The Indie Politics & Current Events Bestseller List

Based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending November 7, 2010.

1. Obama’s Wars
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 9781439172490

2. Half the Sky
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307387097

3. Pinheads and Patriots
Bill O’Reilly, Morrow, $27.99, 9780061950711

4. Making Our Democracy Work
Stephen Breyer, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307269911

5. White House Diary
Jimmy Carter, FSG, $30, 9780374280994

6. Third World America
Arianna Huffington, Crown, $23.99, 9780307719829

7. Trickle Up Poverty
Michael Savage, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062010971

8. Broke
Glenn Beck, Threshold Editions, $29.99, 9781439187197

9. Crimes Against Liberty
David Limbaugh, Regnery, $29.95, 9781596986244

10. Conversations With Myself
Nelson Mandela, FSG, $28, 9780374128951

11. Washington Rules
Andrew J. Bacevich, Metropolitan, $25, 9780805091410

12. The Roots of Obama’s Rage
Dinesh D’Souza, Regnery, $27.95, 9781596986251

13. Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?
Michael J. Sandel, FSG, $15, 9780374532505

14. And the Pursuit of Happiness
Maira Kalman, Penguin Press, $29.95, 9781594202674

15. Idiot America
Charles P. Pierce, Anchor, $15.95, 9780767926157

16. C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy
Jeff Sharlet, Little Brown, $26.99, 9780316091077

17. In the President’s Secret Service
Ronald Kessler, Three Rivers, $15, 9780307461360

18. The Obama Diaries
Laura Ingraham, Threshold Editions, $25, 9781439197516

19. The Secret History of MI6
Keith Jeffery, Penguin Press, $39.95, 9781594202742

20. Ill Fares the Land
Tony Judt, Penguin Press, $25.95, 9781594202766