Indie Bestsellers
22The New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, April 27, 2025, based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Great Big Beautiful Life
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441299
2. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
3. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
4. Say You'll Remember Me
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $28, 9781538759196
5. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
6. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
7. Heartwood
Amity Gaige, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668063606
8. Broken Country
Clare Leslie Hall, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668078181
9. Audition
Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593852323
10. Strangers in Time
David Baldacci, Grand Central Publishing, $30, 9781538742051
11. The Sirens
Emilia Hart, St. Martin's Press, $29, 9781250280824
12. The Dream Hotel
Laila Lalami, Pantheon, $29, 9780593317600
13. Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
14. Dream Count
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $32, 9780593802724
15. The Maid's Secret
Nita Prose, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593875414
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Notes to John
Joan Didion, Knopf, $32, 9780593803677
2. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About
Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366
3. Abundance
Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668023488
4. Everything Is Tuberculosis (Signed Edition): The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525426059
5. The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life
Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $30, 9780593734636
6. Hope: The Autobiography
Pope Francis, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Random House, $32, 9780593978771
7. Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service
Michael Lewis (Ed.), Riverhead Books, $30, 9798217047802
8. Everything Is Tuberculosis (Standard Edition): The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525556572
9. Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
Sarah Wynn-Williams, Flatiron Books, $32.99, 9781250391230
10. Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus
Elaine Pagels, Doubleday, $30, 9780385547468
11. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
12. Conquering Crisis: Ten Lessons to Learn Before You Need Them
Admiral William H. McRaven, Grand Central Publishing, $26, 9781538771747
13. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
14. Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering
Joseph Nguyen, Authors Equity, $22, 9798893310153
15. The Tell: A Memoir
Amy Griffin, The Dial Press, $29, 9780593731208
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
2. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
3. The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668045152
4. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
5. The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384
6. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
7. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
8. Tom Lake
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $19, 9780063327535
9. The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $19, 9780812986372
10. Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
11. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
12. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
13. Funny Story
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441213
14. Murder by Cheesecake
Rachel Ekstrom Courage, Hyperion Avenue, $16.99, 9781368102988
15. Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Penguin Books, $19, 9780593296394
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
2. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
3. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
4. Sociopath: A Memoir
Patric Gagne, Ph.D., Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781668003190
5. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
6. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
7. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20, 9780307279286
8. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
9. A Dumb Birds Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever
Matt Kracht, Chronicle Books, $15.95, 9781797232751
10. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
11. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
12. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
13. Upstream: Selected Essays
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $18, 9780143130086
14. How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
Jason Stanley, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $19, 9780525511854
15. The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18, 9781400078431
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
3. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
4. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
5. Carrie
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743664
6. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
7. Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286
8. The Shining
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657
9. Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
10. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Will the Pigeon Graduate?
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454960430
2. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
4. Little Blue Truck and Racer Red
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063387843
5. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
6. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
7. Grumpy Monkey Mom for a Day
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $12.99, 9780593709313
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
9. Let's Be Bees
Shawn Harris, Neal Porter Books, $18.99, 9780823457090
10. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215
2. Rebellion 1776
Laurie Halse Anderson, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $18.99, 9781416968269
3. Wings of Starlight
Allison Saft, Disney Press, $18.99, 9781368098458
4. Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665947138
5. If Only I Had Told Her
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728276229
6. Our Infinite Fates (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Laura Steven, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250333889
7. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207
8. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
9. Bluey 5-Minute Stories: 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray!
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593521908
10. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $27.99, 9781546171461
2. Fearless (The Powerless Trilogy)
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665955461
3. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741032
4. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $10.99, 9781984896391
5. Mallory and the Trouble with Twins: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix)
Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338835618
6. Dog Man: Big Jim Begins
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896459
7. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316581097
8. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339016580
9. Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896435
10. Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy)
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
Other Regional Bestseller Lists:
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Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association (GLIBA)
Midwest Independent Booksellers Association (MIBA)
Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association (MPIBA)
New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA)