National Indie Bestsellers

Bestseller List for January 17, 2018
Based on sales for the week ending January 14, 2018
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.		 1/130
2. The Silk Roads
Peter Frankopan, Vintage, $20.00, 9781101912379
The epic history of the crossroads of the world--the meeting place of East and West and the birthplace of civilization.		 2/7
3. The Lost City of the Monkey God
Douglas Preston, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455540013
Preston's book is an eyewitness account of one of the great discoveries of the 21st century.		 3/18
4. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Picador USA, $16.00, 9781250076229
Practicing surgeon Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending.		 6/19
5. 12 Strong
Doug Stanton, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501178511
The true-life account of a U.S. Special Forces team deployed to war-ridden Afghanistan in the weeks following 9/11.		 4/3
6. Invisible Influence
Jonah Berger, S&S, $16.00, 9781476759739
The bestselling author of Contagious explores the subtle, secret influences that affect the decisions we make.		 5/30
7. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $7.99, 9780804190114
Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the 20th century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.		 9/44
8. Evicted
Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17.00, 9780553447453
Desmond transforms our understanding of extreme poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving a devastating, uniquely American problem.		 8/35
9. 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.		 11/72
10. Being a Dog
Alexandra Horowitz, Scribner, $17.00, 9781476796024
The bestselling author of Inside of a Dog explains how dogs experience the world through their most spectacular organ: the nose.		 7/13
11. 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.		 12/52
12. The Undoing Project
Michael Lewis, Norton, $16.95, 9780393354775
Lewis tells the incredible true story about how a Nobel Prize-winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality.		 10/11
13. South and West: From a Notebook- Debut
Joan Didion, Vintage, $15.00, 9780525434191
South and West gives us two extended excerpts from notebooks Didion kept in the 1970s; read together, they form a piercing view of the American political and cultural landscape.		 /1
14. 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.		 /26
15. On Trails
Robert Moor, S&S, $16.00, 9781476739236
A wondrous exploration of how trails help us understand the world--from invisible ant trails to hiking paths that span continents, from interstate highways to the Internet.		 13/28

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