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Sh*t My Dad Says 
   
    by Justin Halpern (It Books, ISBN: 9780061992704); Last week: 1; Weeks on List: 17 "Halpern's hilarious and touching portrait of his relationship with his father."


Let's Take the Long Way Home 
   
    by Gail Caldwell (Random House, ISBN: 9781400067381); Last week: 2; Weeks on List: 4 "Caldwell's heartwarming new memoir is an August Indie Next List Great Read."


Empire of the Summer Moon 
   
    by S.C. Gwynne (Scribner, ISBN: 9781416591054); Last week: 8; Weeks on List: 10 "A vivid historical account of the 40-year battle between the Comanches and white settlers for control of the American West."


A Journey: My Political Life 
   
    by Tony Blair (Knopf, ISBN: 9780307269836); Weeks on List: 1


Women Food and God 
   
    by Geneen Roth (Scribner, ISBN: 9781416543077); Last week: 4; Weeks on List: 24 "A penetrating and irreverent "guide for life" by the author of When Food Is Love."


Packing for Mars 
   
    by Mary Roach (Norton, ISBN: 9780393068474); Last week: 5; Weeks on List: 5 "A very entertaining look at space travel by the bestselling author of Bonk."


Born to Run 
   
    by Christopher McDougall (Knopf, ISBN: 9780307266309); Last week: 6; Weeks on List: * "A look at the Tarahumara Indians and their practice of the lost art of distance running."


The Power 
   
    by Rhonda Byrne (Atria, ISBN: 9781439181782); Last week: 3; Weeks on List: 3 "Byrne's follow-up to the international bestseller The Secret."


Medium Raw 
   
    by Anthony Bourdain (Ecco, ISBN: 9780061718946); Last week: 7; Weeks on List: 13 "Bourdain's eagerly awaited follow-up to Kitchen Confidential."


The Big Short 
   
    by Michael Lewis (Norton, ISBN: 9780393072235); Last week: 10; Weeks on List: 25 "A highly entertaining look at the U.S. financial crisis by the bestselling author of Liar's Poker and Moneyball."


Outliers 
   
    by Malcolm Gladwell (Little Brown, ISBN: 9780316017923); Last week: 13; Weeks on List: * "The author of Blink and The Tipping Point looks at what makes some people successful--and others not."


Four Fish 
   
    by Paul Greenberg (Penguin Press, ISBN: 9781594202568); Last week: 9; Weeks on List: 6 "Greenberg examines the ways fish gets to our dinner tables and how to make sustainable seafood the rule rather than the exception."


The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 
   
    by Rebecca Skloot (Crown, ISBN: 9781400052172); Last week: 15; Weeks on List: 30 "A fascinating look at the world's first "immortal" human cells grown in culture to be used in medical research."


The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival 
   
    by John Vaillant (Knopf, ISBN: 9780307268938); Weeks on List: 1 "This beautifully written and informative true story of a man-eating tiger is a September Indie Next List Great Read."


Committed 
   
    by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking, ISBN: 9780670021659); Last week: 11; Weeks on List: 24 "Gilbert's follow-up to her bestseller Eat, Pray, Love is a January Indie Next List Great Read."
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