The Indie Biography and Memoir Bestseller List

For the eight week period ending September 9, 2008, and based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide.

1.

Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252

2.

Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412

3.

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566

4.

Big Russ & Me
Tim Russert, Miramax, $13.95, 9781401359652

5.

Dreams From My Father
Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773

6.

Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172

7.

The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542

8.

A Long Way Gone
Ishmael Beah, FSG, $12, 9780374531263

9.

Infidel
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696

10.

My Stroke of Insight
Jill Bolte Taylor, Viking, $24.95, 9780670020744

11.

Little Heathens
Mildred Armstrong Kalish, Bantam, $12, 9780553384246

12.

Lone Survivor
Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316067607

13.

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $21, 9780307269195

14.

sTORI Telling
Tori Spelling, Simon Spotlight, $24.95, 9781416950738

15.

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Bill Bryson, Broadway, $14.95, 9780767919371

16.

Here If You Need Me
Kate Braestrup, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316066310

17.

90 Minutes in Heaven
Don Piper, Revell, $12.99, 9780800759490

18.

Books: A Memoir
Larry McMurtry, S&S, $24, 9781416583349

19.

Night
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9, 9780374500016

20.

The Man Who Loved China
Simon Winchester, Harper, $27.95, 9780060884598

21.

Clapton
Eric Clapton, Broadway, $15.95, 9780767925365

22.

Mountains Beyond Mountains
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $15.95, 9780812973013

23.

Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $14.95, 9780385494786

24.

Waiter Rant
The Waiter, Ecco, $24.95, 9780061256684

25.

Audition
Barbara Walters, Knopf, $29.95, 9780307266460