For the week ending April 27th, 2025, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide.
Great Big Beautiful Life: Reese's Book Club
Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping novel from Emily Henry.
Rank last week: NEW
Weeks on list: 1
Say You'll Remember Me
A playful yet deeply emotional romance where one date is all it takes for two people to know they're perfect for each other...until one of them moves 2,000 miles away the next day. An April 2025 Indie Next Pick.
Rank last week: 1
Weeks on list: 4
James: A Novel
Percival Everett's new novel is a brilliant, action-packed re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. The #1 Indie Next Pick for April 2024.
Rank last week: 2
Weeks on list: *
The God of the Woods: A Novel
Moore's multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore's most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet. The #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2024.
Rank last week: 3
Weeks on list: 43
Wild Dark Shore: A Novel
From the bestselling author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves, a novel about a family living alone on a remote island, when a mysterious woman washes up on shore. The #1 Indie Next Pick for March 2025.
Rank last week: 8
Weeks on list: 8
The Wedding People: A Novel
A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew. The #1 Indie Next Pick for August 2024.
Rank last week: 4
Weeks on list: 37
The Sirens: A Novel
A spellbinding novel about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea. An April 2025 Indie Next Pick.
Rank last week: 10
Weeks on list: 4
Broken Country (Reese's Book Club)
A love triangle unearths dangerous, deadly secrets from the past in this thrilling tale perfect for fans of The Paper Palace and Where the Crawdads Sing. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick.
Rank last week: 5
Weeks on list: 8
Heartwood (A Read with Jenna Pick): A Novel
Heartwood takes you on a gripping journey as a search and rescue team race against time when an experienced hiker mysteriously disappears on the Appalachian Trail in Maine. An April 2025 Indie Next Pick.
Rank last week: 12
Weeks on list: 4
Audition: A Novel
One woman, the performance of a lifetime. Or two. A mesmerizing Möbius strip of a novel that asks who we are to the people we love. An April 2025 Indie Next Pick.
Rank last week: 6
Weeks on list: 3
Small Things Like These (Oprah's Book Club)
Keegan's landmark novel is a tale of one man's courage and a remarkable portrait of love and family. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2021.
Rank last week: 11
Weeks on list: 41
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
From the bestselling author of The Only Good Indians, a chilling historical horror novel tracing the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice.
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Weeks on list: 4
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and addictive Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman--now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition!
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Weeks on list: 1
The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About
If you've ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn't you. The problem is the power you give to other people. This book puts the power to create a life you love back in your hands.
Rank last week: 1
Weeks on list: 18
Abundance
A once-in-a-generation, paradigm-shifting call to renew a politics of plenty, face up to the failures of liberal governance, and abandon the chosen scarcities that have deformed American life.
Rank last week: 2
Weeks on list: 6
The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life
A guide to the art of journaling--and a meditation on the central questions of life--by the bestselling author of Between Two Kingdoms.
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Weeks on list: 1
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world's deadliest disease.
Rank last week: 7
Weeks on list: 6
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
A bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2024.
Rank last week: 3
Weeks on list: 23
Notes to John
Didion's journal was crafted with the singular intelligence, precision, and elegance that characterize all of her writing. It is an unprecedentedly intimate account that reveals sides of her that were unknown, but the voice is unmistakably hers--questioning, courageous, and clear in the face of a wrenchingly painful journey.
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Weeks on list: 1
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in a West that betrays its fundamental values. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick.
Rank last week: 6
Weeks on list: 9
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
An explosive memoir charting one woman's career at the heart of one of the most influential companies on the planet, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them.
Rank last week: 5
Weeks on list: 7
Everything Is Tuberculosis (Signed Edition): The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world's deadliest disease.
Rank last week: 4
Weeks on list: 6
Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service
Who works for the government and what do they do? A timely and absorbing civics lesson from an all-star team of writers and storytellers. Contributors include Michael Lewis, Dave Eggers, Casey Cep, Geraldine Brooks, Sarah Vowell, W. Kamau Bell, and John Lanchester.
Rank last week: 8
Weeks on list: 6
Raising Hare: A Memoir
A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one womans unlikely friendship with a wild hare. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick.
Rank last week: 10
Weeks on list: 8
The Creative Act: A Way of Being
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us.
Rank last week: 11
Weeks on list: *
The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward
In a rare window into some of her life's pivotal moments, Melinda French Gates draws from previously untold stories to offer a new perspective on encountering transitions.
Rank last week: 9
Weeks on list: 2
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
From bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health--and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood.
Rank last week: 12
Weeks on list: 48
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.
Rank last week: 15
Weeks on list: *
The Ministry of Time: A Novel
A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all: Welcome to The Ministry of Time, the exhilarating debut novel by Kaliane Bradley.
Rank last week: 1
Weeks on list: 4
Funny Story
Emily Henry's shimmering, joyful novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common.
