Here is this week’s lineup of Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers in nonfiction, drawn from sales across hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide and graciously provided by the American Booksellers Association. The compilation, its layout, and its distribution are managed by The Independent Publishers Caucus.
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1. The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State — penned by Jill Lepore (Liveright)
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants — Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed)
3. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald — John U. Bacon (Liveright)
4. Guinness World Records 2027 — Guinness World Records
5. The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss — Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris (W.W. Norton)
6. No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism — Jared Huffman (W. W. Norton)
7. Is a River Alive? — Robert Macfarlane (W.W. Norton)
8. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World — Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books)
9. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature — Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian (Spiegel & Grau)
10. This Is The Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy — Ben Wikler (W. W. Norton)
11. Triage — Claudia Rankine (Graywolf Press)
12. A Resistance History of the United States — Tad Stoermer (Steerforth)
13. The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life — Helen Whybrow (Milkweed Editions)
14. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) — Dean Spade (Verso)
15. The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail — Eric Jay Dolin (Liveright)
16. Man’s Search for Meaning — Viktor E. Frankl (Beacon Press)
17. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome — Mary Beard (Liveright)
18. The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary — Terry Tempest Williams (Grove Press)
19. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5) — Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
20. How to Relax: Hardcover Gift Edition — Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
21. A Philosophy of Walking — Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.) (Verso)
22. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses — Robin Wall Kimmerer (Oregon State University Press)
23. Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old — Mary Beard (University of Chicago Press)
24. A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps — Jonn Elledge (The Experiment)
25. These Truths: A History of the United States — Jill Lepore (W. W. Norton)
26. The Wretched of the Earth — Frantz Fanon (Grove)
27. Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Cats — Ursula K. Le Guin (Library of America)
28. Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground — Zayd Ayers Dohrn (W. W. Norton)
29. Tequila Wars: José Cuervo and the Bloody Struggle for the Spirit of Mexico — Ted Genoways (W. W. Norton)
30. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change — Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books)
31. How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials #3) — Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
32. Assata: An Autobiography — Assata Shakur (Lawrence Hill Books)
33. Reality TV for Snobs: Everything You Need to Know About the Shows You’re Too Intellectual to Watch — Ali Barthwell (Quirk Books)
34. Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life — Alex Mayyasi, Hosts of NPR’s Planet Money (W. W. Norton)
35. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents — Lindsay C. Gibson (New Harbinger Publications)
36. The Wave in the Mind: Imagination and the Art of Writing and Reading — Ursula K. Le Guin (Shambhala)
37. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies — Jared Diamond (Norton)
38. What Art Does: An Unfinished Theory — Brian Eno, Bette Adriaanse (Faber & Faber)
39. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution — Jill Lepore (Liveright)
40. Don’t Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering — Joseph Nguyen (Authors Equity)
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