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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:
oREGON STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Founded in 1961 when the University adopted its current name of Oregon State University, the OSU Press publishes books about the Pacific Northwest—its people and landscapes, its flora and fauna, its history and cultural heritage. Sixty years—and nearly 500 books—later, OSU Press continues to publish titles that celebrate, evaluate, invent, and illuminate the Oregon condition.
TITLE SPOTLIGHT:
KINDRED BY OCTAVIA BUTLER
(BEACON PRESS)
Kindred is a breathtaking, heart-pounding masterpiece that completely redefines the time-travel genre. At once thrilling and deeply moving, it explores survival, legacy, and the lasting consequences of history. Widely recognized as a modern classic, the novel has been named one of The Guardian's 100 best novels ever published in English and one of The Atlantic's most consequential novels of the past 100 years.
fiction
1. The Odyssey by Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.)
(Norton)
2. The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
(Spiegel & Grau)
3. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
(Transit Books)
4. The Iliad by Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.)
(W. W. Norton & Company)
5. Heart the Lover by Lily King
(Grove Press)
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. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
(Grove Press)
9. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) by Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.)
(New Directions)
10. I See You've Called in Dead by John Kenney
(Zibby Publishing)
11. Taiwan Travelogue by Shuang-zi Yang
(Graywolf Press)
12. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2 by Beth Brower
(Rhysdon Press)
13. Stoner by John Williams
(NYRB Classics)
14. Lights Out (Into Darkness Series #1) by Navessa Allen
(Slowburn)
15. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3 by Beth Brower
(Rhysdon Press)
16. We Were Forbidden by Jacqueline Harpman
(Transit Books)
17. Harvest Season (The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy #2) by Brynne Weaver
(Slowburn)
18. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
(Beacon Press)
19. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4 by Beth Brower
(Rhysdon Press)
20. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
(Catapult)
21. Game On by Navessa Allen
(Slowburn)
22. The Odyssey by Homer
(University of Chicago Press)
23. Writers & Lovers by Lily King
(Grove Press)
24. The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
(NYRB Classics)
25. The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century by Olga Ravn
(New Directions)
26. The Very Definition of Love (The Bancroft Sisters) by Sophia Benoit
(Slowburn)
27. Witch Hat Atelier 1 by Kamome Shirahama
(Kodansha Comics)
28. Foster by Claire Keegan
(Grove Press)
29. Three Bags Full (A Sheep Detective Story) by Leonie Swann
(Soho Crime)
30. Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
(Spiegel & Grau)
31. The Overstory by Richard Powers
(Norton)
32. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
(Europa Editions)
33. At the Edge of the Woods: A Novel by Kathryn Bromwich
(Two Dollar Radio)
34. Astronaut!: A Novel by Oana Aristide
(W. W. Norton & Company)
35. Hungerstone by Kat Dunn
(Zando)
36. The Wax Child by Olga Ravn
(New Directions)
37. The King in Yellow, Deluxe Edition by Robert W. Chambers
(Pushkin Press)
38. Carmilla, Deluxe Edition: The Dark Sapphic Romance that Inspired Dracula by Sheridan Le Fanu
(Pushkin Press)
39. Tourist Season (The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy #1) by Brynne Weaver
(Slowburn)
40. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5 by Beth Brower
(Rhysdon Press)
NON fiction
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
(Milkweed Editions)
2. The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss by Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris
(W. W. Norton & Company)
3. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon
(Liveright)
4. This Is The Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy by Ben Wikler
(W. W. Norton & Company)
5. Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
(W. W. Norton & Company)
6. A Resistance History of the United States by Tad Stoermer
(Steerforth)
7. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
(Spiegel & Grau)
8. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate--Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
(Greystone Books)
9. The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail by Eric Jay Dolin
(Liveright)
10. The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary by Terry Tempest Williams
(Grove Press)
11. Mutual Aid: New and Expanded Edition: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade
(Verso)
12. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore
(Liveright)
13. These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore
(W. W. Norton & Company)
14. Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old by Mary Beard
(University of Chicago Press)
15. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by Rebecca Solnit
(Haymarket Books)
16. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
(Beacon Press)
17. Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences by Anton Jäger
(Verso)
18. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
(Liveright)
19. A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.)
(Verso)
20. Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight against Equality in America by Kim Phillips-Fein
(W. W. Norton & Company)
21. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5) by Thich Nhat Hanh
(Parallax Press)
22. The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government by Barbara McQuade
(Seven Stories Press)
23. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer
(Oregon State University Press)
24. Amplify!: My Fight for Asian America by Dion Lim
(Third State Books)
25. Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats by Ursula K. Le Guin
(Library of America)
26. Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground by Zayd Ayers Dohrn
(W. W. Norton & Company)
27. Too L.A.: Letters Never Sent (But Some Were) by Eve Babitz
(New York Review Books)
28. A Philosophy of Shame: A Revolutionary Emotion by Frédéric Gros
(Verso)
29. The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
(Grove Press)
30. A Queer History of the United States: Revised And Expanded (ReVisioning History) by Michael Bronski
(Beacon Press)
31. A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps by Jonn Elledge
(The Experiment)
32. Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life by Alex Mayyasi, Hosts of NPR's Planet Money
(W. W. Norton & Company)
33. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson
(New Harbinger Publications)
34. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
(Beacon Press)
35. How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.)
(Parallax Press)
36. The Wisdom of the Odyssey: Twenty-Four Life Lessons from Homer's Epic by Phil Cousineau
(New World Library)
37. Penelope's Bones: A New History of Homer's World through the Women Written Out of It by Emily Hauser
(University of Chicago Press)
38. How to Focus (Mindfulness Essentials #9) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.)
(Parallax Press)
39. On Bullshit: Anniversary Edition by Harry G. Frankfurt
(Princeton University Press)
40. Sparta: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Superpower by Andrew Bayliss
(W. W. Norton & Company)
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