Hardcover Nonfiction Bestsellers For July 21
Compiled from weekly surveys of close to 500 independent bookstores nationwide in collaboration with the American Booksellers Association. This list reflects sales ending July 17.
1. In the Garden of Beasts
Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
By Erik Larson
10 weeks on list
Hardcover, 464pp, $26.00
Crown
Pub Date: May. 10, 2011
2. Go the F**k to Sleep
By Adam Mansbach; Ricardo Cortes
7 weeks on list
Hardcover, 32pp, $14.95
Akashic Books
Pub Date: Oct. 1, 2011
3. A Stolen Life
A Memoir
By Jaycee Dugard
1 week on list
Hardcover, 288pp, $24.99
Simon & Schuster
Pub Date: Jul. 12, 2011
4. The Greater Journey
Americans in Paris
By David McCullough
8 weeks on list
Hardcover, 576pp, $37.50
Simon & Schuster
Pub Date: May. 24, 2011
5. Unbroken
A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
By Laura Hillenbrand
35 weeks on list
Hardcover, 496pp, $27.00
Random House
Pub Date: Nov. 16, 2010
6. Bossypants
By Tina Fey
15 weeks on list
Hardcover, 288pp, $26.99
Reagan Arthur Books
Pub Date: Apr. 5, 2011
7. Reckless Endangerment
How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon
By Gretchen Morgenson; Joshua Rosner
4 weeks on list
Hardcover, 352pp, $30.00
Times Books
Pub Date: May. 24, 2011
8. SEAL Team Six
Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper
By Howard E. Wasdin; Stephen Templin
10 weeks on list
Hardcover, 352pp, $26.99
St. Martin's Press
Pub Date: May. 10, 2011
9. Absolute Monarchs
A History of the Papacy
By John Julius Norwich
1 week on list
Hardcover, 528pp, $30.00
Random House
Pub Date: Jul. 12, 2011
10. The Social Animal
The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
By David Brooks
19 weeks on list
Hardcover, 448pp, $27.00
Random House
Pub Date: Mar. 8, 2011
11. Lost in Shangri-La
A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
By Mitchell Zuckoff
7 weeks on list
Hardcover, 400pp, $26.99
Harper
Pub Date: May. 1, 2011
12. Area 51
An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
By Annie Jacobsen
9 weeks on list
Hardcover, 544pp, $27.99
Little, Brown and Company
Pub Date: May. 17, 2011
13. The Psychopath Test
A Journey Through the Madness Industry
By Jon Ronson
8 weeks on list
Hardcover, 288pp, $25.95
Riverhead Hardcover
Pub Date: May. 12, 2011
14. Nothing Daunted
The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West
By Dorothy Wickenden
2 weeks on list
Hardcover, 304pp, $26.00
Scribner
Pub Date: Jun. 21, 2011
15. The 4-Hour Body
An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman
By Timothy Ferriss
7 weeks on list
Hardcover, 592pp, $27.00
Crown Archetype
Pub Date: Dec. 14, 2010
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