Indie Bestsellers
The New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, June 29, 2026, 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. Whistler
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063511637
2. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce)
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593804216
3. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28.00, 9780593798430
4. Land
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593320648
5. The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812
6. The Midnight Train
Matt Haig, Viking, $30.00, 9780593833377
7. John of John
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802167194
8. Villa Coco
Andrew Sean Greer, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385551977
9. The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $29.00, 9798217154746
10. It Could Have Been Her: A Novel
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $29.00, 9781668033906
11. Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It
Brooke Averick, Crown, $28.00, 9798217088263
12. Kin
Tayari Jones, Knopf, $32.00, 9780525659181
13. The Gate of the Feral Gods
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593955970
14. Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820261
15. Daughters of the Sun and Moon
Lisa See, Scribner, $29.00, 9781982117054
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Simon & Schuster, $34.00, 9781668067246
2. The Land and Its People: Essays
David Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316264839
3. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30.00, 9780593733318
4. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533
5. Famesick: A Memoir
Lena Dunham, Random House, $32.00, 9780593129326
6. The Lost Founder: James Wilson and the Forgotten Fight for a People's Constitution
Jesse Wegman, Celadon Books, $30.00, 9781250851079
7. Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Simon Six, $26.00, 9781668249970
8. All We Say: The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches
Ben Rhodes, Random House, $35.00, 9780593595121
9. The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader
Melissa Murray, 37 Ink, $30.00, 9781668221938
10. Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About: A Memoir
Isabel Klee, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063451070
11. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35.00, 9780593296967
12. America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries
Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., Crown, $31.00, 9780593239803
13. 1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World
Liaquat Ahamed, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9781594204173
14. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27.00, 9780593994825
15. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20.00, 9781668072240
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781668236512
2. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9798217299461
3. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20.00, 9780593820254
4. Angel Down
Daniel Kraus, Atria Books, $18.00, 9781668068519
5. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593158739
6. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19.00, 9780593418925
7. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
8. The Someday Garden
Ashley Poston, Berkley, $20.00, 9780593952757
9. The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), Norton, $18.95, 9780393356250
10. The Deal
Elle Kennedy, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781775293934
11. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
12. The Divorce
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $18.99, 9781464249631
13. James
Percival Everett, Vintage, $20.00, 9780593686867
14. Dolly All the Time
Annabel Monaghan, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $20.00, 9780593853979
15. Red Rising
Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780345539809
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456
2. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $22.00, 9780385348768
3. Is a River Alive?
Robert Macfarlane, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324130734
4. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21.00, 9780593689004
5. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin Books, $19.00, 9780143127741
6. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $22.00, 9781501183065
7. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $22.00, 9780307279286
8. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490
9. Mark Twain
Ron Chernow, Penguin Books, $25.00, 9780525561743
10. A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps
Jonn Elledge, The Experiment, $18.95, 9798893030822
11. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831
12. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature
Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, Spiegel & Grau, $19.00, 9781966302407
13. Things in Nature Merely Grow
Yiyun Li, Picador, $18.00, 9781250437976
14. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060899226
15. Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
Karen Hao, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780593657522
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451526342
3. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
4. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553577129
5. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
6. Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
7. To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel)
Connie Willis, Bantam, $12.99, 9780553575385
8. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
9. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
J.R.R.Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339713
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
2. Construction Site: Firefight!
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781797226590
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
4. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books (Illus.), Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977
5. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
6. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274
7. Hello, Farm!
Maddie Frost (Illus.), Workman, $5.99, 9781523504671
8. Zohran Walks New York
Millie von Platen, Calkins Creek, $18.99, 9781662681554
9. Pete the Cat's Cool New Ride
James Dean, Kimberly Dean, HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063350458
10. Sing the 50 United States!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217228560
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338762488
2. Wombat Waiting
Katherine Applegate, Storytide, $19.99, 9780063221178
3. Odder: The Novel
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250423429
4. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
5. Spy School Secret Service the Graphic Novel
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99 , 9781665956635
6. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokemon)
, Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
7. Allergic: A Graphic Novel
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905
8. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga
Dav Pilkey, Motojiro (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546151210
9. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Storytide, $10.99, 9780062991324
10. The Summer of Second Chances (Deluxe Edition)
K. L. Walther, Sourcebooks Fire, $14.99, 9781464219177
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. InvestiGators: Weather or Not
John Patrick Green, First Second, $12.99, 9781250357915
2. Dawn on the Coast: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club #19)
Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546135548
3. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117
4. Dog Man: Big Jim Believes
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $15.99, 9781546176183
5. We Were Liars (Deluxe Edition)
E. Lockhart, Delacorte Press, $14.99, 9798217118076
6. The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402
7. The Naturals
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780316540629
8. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $14.99, 9781984896391
9. Shatter Me (Shatter Me: Series One #1)
Tahereh Mafi, Storytide, $15.99, 9780062085504
10. The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire #1)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic, $8.99, 9781338883190
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)