Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for nonfiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksellers Association. Compiled, designed, and distributed by The Independent Publishers Caucus.
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1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants — Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed)
2. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald — John U. Bacon (Liveright)
3. The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss — Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris (W.W. Norton)
4. Is a River Alive? — Robert Macfarlane (W.W. Norton)
5. No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism — Jared Huffman (W. W. Norton)
6. This Is The Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy — Ben Wikler (W. W. Norton)
7. The Success Lie: Reframing Your Reality to Thrive Personally and Professionally — Chantell Preston (Resolve Editions)
8. A Resistance History of the United States — Tad Stoermer (Steerforth)
9. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature — Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian (Spiegel & Grau)
10. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World — Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books)
11. The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail — Eric Jay Dolin (Liveright)
12. Triage — Claudia Rankine (Graywolf Press)
13. Man’s Search for Meaning — Viktor E. Frankl (Beacon Press)
14. The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life — Helen Whybrow (Milkweed Editions)
15. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome — Mary Beard (Liveright)
16. A Philosophy of Walking — Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.) (Verso)
17. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5) — Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
18. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) — Dean Spade (Verso)
19. Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences — Anton Jäger (Verso)
20. Don’t Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering — Joseph Nguyen (Authors Equity)
21. The Scenic Route: Following My Inner Compass Across 12 Countries in 12 Months — Sarah Aviram (Amplify Publishing)
22. The Wretched of the Earth — Frantz Fanon (Grove)
23. Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old — Mary Beard (University of Chicago Press)
24. The Wave in the Mind: Imagination and the Art of Writing and Reading — Ursula K. Le Guin (Shambhala)
25. Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life — Alex Mayyasi, Hosts of NPR’s Planet Money (W. W. Norton)
26. How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials #3) — Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
27. How to Relax: Hardcover Gift Edition — Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
28. The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary — Terry Tempest Williams (Grove Press)
29. Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Cats — Ursula K. Le Guin (Library of America)
30. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change — Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books)
31. Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization — Bill McKibben (W. W. Norton)
32. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses — Robin Wall Kimmerer (Oregon State University Press)
33. A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps — Jonn Elledge (The Experiment)
34. Tequila Wars: José Cuervo and the Bloody Struggle for the Spirit of Mexico — Ted Genoways (W. W. Norton)
35. The Wisdom of the Odyssey: Twenty-Four Life Lessons from Homer’s Epic — Phil Cousineau (New World Library)
36. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America — Richard Rothstein (Liveright)
37. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year — Margaret Renkl (Spiegel & Grau)
38. Three Six Five: Prompts, Acts, Divinations (an Inexhaustible Compendium for Writing) — Lucy Ives, Nick Mauss (Illus.) (Siglio Press)
39. The Power of Now — Eckhart Tolle (New World Library)
40. What Tech Calls Governing — Adrian Daub (Stanford University Press)
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