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The Independent Publishers Caucus proudly presents the Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers! In partnership with the American Booksellers Association, this new bestseller list identifies the top titles from independent presses as represented at independent bookstores across the US.
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fiction
1. Heart the Lover by Lily King
(Grove Press)
2. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
(Transit Books)
3. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
(Grove Press)
4. Mona's Eyes by Thomas Schlesser
(Europa Editions)
5. The Odyssey by Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.)
(Norton)
6. The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine
(Grove Press)
7. You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson
(Button Poetry)
8. The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
(Europa Editions)
9. Orbital by Samantha Harvey
(Grove Press)
10. The Once and Future Queen: Deluxe Limited Edition by Paula Lafferty
(Erewhon Books)
11. Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
(Spiegel & Grau)
12. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
(Catapult)
13. The Hitch by Sara Levine
(Roxane Gay Books)
14. Startlement: New and Selected Poems by Ada Limón
(Milkweed Editions)
15. Writers & Lovers by Lily King
(Grove Press)
16. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
(Grove Press)
17. The Overstory by Richard Powers
(Norton)
18. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
(Europa Editions)
19. Foster by Claire Keegan
(Grove Press)
20. Canticle by Janet Rich Edwards
(Spiegel & Grau)
21. Carmilla, Deluxe Edition: The Dark Sapphic Romance that Inspired Dracula by Sheridan Le Fanu
(Pushkin Press)
22. Tangerinn by Emanuela Anechoum
(Europa Editions)
23. So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men by Claire Keegan
(Grove Press)
24. Winter Stories by Ingvild Rishøi
(Grove Press)
25. Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
(Bindery Books)
26. Go as a River by Shelley Read
(Spiegel & Grau)
27. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
(Beacon Press)
28. The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
(One More Chapter)
29. From Blood and Ash Special Edition by Jennifer L. Armentrout
(Blue Box Press)
30. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 1 by Beth Brower
(Rhysdon Press)
31. The Book of Azrael: Deluxe Limited Edition (Gods and Monsters #1) by Amber V. Nicole
(Kensington)
32. I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
(Grove Press)
33. I See You've Called in Dead by John Kenney
(Zibby Publishing)
34. Call Me Ishmaelle by Xiaolu Guo
(Grove Press, Black Cat)
35. North Sun: Or, the Voyage of the Whaleship Esther by Ethan Rutherford
(Strange Object)
36. Hollow (Book 1 in the Crown of Hearts & Chaos series) by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
(King's Hollow)
37. Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy
(David R. Godine Publisher)
38. Ask for Andrea: Deluxe Stenciled Edges by Noelle West Ihli
(Kensington)
39. White Nights (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
(Warbler Classics)
40. I Do Know Some Things by Richard Siken
(Copper Canyon Press)
nonfiction
1. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon
(Liveright)
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
(Milkweed Editions)
3. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade
(Verso)
4. Guinness World Records 2026 by Guinness World Records
(Guinness World Records)
5. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
(Beacon Press)
6. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore
(Liveright)
7. One Aladdin Two Lamps by Jeanette Winterson
(Grove Press)
8. Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis by Kelly Hayes (Ed.)
(AK Press)
9. Winter: The Story of a Season by Val McDermid
(Atlantic Monthly Press)
10. A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.)
(Verso)
11. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
(Liveright)
12. Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur
(Lawrence Hill Books)
13. A Black Queer History of the United States (ReVisioning History) by C.Riley Snorton, Darius Bost
(Beacon Press)
14. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer
(Oregon State University Press)
15. The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions by Larry Mitchell, Ned Asta (Illus.)
(Nightboat Books)
16. H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
(Grove Press)
17. How to Dream (Mindfulness Essentials #12) by Thich Nhat Hanh
(Parallax Press)
18. The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast by S.H. Fernando, Jr.
(Astra House)
19. How to Love: Hardcover Gift Edition (Mindfulness Essentials #13) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.)
(Parallax Press)
20. Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering by Joseph Nguyen
(Authors Equity)
21. I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu AnYan
(Astra House)
22. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5) by Thich Nhat Hanh
(Parallax Press)
23. The Overthinker's Guide to Making Decisions: How to Make Decisions without Losing Your Mind (Books By Joseph Nguyen) by Joseph Nguyen
(Authors Equity)
24. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
(Spiegel & Grau)
25. Constitution of the United States by Founding Fathers
(Applewood Books)
26. On Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau, Hannah Arendt
(Library of America)
27. Maintenance of Everything: Part One by Stewart Brand
(Stripe Press)
28. On Bullshit: Anniversary Edition by Harry G. Frankfurt
(Princeton University Press)
29. Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats by Ursula K. Le Guin
(Library of America)
30. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
(Liveright)
31. The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
(Grove Press)
32. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis
(Haymarket Books)
33. Manifest: 7 Steps to Living Your Best Life by Roxie Nafousi
(Chronicle Prism)
34. Stop, in the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life by Charlie Kirk
(Winning Team Publishing)
35. How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials #3) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.)
(Parallax Press)
36. Hiking Zen: Train Your Mind in Nature by Phap Xa, Phap Luu
(Parallax Press)
37. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
(Shambhala)
38. Devouring Time: Jim Harrison, a Writer's Life by Todd Goddard
(Blackstone Publishing)
39. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
(Liveright)
40. The Company of Owls: A Memoir by Polly Atkin
(Milkweed Editions)
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