House, $15.99, 9781612196596
A collection of passionate manifestos by some of the country's leading progressives provides a blueprint for how progressives can move forward during the presidency of Donald Trump.		 8/2
8. March: Book One
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Top Shelf Productions, $14.95, 9781603093002
A vivid first-hand account of John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation.		 6/2
9. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631492228
A sweeping, revisionist history of the Roman Empire from one of our foremost classicists.		 5/21
10. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20.00, 9780143034759
The inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton.		 9/62
11. 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.		 11/31
12. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger, Sentinel, $17.00, 9780143129431
Recaptures the forgotten war that changed American history with a real-life drama of intrigue, bravery, and battle on the high seas.		 10/15
13. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself
Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781422157992
A collection of Harvard Business Review articles to help you maximize yourself.		 14/17
14. March: Book Three
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Top Shelf Productions, $19.99, 9781603094023
In the stunning conclusion of the award-winning March trilogy, Congressman John Lewis--an American icon and one of the key figures of the Civil Rights Movement--joins co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell to bring the lessons of history to vivid life for a new generation.		 15/2
15. The Road to Character
David Brooks, Random House, $18.00, 9780812983418
The Road to Character provides an opportunity for us to rethink our priorities and strive to build rich inner lives marked by humility and moral depth.		 12/20

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