October 27, 2021



Bestseller List for October 27, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending October 24, 2021
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18.00, 9781571313560
Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.
1/98
2. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.
2/56
3. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong.
3/4
4. On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Nora Krug (Illus.), Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781984859150
A graphic edition of historian Timothy Snyder's bestselling book of lessons for surviving and resisting America's arc toward authoritarianism, featuring the visual storytelling talents of renowned illustrator Nora Krug.
4/3
5. The Best of Me
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316242400
The Best of Me spans a career spent watching and learning and laughing—quite often at himself—and invites readers deep into the world of one of the most brilliant and original writers of our time.
6/7
6. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510321
In Entangled Life, biologist Merlin Sheldrake shows us the world from a fungal point of view, providing an exhilarating change of perspective.
5/28
7. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2022
Old Farmer's Almanac, $9.95, 9781571988935
The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more all presented in the inimitably useful and humorous way it has done since 1792.
7/9
8. Eleanor- Debut
David Michaelis, Simon & Schuster, $20.00, 9781439192047
A breakthrough portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt, America's longest-serving First Lady, an avatar of democracy whose ever-expanding agency as diplomat, activist, and humanitarian made her one of the world's most widely admired and influential women.
/1
9. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
A practical guide to personal freedom, outlining a way of life rooted in traditional Toltec beliefs.
11/146
10. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
A groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be human.
10/167
11. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2021
Ed Yong, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner Books, $16.99, 9780358400066
Bestselling author and renowned science journalist Ed Yong compiles the best science and nature writing of the year.
8/2
12. You Are Here (For Now): A Guide to Finding Your Way- Debut
Adam J. Kurtz, TarcherPerigee, $16.00, 9780593192184
From the generous and slightly jaded mind of artist Adam J. Kurtz, these pages explore mental health, identity, handling setbacks, and finding humor in the unknown.
/1
13. Why Fish Don't Exist
Lulu Miller, S&S, $17.00, 9781501160349
Part biography, part memoir, part scientific adventure, Why Fish Don't Exist is a wondrous fable about how to persevere in a world where chaos will always prevail.
13/19
14. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $9.99, 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.
9/84
15. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
All About Love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering.
14/4


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