This week’s lineup of Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers in fiction reflects sales across hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously furnished by the American Booksellers Association. The list is compiled, laid out, and distributed by The Independent Publishers Caucus.
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1. Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State — Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton)
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants — Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed)
3. Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature — Emily Wilson (Liveright)
4. The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State — Jill Lepore (Liveright)
5. Guinness World Records 2027 — Guinness World Records
6. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald — John U. Bacon (Liveright)
7. The Game — Peter King (W. W. Norton)
8. Bogland: The Secret World That Defies Death and Protects Life — Merritt R. Turetsky (W. W. Norton)
9. The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss — Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris (W.W. Norton)
10. Is a River Alive? — Robert Macfarlane (W.W. Norton)
11. Living in the Present with John Prine — Tom Piazza (W. W. Norton)
12. Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy — Mary Roach (W.W. Norton)
13. Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay — Anne Carson (Dalkey Archives)
14. Man’s Search for Meaning — Viktor E. Frankl (Beacon Press)
15. Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay (Princeton Classics #129) — Anne Carson (Princeton University)
16. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World — Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books)
17. I Deliver Parcels in Beijing — Hu AnYan (Astra House)
18. A Brief History of Cities in 32 Inventions: The Ideas and Technologies That Made Modernity Possible — John Elledge (The Experiment)
19. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses — Robin Wall Kimmerer (Oregon State University Press)
20. With Her Own Hands: Women Weaving Their Stories — Nicole Nehrig (W. W. Norton)
21. Monstrous Bitch: A History of Terrifying Women — Eleanor Johnson (Princeton University)
22. Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made — Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Liveright)
23. Animals Taught Me Everything — Pam Houston (Torrey House Press)
24. A Resistance History of the United States — Tad Stoermer (Steerforth)
25. Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences — Anton Jäger (Verso)
26. A Philosophy of Walking — Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.) (Verso)
27. Patty Lyons’ Knitting Er: A Step-By-Step Guide to Fixing Your Knits, Before and After Bind Off — Patty Lyons (David & Charles)
28. Mutual Aid: New and Expanded Edition: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) — Dean Spade (Verso)
29. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature — Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian (Spiegel & Grau)
30. Trash!: A Garbageman’s Story — Simon Pare-Poupart (Melville House)
31. The Age of Alchemy: The Secret History of Chemistry from Ancient Magic to Modern Science — Kit Chapman (Greystone Books)
32. The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life — Helen Whybrow (Milkweed Editions)
33. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome — Mary Beard (Liveright)
34. Pepper — Karl Stevens (TOON Books)
35. Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal — Mohammed El-Kurd (Haymarket Books)
36. A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps — John Elledge (The Experiment)
37. A History of the World in Twelve Beans — Joël Broekaert (Greystone Books)
38. Kobuk the Destroyer: And Other Tales from the Wild, Unseen World of Test Engineering — Alex Davies (W. W. Norton)
39. 42 Tales from Life: A Modern Bestiary — Richard Dawkins (Yale University Press)
40. The Fifth Risk — Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton)
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