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Bestselling books the week of 1/24/13, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.

2. HARDCOVER NONFICTION

  • By IndieBound

1. Help, Thanks, Wow, by Anne Lamott, Riverhead
2. My Beloved World, by Sonia Sotomayor, Knopf
3. I Could Pee on This, by Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle
4. The World Until Yesterday, by Jared M. Diamond, Viking
5. Wild, by Cheryl Strayed, Knopf
6. Behind the Beautiful Forevers, by Katherine Boo, Random House
7. The Dude and the Zen Master, by Jeff Bridges, Bernie Glassman, Blue Rider Press
8. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, by Jon Meacham, Random House
9. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, Random House
10. Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, by Lawrence Wright, Knopf
11. Barefoot Contessa Foolproof, by Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter
12. Killing Kennedy, by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt
13. The Signal and the Noise, by Nate Silver, Penguin Press
14. Far From the Tree, by Andrew Solomon, Scribner
15. A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II, by Adam Makos, Larry Alexander, Berkley

On the Rise:
19. The Universe Within, by Neil Shubin, Pantheon Books
The bestselling author of Your Inner Fish looks at how the events that formed our solar system billions of years ago are embedded inside us all.

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Mark Sappenfield
Editor

Dear Reader,

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