The Indie Biography & Memoir Bestseller List

The American Booksellers Association’s specialty bestseller lists provide a current snapshot of what’s selling in indie bookstores nationwide.

Here is the Indie Biography & Memoir Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending July 14, 2019.

1. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504

2. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138

3. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198

4. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780735224155

5. Calypso
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426

6. Howard Stern Comes Again
Howard Stern, S&S, $35, 9781501194290

7. Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered
Karen Kilgariff, Georgia Hardstark, Forge, $24.99, 9781250178954

8. Furious Hours
Casey Cep, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947869

9. The Moment of Lift
Melinda Gates, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250313577

10. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062319791

11. Tip of the Iceberg
Mark Adams, Dutton, $16, 9781101985120

12. Sea Stories
William H. McRaven, Grand Central, $30, 9781538729748

13. Save Me the Plums
Ruth Reichl, Random House, $27, 9781400069996

14. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Viking, $28, 9780735225299

15. Siege: Trump Under Fire
Michael Wolff, Holt, $30, 9781250253828

16. Life Will Be the Death of Me
Chelsea Handler, Spiegel & Grau, $27, 9780525511779

17. Shoe Dog
Phil Knight, Scribner, $20, 9781501135927

18. D-Day Girls
Sarah Rose, Crown, $28, 9780451495082

19. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9781328662057

20. Shortest Way Home
Pete Buttigieg, Liveright Publishing, $27.95, 9781631494369

21. Small Fry
Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Grove Press, $16, 9780802147219

22. Nanaville
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $26, 9780812996104

23. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18, 9781501145254

24. Working
Robert A. Caro, Knopf, $25, 9780525656340

25. Bitcoin Billionaires
Ben Mezrich, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250217745