This week’s lineup from the Independent Press showcases the top forty fiction titles, determined by sales across hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide. The data is graciously provided by the American Booksellers Association, with the compilation, design, and distribution handled by The Independent Publishers Caucus.
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- The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau)
- Fruit Fly by Josh Silver (Crooked Lane Books)
- I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (Transit Books)
- May We Feed the King by Rebecca Parry (Transit)
- Stitched by Eli McCann (Torrey House Press)
- John of John by Douglas Stuart (Grove Press)
- The Odyssey by Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.) (W.W. Norton)
- Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (Grove Press)
- Heart the Lover by Lily King (Grove Press)
- The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson (Slowburn)
- Stoner by John Williams (NYRB Classics)
- I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney (Zibby Publishing)
- Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan (Grove)
- The Birthing Tree by Amanda Peters (Catapult)
- Mona’s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser (Europa Editions)
- Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth (Melville House)
- The Once and Future Queen: Deluxe Limited Edition (The Lives of Guinevere #1) by Paula Lafferty (Erewhon Books)
- On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) by Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.) (New Directions)
- The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller (Europa)
- Lights Out (Into Darkness Series #1) by Navessa Allen (Slowburn)
- The Plight Before Christmas: Deluxe Limited Edition: An Un-EX-pected Sugar and Spice Christmas Romance (Holiday Hijinx #1) by Kate Stewart (Kensington)
- The Employees by Olga Ravn (New Directions)
- A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck (Strange Violin Editions)
- The Overstory by Richard Powers (W. W. Norton)
- Victorian Psycho: A Novel by Virginia Feito (Liveright)
- The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 1 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
- The Naughty List Agreement: Advent Romance by Katherine Garbera (One More Chapter)
- Taiwan Travelogue: A Novel by Shuang-zi Yang (Graywolf Press)
- Rottenheart by Kat Dunn (Zando)
- London Station by David McCloskey (W. W. Norton)
- The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (Catapult)
- Cat Poems ed. by Tynan Kogane (New Directions)
- Butcher & Blackbird: The Ruinous Love Trilogy by Brynne Weaver (Slowburn)
- Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy (David R. Godine Publisher)
- Cloud Runner: Poems by Joy Harjo (W. W. Norton)
- Lightwing (Book 2 in the Crown of Hearts & Chaos series) by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti (King’s Hollow)
- Up to No Good: The Complete Elderly Lady Stories by Helene Tursten (Soho Crime)
- Culpability by Bruce Holsinger (Spiegel & Grau)
- Solace House by Will MacLean (Grove Press)
- Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido (NYRB)
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