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.
This week’s Independent Press Top 40 list of nonfiction bestsellers reflects sales across hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, graciously provided by the American Booksellers Association. The compilation, design, and distribution of the list were handled by The Independent Publishers Caucus.
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1. The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State by Jill Lepore (Liveright)
2. Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature by Emily Wilson (Liveright)
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed)
4. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon (Liveright)
5. Guinness World Records 2027 by Guinness World Records
6. Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach (W.W. Norton)
7. Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane (W.W. Norton)
8. The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss by Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris (W.W. Norton)
9. No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism by Jared Huffman (W. W. Norton)
10. A Resistance History of the United States by Tad Stoermer (Steerforth)
11. Notes to New Mothers by Rebecca Knight (Ed.) (W. W. Norton)
12. The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail by Eric Jay Dolin (Liveright)
13. This Is The Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy by Ben Wikler (W. W. Norton)
14. Triage by Claudia Rankine (Graywolf Press)
15. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books)
16. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (Beacon Press)
17. The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life by Helen Whybrow (Milkweed Editions)
18. Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival by Stephen Greenblatt (W. W. Norton)
19. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian (Spiegel & Grau)
20. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade (Verso)
21. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard (Liveright)
22. A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.) (Verso)
23. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5) by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
24. Stay Calm: Learn to Embrace Uncertainty in Investing and Life by David Booth (Authors Equity)
25. The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon (Grove)
26. The Functional Home: A Practical Guide to Planning Intentional Living Spaces by Julie Jones (Cool Springs Press)
27. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Oregon State University Press)
28. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein (Liveright)
29. 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy by Timothy W. Ryback (Atlantic Monthly Press)
30. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books)
31. Morning in Marin: Zen, Drugs, and Ewoks on the California Coast by David Perlis (Heyday Books)
32. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Liveright)
33. How to Relax: Hardcover Gift Edition by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
34. How to Dream (Mindfulness Essentials #12) by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
35. The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary by Terry Tempest Williams (Grove Press)
36. Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old by Mary Beard (University of Chicago Press)
37. Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Cats by Ursula K. Le Guin (Library of America)
38. Less Achieves More: How to Focus on What Truly Matters by Cyril Peupion (Bard Press)
39. Don’t Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering by Joseph Nguyen (Authors Equity)
40. On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt (Princeton University Press)
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