Bestselling books the week of 1/15/15, according to IndieBound

What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.

2. HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Being Mortal, by Atul Gawande, Metropolitan
2. Yes Please, by Amy Poehler, Dey Street
3. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, by Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press
4. Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, by Roz Chast, Bloomsbury
5. Small Victories, by Anne Lamott, Riverhead
6. Not That Kind of Girl, by Lena Dunham, Random House
7. Killing Patton, by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt
8. Deep Down Dark, by Hector Tobar, FSG
9. Money Master the Game, by Tony Robbins, S&S
10. Make It Ahead, by Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter
11. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book, by Diane Muldrow, Golden Books
12. The 20/20 Diet: Turn Your Weight Loss Vision Into Reality, by Dr. Phil McGraw, Bird Street
13. Procrastinate on Purpose: 5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time, by Rory Vaden, Perigee
14. What If?, by Randall Munroe, Houghton Mifflin
15. Plenty More, by Yotam Ottolenghi, Ten Speed Press

On the Rise:
21. America's Bitter Pill, by Steven Brill, Random House
Brill's surprising new vision of how we can fix American healthcare so that it stops draining the bank accounts of our families and our businesses – and the federal treasury.

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Dear Reader,

About a year ago, I happened upon this statement about the Monitor in the Harvard Business Review – under the charming heading of “do things that don’t interest you”:

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