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The Indie Politics & Current Events Bestseller List
Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending July 17, 2016.
1. Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
Jane Mayer, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385535595
2. Crisis of Character: A White House Secret Service Officer Discloses His Firsthand Experience With Hillary, Bill, and How They Operate
Gary J. Byrne, Center Street, $27, 9781455568871
3. 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi
Mitchell Zuckoff, Twelve, $16.99, 9781455538447
4. Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few
Robert B. Reich, Vintage, $15, 9780345806222
5. Who Rules the World?
Noam Chomsky, Metropolitan, $28, 9781627793810
6. Assholes: A Theory of Donald Trump
Aaron James, Doubleday, $15.95, 9780385542036
7. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28, 9780553447439
8. The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House
Kate Andersen Brower, Harper, $15.99, 9780062305206
9. First Women: The Grace and Power of America’s Modern First Ladies
Kate Andersen Brower, Harper, $28.99, 9780062439659
10. Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?
Thomas Frank, Metropolitan, $27, 9781627795395
11. Black Man, White House: An Oral History of the Obama Years
D.L. Hughley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062399793
12. Killing Reagan
Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30, 9781627792417
13. Wake Up America: The Nine Virtues That Made Our Nation Great — and Why We Need Them More Than Ever
Eric Bolling, St. Martin’s, $25.99, 9781250112507
14. Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America’s Democracy
David Daley, Liveright, $26.95, 9781631491627
15. The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World
Ruchir Sharma, Norton, $27.95, 9780393248890
16. If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
Eric Metaxas, Viking, $26, 9781101979983
17. Bernie
Ted Rall, Seven Stories Press, $16.95, 9781609806989
18. This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate
Naomi Klein, S&S, $16.99, 9781451697391
19. The Politicians and the Egalitarians: The Hidden History of American Politics
Sean Wilentz, Norton, $28.95, 9780393285024
20. Far and Away: Reporting From the Brink of Change
Andrew Solomon, Scribner, $30, 9781476795041
21. Black Flags: The Rise of Isis
Joby Warrick, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385538213
22. And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East
Richard Engel, S&S, $27, 9781451635119
23. The Great Divide: Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Norton, $17.95, 9780393352184
24. Dealing With China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower
Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Twelve, $17.99, 9781455504206
25. Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again
Donald J. Trump, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781501137969