This week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for fiction reflects sales tallies gathered from hundreds of independently owned bookstores across the country, provided courtesy of the American Booksellers Association. The compilation, layout, and distribution are handled by the Independent Publishers Caucus.
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1. The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau)
2. The Odyssey by Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.) (W.W. Norton)
3. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (Transit Books)
4. The Birthing Tree by Amanda Peters (Catapult)
5. The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson (Slowburn)
6. John of John by Douglas Stuart (Grove Press)
7. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 1 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
8. Heart the Lover by Lily King (Grove Press)
9. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
10. Stoner by John Williams (NYRB Classics)
11. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) by Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.) (New Directions)
12. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
13. Taiwan Travelogue: A Novel by Shuang-zi Yang (Graywolf Press)
14. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (Grove Press)
15. I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney (Zibby Publishing)
16. Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman (Coffee House Press)
17. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
18. The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine (Grove)
19. Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy (David R. Godine Publisher)
20. Lights Out (Into Darkness Series #1) by Navessa Allen (Slowburn)
21. Writers & Lovers by Lily King (Grove Press)
22. The Nudge by Joseph Fink (Podium Publishing)
23. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
24. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (Beacon Press)
25. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 6 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
26. Culpability by Bruce Holsinger (Spiegel & Grau)
27. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (Europa Editions)
28. Victorian Psycho: A Novel by Virginia Feito (Liveright)
29. The Eye of Goliath by Diego Muzzio (Pushkin Press)
30. Foster by Claire Keegan (Grove Press)
31. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (Catapult)
32. Stitched by Eli McCann (Torrey House Press)
33. The Eyes Are the Best Part: Deluxe Limited Edition by Monika Kim (Erewhon)
34. Monstrilio: A Novel by Gerardo Sámano Córdova (Zando)
35. Carmilla, Deluxe Edition: The Dark Sapphic Romance that Inspired Dracula by Sheridan Le Fanu (Pushkin Press)
36. The Overstory by Richard Powers (W.W. Norton)
37. We Were Forbidden by Jacqueline Harpman (Transit)
38. The Butcher Legacy: A Dr. Wren Muller Novel by Alaina Urquhart (Zando)
39. The Employees by Olga Ravn (New Directions)
40. Game On by Navessa Allen (Slowburn)
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