Here are this week’sIndependent Press Top 40 Bestsellersfor fiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksellers Association. Compiled, designed, and distributed by The Independent Publishers Caucus.
1. Blockers: Rebels in the Deep Stateby Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton)2. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgeraldby John U. Bacon (Liveright)3. Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literatureby Emily Wilson (Liveright)4. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plantsby Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed)5. The Rise and Fall of the Artificial Stateby Jill Lepore (Liveright)6. Guinness World Records 2027by Guinness World Records7. Man’s Search for Meaningby Viktor E. Frankl (Beacon Press)8. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgeraldby John U. Bacon (Liveright)9. The Gameby Peter King (W. W. Norton)10. Is a River Alive?by Robert Macfarlane (W.W. Norton)11. Bogland: The Secret World That Defies Death and Protects Lifeby Merritt R. Turetsky (W. W. Norton)12. Monstrous Bitch: A History of Terrifying Womenby Eleanor Johnson (Princeton University)13. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Natureby Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian (Spiegel & Grau)14. Eros the Bittersweet: An Essayby Anne Carson (Dalkey Archives)15. The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Lossby Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris (W.W. Norton)16.I Deliver Parcels in Beijingby Hu AnYan (Astra House)17. Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Madeby Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Liveright)18. Connections: Find the Common Threads in 100+ Puzzles of Wit and Wordplay(New York Times Games Books) by The New York Times (Authors Equity)19. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret Worldby Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books)20. The Age of Alchemy: The Secret History of Chemistry from Ancient Magic to Modern Scienceby Kit Chapman (Greystone Books)21.A Brief History of Cities in 32 Inventions: The Ideas and Technologies That Made Modernity Possibleby John Elledge (The Experiment)22. Living in the Present with John Prineby Tom Piazza (W. W. Norton)23. Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomyby Mary Roach (W.W. Norton)24. The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Lifeby Helen Whybrow (Milkweed Editions)25. Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay(Princeton Classics #129) by Anne Carson (Princeton University)26. Thurber’s Dogsby James Thurber (Library of America)27. Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequencesby Anton Jäger (Verso)28.A Philosophy of Walkingby Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.) (Verso)29. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mossesby Robin Wall Kimmerer (Oregon State University Press)30. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nationby Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Liveright)31. The Fifth Riskby Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton)32. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated Americaby Richard Rothstein (Liveright)33. Animals Taught Me Everythingby Pam Houston (Torrey House Press)34. Mutual Aid: New and Expanded Edition: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)by Dean Spade (Verso)35. Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Eraby Susan Neiman (W. W. Norton)36. Traumatized: The New Politics of Public Sufferingby Catherine Liu (Verso)37. Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Catsby Ursula K. Le Guin (Library of America)38. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Changeby Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books)39. Smoke Gets in Your Eyesby Caitlin Doughty (W. W. Norton)40. This Is What Happens When Women Readby Julianna Glasse (Spiegel & Grau)