Rank last week: 3
Weeks on list: 9
Martyr!: A Novel
A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original, Martyr! heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction.
Rank last week: 2
Weeks on list: 17
The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.
Rank last week: 4
Weeks on list: 25
I Who Have Never Known Men
Ursula K. LeGuin meets The Road in a post-apocalyptic modern classic of female friendship and intimacy.
Rank last week: 8
Weeks on list: 8
Tom Lake: A Novel
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers.
Rank last week: 5
Weeks on list: 4
Demon Copperhead: A Novel
Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Rank last week: 11
Weeks on list: 35
Parable of the Sower
A post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror by the bestselling author of Kindred.
Rank last week: 10
Weeks on list: 37
Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel
Funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist.
Rank last week: 12
Weeks on list: 4
Table for Two: Fictions
From Amor Towles, a richly detailed and sharply drawn collection of stories, including a novella featuring one of his most beloved characters.
Rank last week: 7
Weeks on list: 3
The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl's novel is a testament to living deliciously, taking chances, and finding your true home.
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Weeks on list: 1
North Woods: A Novel
When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike.
Rank last week: 14
Weeks on list: 30
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1)
Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.
Rank last week: 9
Weeks on list: 32
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the 20th century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.
Rank last week: 1
Weeks on list: *
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by David Grann, one of our greatest nonfiction writers.
Rank last week: 2
Weeks on list: 9
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.
Rank last week: 3
Weeks on list: *
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club.
Rank last week: 4
Weeks on list: 50
A Dumb Birds Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever
Even the author's previous bird takedown guides are no preparation for this hilariously harrowing collection of squawking, conceited, trash-eating, and even murderous idiots. The horror. The horror. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick.
Rank last week: 5
Weeks on list: 7
All About Love: New Visions (Love Song to the Nation #1)
All About Love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering.
Rank last week: 7
Weeks on list: *
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost.
Rank last week: 6
Weeks on list: 44
Sociopath: A Memoir
A fascinating, revelatory memoir revealing the author's struggle to come to terms with her own sociopathy and shed light on the often maligned and misunderstood mental disorder.
Rank last week: 8
Weeks on list: 3
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
Eve is not only a sweeping revision of human history, it's an urgent and necessary corrective for a world that has focused primarily on the male body for far too long.
Rank last week: 11
Weeks on list: 9
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.
Rank last week: 9
Weeks on list: *
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017
A history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history.
Rank last week: 12
Weeks on list: *
The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
A revolutionary program for personal renewal, The Artist's Way will help get you back on track, rediscover your passions, and take the steps you need to change your life.
Rank last week: 13
Weeks on list: 30
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, life, and home--from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America.
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Weeks on list: 3
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Award-winning New Yorker staff writer Keefe presents a stunning and intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.
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Weeks on list: *
A People's History of the United States
Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of--and in the words of--America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers.
Rank last week: 10
Weeks on list: 11
Animal Farm: 75th Anniversary Edition
Rank last week: 2
Weeks on list: *
Mistborn: The Final Empire (The Mistborn Saga #1)
Rank last week: 4
Weeks on list: *
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
Rank last week: 3
Weeks on list: *
The Way of Kings: Book One of the Stormlight Archive
Rank last week: 6
Weeks on list: *
The Exchange: After The Firm (The Firm Series #2)
Rank last week: 9
Weeks on list: 29
Little Blue Truck and Racer Red
Rank last week: 7
Weeks on list: 5
Goodnight Moon Board Book
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Weeks on list: *
Grumpy Monkey Mom for a Day: Includes Fun Stickers
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Weeks on list: 3
Where the Wild Things Are: A Caldecott Award Winner
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Bluey: Road Trip
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Weeks on list: 1
Bluey: Bedroom
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Weeks on list: 1
Dragon's First Taco (from the creators of Dragons Love Tacos)
Rank last week: 13
Weeks on list: 52
Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) (The Hunger Games)
Rank last week: 1
Weeks on list: 6
Fearless (The Powerless Trilogy)
Rank last week: 2
Weeks on list: 3
The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel
Rank last week: 3
Weeks on list: 4
Dog Man: Big Jim Begins: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #13): From the Creator of Captain Underpants
Rank last week: 4
Weeks on list: 21
Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #2
Series ID 1000001079
Rank last week: 5
Weeks on list: 3
Little Blue Truck and Racer Red
Rank last week: 7
Weeks on list: 5
Mallory and the Trouble with Twins: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-sitters Club #17) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix)
Rank last week: 11
Weeks on list: 8
Goodnight Moon Board Book
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Weeks on list: *
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle #1)
Indies Introduce
Book 2 of the Legendborn Cycle on-sale November 8, 2022.
Bloodmarked 9781534441637
Series ID 1000000918
Recategorized to YA per Emily Hutton at S&S 11/16/22
Rank last week: NEW
Weeks on list: 1
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel): Movie Tie-In Edition (The Hunger Games)
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Weeks on list: 19
