Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers For March 3
Compiled from weekly surveys of close to 500 independent bookstores nationwide in collaboration with the American Booksellers Association. This list reflects sales ending Feb. 27.
1. Unbroken
A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
By Laura Hillenbrand
15 weeks on list
Hardcover, 496pp, $27.00
Random House
Pub Date: Nov. 16, 2010
2. Cleopatra
A Life
By Stacy Schiff
17 weeks on list
Hardcover, 384pp, $29.99
Little, Brown and Company
Pub Date: Nov. 1, 2010
3. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
By Amy Chua
7 weeks on list
Hardcover, 256pp, $25.95
Penguin Press HC, The
Pub Date: Jan. 11, 2011
4. A Widow's Story
A Memoir
By Joyce Carol Oates
2 weeks on list
Hardcover, 432pp, $27.99
Ecco
Pub Date: Mar. 1, 2011
5. Life
By Keith Richards; James Fox
18 weeks on list
Hardcover, 576pp, $29.99
Little, Brown and Company
Pub Date: Oct. 26, 2010
6. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
By Rebecca Skloot
41 weeks on list
Hardcover, 384pp, $26.00
Crown
Pub Date: Feb. 2, 2010
7. Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1
By Mark Twain; Harriet Elinor Smith; Benjamin Griffin
19 weeks on list
Hardcover, 736pp, $34.95
University of California Press
Pub Date: Nov. 1, 2010
8. Townie
A Memoir
By Andre Dubus III
1 week on list
Hardcover, 400pp, $25.95
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub Date: Feb. 1, 2011
9. The Hidden Reality
Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos
By Brian Greene
5 weeks on list
Hardcover, 384pp, $29.95
Knopf
Pub Date: Jan. 25, 2011
10. Known and Unknown
A Memoir
By Donald Rumsfeld
3 weeks on list
Hardcover, 832pp, $36.00
Sentinel HC
Pub Date: Feb. 8, 2011
11. The 4-Hour Body
An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman
By Timothy Ferriss
5 weeks on list
Hardcover, 592pp, $27.00
Crown Archetype
Pub Date: Dec. 14, 2010
12. And Furthermore
By Judi Dench; Samantha Bond
2 weeks on list
Hardcover, 288pp, $26.99
Macmillan Audio
Pub Date: Feb. 15, 2011
13. Poser
My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses
By Claire Dederer
6 weeks on list
Hardcover, 352pp, $26.00
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub Date: Dec. 21, 2010
14. Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
By Karen Armstrong
8 weeks on list
Hardcover, 240pp, $22.95
Knopf
Pub Date: Dec. 28, 2010
15. Against All Odds
My Life of Hardship, Fast Breaks, and Second Chances
By Scott Brown
1 week on list
Hardcover, 336pp, $27.99
Harper
Pub Date: Feb. 21, 2011
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