independent press
top 40
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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:
PUSHKIN PRESS
Founded in 1997, Pushkin Press is an award-winning independent publisher specializing in literary fiction, crime, children's books, narrative non-fiction, and classics, with a strong focus on works in translation that brings the best of international writing to English-language readers. Between winning Independent Publisher of the Year in 2022 and again in 2026 at the British Book Awards, Pushkin expanded its North American presence by acquiring celebrated US-based narrative non-fiction publisher Steerforth Press.
fiction
1. The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
(Spiegel & Grau)
2. John of John by Douglas Stuart
(Grove Press)
3. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
(Transit Books)
4. Heart the Lover by Lily King
(Grove Press)
5. The Odyssey by Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.)
(Norton)
6. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) by Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.)
(New Directions)
7. I See You've Called in Dead by John Kenney
(Zibby Publishing)
8. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
(Grove Press)
9. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 1 by Beth Brower
(Rhysdon Press)
10. Taiwan Travelogue: A Novel by Shuang-zi Yang
(Graywolf Press)
11. The King in Yellow, Deluxe Edition by Robert W. Chambers
(Pushkin Press)
12. Three Bags Full (A Sheep Detective Story) by Leonie Swann
(Soho Crime)
13. Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
(Spiegel & Grau)
14. Victorian Psycho: A Novel by Virginia Feito
(Liveright)
15. The Iliad by Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.)
(W. W. Norton & Company)
16. The Clock House Murders (The Bizarre House Mysteries) by Yukito Ayatsuji
(Pushkin Vertigo)
17. Foster by Claire Keegan
(Grove Press)
18. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
(Europa Editions)
19. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2 by Beth Brower
(Rhysdon Press)
20. Orbital by Samantha Harvey
(Grove Press)
21. The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century by Olga Ravn
(New Directions)
22. On the Calculation of Volume (Book II) by Solvej Balle
(New Directions)
23. Mona's Eyes by Thomas Schlesser
(Europa Editions)
24. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
(Grove Press)
25. She Walks at Night (Detective Kindaichi Mysteries) by Seishi Yokomizo
(Pushkin Vertigo)
26. The Overstory by Richard Powers
(Norton)
27. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
(Beacon Press)
28. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3 by Beth Brower
(Rhysdon Press)
29. Puck: A Novel by Samantha Allen
(Zando)
30. Carmilla, Deluxe Edition: The Dark Sapphic Romance that Inspired Dracula by Sheridan Le Fanu
(Pushkin Press)
31. A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck
(Strange Violin Editions)
32. Homosexual Intifada: A Queer Palestinian Anthology by George Abraham (Ed.)
(Olive Branch Press)
33. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4 by Beth Brower
(Rhysdon Press)
34. You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson
(Button Poetry)
35. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
(Catapult)
36. Writers & Lovers by Lily King
(Grove Press)
37. On the Calculation of Volume (Book IV) by Solvej Balle
(New Directions)
38. Witch Hat Atelier 1 by Kamome Shirahama
(Kodansha Comics)
39. The Fire Agent by David Baerwald
(Spiegel & Grau)
40. Hungerstone by Kat Dunn
(Zando)
nonfiction
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
(Milkweed Editions)
2. The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government by Barbara McQuade
(Seven Stories Press)
3. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon
(Liveright)
4. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate--Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
(Greystone Books)
5. The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail by Eric Jay Dolin
(Liveright)
6. A Queer History of the United States: Revised And Expanded (ReVisioning History) by Michael Bronski
(Beacon Press)
7. Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground by Zayd Ayers Dohrn
(W. W. Norton & Company)
8. Mutual Aid: New and Expanded Edition: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade
(Verso)
9. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by Rebecca Solnit
(Haymarket Books)
10. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
(Beacon Press)
11. Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old by Mary Beard
(University of Chicago Press)
12. The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary by Terry Tempest Williams
(Grove Press)
13. Fifa World Cup 2026: The Official Guide by Keir Radnedge
(Welbeck)
14. 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)
15. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore
(Liveright)
16. A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.)
(Verso)
17. These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore
(W. W. Norton & Company)
18. Guinness World Records 2026 by Guinness World Records
(Guinness World Records)
19. Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America by Russell Shorto
(W. W. Norton & Company)
20. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer
(Oregon State University Press)
21. Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats by Ursula K. Le Guin
(Library of America)
22. Another Kind of Freedom by Pema Chodron
(Shambhala)
23. 52 Weekends in the Pacific Northwest: A Local's Curated Guide to Year-Round Getaways by Kara Patajo
(Sasquatch Books)
24. The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
(Grove Press)
25. Go the Fuck to College (Go the Fuck to Sleep #4) by Adam Mansbach, Owen Brozman (Illus.)
(Akashic Books, Ltd.)
26. Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People's Team by A.M. Gittlitz
(Astra House)
27. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
(Liveright)
28. A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps by Jonn Elledge
(The Experiment)
29. On Democracy by Walt Whitman
(Library of America)
30. Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape by Manchán Magan
(Chelsea Green)
31. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
(Beacon Press)
32. How to Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future! by Danny Caine
(Microcosm Publishing)
33. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
(Shambhala)
34. Ulysses S. Cat and Other Animals I Have Known by Scott Simon, Liana Finck (Illus.)
(W. W. Norton & Company)
35. Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd
(Haymarket Books)
36. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
(Spiegel & Grau)
37. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5) by Thich Nhat Hanh
(Parallax Press)
38. Dog Days by Emily Labarge
(Transit Books)
39. The First All-Star Game: Babe Ruth, FDR and America at the Crossroads by Randall Sullivan
(Atlantic Monthly Press)
40. Maintenance of Everything: Part One by Stewart Brand
(Stripe Press)
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