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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.
fiction
nonfiction
PUBLISHER SPOTLIGHT:
berrett-koehler publishers
Berrett-Koehler Publishers is an independent, mission-driven publishing company founded in 1992 with a simple but powerful purpose: to connect people and ideas to create a world that works for all. They publish groundbreaking books that challenge the status quo, inspire personal growth, advance equity and justice, and promote more meaningful leadership, work, and lives.
TITLE SPOTLIGHT:
53 days: how hitler dismantled a democracy BY TIMOTHY RYBACK (ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS)
Charting the key events of those dramatic days in taut and compelling prose, Timothy W. Ryback evokes the raw political power and increasing inevitability of Hitler’s state capture, amid heroic efforts by journalists and social democrats to save the republic, underscoring the alarming observation in the introduction to Joseph Goebbels’ collected essays: “The big joke on democracy is that it provides its mortal enemies with the means to its own destruction.”
fiction
1. The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
(Spiegel & Grau)
2. The Odyssey by Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.)
(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 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): A Novel (National Book Award Winner) by Rabih Alameddine
(Grove Press)
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 Books)
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
(Norton)
37. We Were Forbidden by Jacqueline Harpman
(Transit Books)
38. The Butcher Legacy: A Dr. Wren Muller Novel by Alaina Urquhart
(Zando)
39. The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century by Olga Ravn
(New Directions)
40. Game On by Navessa Allen
(Slowburn)
NONfiction
1. The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State by Jill Lepore
(Liveright)
2. Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature by Emily Wilson
(Liveright)
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
(Milkweed Editions)
4. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon
(Liveright)
5. Guinness World Records 2027 by Guinness World Records
(Guinness World Records)
6. Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach
(W. W. Norton & Company)
7. Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
(W. W. Norton & Company)
8. The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss by Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris
(W. W. Norton & Company)
9. No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism by Jared Huffman
(W. W. Norton & Company)
10. A Resistance History of the United States by Tad Stoermer
(Steerforth)
11. Notes to New Mothers by Rebecca Knight (Ed.)
(W. W. Norton & Company)
12. The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail by Eric Jay Dolin
(Liveright)
13. This Is The Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy by Ben Wikler
(W. W. Norton & Company)
14. Triage by Claudia Rankine
(Graywolf Press)
15. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate--Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
(Greystone Books)
16. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
(Beacon Press)
17. The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd's Life by Helen Whybrow
(Milkweed Editions)
18. Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest Rival by Stephen Greenblatt
(W. W. Norton & Company)
19. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
(Spiegel & Grau)
20. Mutual Aid: New and Expanded Edition: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade
(Verso)
21. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
(Liveright)
22. A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.)
(Verso)
23. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5) by Thich Nhat Hanh
(Parallax Press)
24. Stay Calm: Learn to Embrace Uncertainty in Investing and Life by David Booth
(Authors Equity)
25. The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
(Grove Press)
26. The Functional Home: A Practical Guide to Planning Intentional Living Spaces by Julie Jones
(Cool Springs Press)
27. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer
(Oregon State University Press)
28. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
(Liveright)
29. 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy by Timothy W. Ryback
(Atlantic Monthly Press)
30. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by Rebecca Solnit
(Haymarket Books)
31. Morning in Marin: Zen, Drugs, and Ewoks on the California Coast by David Perlis
(Heyday Books)
32. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
(Liveright)
33. How to Relax: Hardcover Gift Edition by Thich Nhat Hanh
(Parallax Press)
34. How to Dream (Mindfulness Essentials #12) by Thich Nhat Hanh
(Parallax Press)
35. The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary by Terry Tempest Williams
(Grove Press)
36. Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old by Mary Beard
(University of Chicago Press)
37. Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats by Ursula K. Le Guin
(Library of America)
38. Less Achieves More: How to Focus on What Truly Matters by Cyril Peupion
(Bard Press)
39. Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering by Joseph Nguyen
(Authors Equity)
40. On Bullshit: Anniversary Edition by Harry G. Frankfurt
(Princeton University Press)
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