Indie Bestsellers
The New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, August 9, 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. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce)
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593804216
2. Whistler
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063511637
3. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28.00, 9780593798430
4. The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812
5. Cool Machine (The Harlem Trilogy #3)
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385550505
6. Land
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593320648
7. Etna
Paul Yoon, Scribner, $28.00, 9781668020821
8. The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $29.00, 9798217154746
9. Kin
Tayari Jones, Knopf, $32.00, 9780525659181
10. John of John
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802167194
11. The Amateur
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $33.00, 9780385551298
12. The Shampoo Effect
Jenny Jackson, Pamela Dorman Books, $30.00, 9798217059959
13. Ransom
Daniel Silva, Harper, $32.00, 9780063384224
14. The Unknown
Riley Sager, Dutton, $32.00, 9798217044092
15. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802165176
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Simon & Schuster, $34.00, 9781668067246
2. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30.00, 9780593733318
3. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533
4. The Land and Its People: Essays
David Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316264839
5. Famesick: A Memoir
Lena Dunham, Random House, $32.00, 9780593129326
6. Biological War: A Scenario
Annie Jacobsen, Dutton, $33.00, 9798217046034
7. Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering
Joseph Nguyen, Authors Equity, $22.00, 9798893310153
8. Inner Propaganda: Leading Hearts and Minds Through Turbulent Times
Owen Fitzpatrick, Ideapress Publishing, $28.95, 9781646872442
9. Cancel Me If You Can
Dave Portnoy, Gallery Books, $32.99, 9781668222027
10. Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About: A Memoir
Isabel Klee, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063451070
11. The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss
Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris, W. W. Norton & Company, $35.00, 9781324006848
12. The Cruelest Game: Chasing Greatness in Professional Tennis
Matthew Futterman, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385550727
13. 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
14. Inviting Genius: How Good Leaders Use Conflict to Become Great
Matthew Abrams, Merack Publishing, $25.99, 9781964421186
15. I Regret Almost Everything: A Memoir
Keith McNally, Gallery Books, $29.99, 9781668017647
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781668236512
2. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20.00, 9780593820254
3. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Holt Paperbacks, $18.99, 9781250899552
4. The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), Norton, $18.95, 9780393356250
5. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9798217299461
6. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $19.99, 9780316556323
7. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19.00, 9780593418925
8. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl #2)
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $21.00, 9780593820278
9. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
10. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
11. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593158739
12. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781982112837
13. The Road to Tender Hearts
Annie Hartnett, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593873465
14. Red Rising
Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780345539809
15. Angel Down
Daniel Kraus, Atria Books, $18.00, 9781668068519
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. A Marriage at Sea (Indies Introduce)
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $20.00, 9780593854297
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22.00, 9781571313560
3. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060959470
4. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456
5. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
6. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490
7. The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400078431
8. Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
Karen Hao, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780593657522
9. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $22.00, 9780385348768
10. The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial IntelligenceŅBefore It's Too Late
Cory Doctorow, MCD, $18.00, 9780374621568
11. 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
12. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $22.00, 9781501183065
13. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060899226
14. Educated: A Memoir
Tara Westover, Random House, $20.00, 9780399590528
15. Is a River Alive?
Robert Macfarlane, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324130734
MASS MARKET
1. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451526342
2. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $13.00, 9780399501487
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935
4. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
5. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
6. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
7. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $10.99, 9780063221086
8. The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626
9. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
10. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
2. It's My Bird-Day!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454999621
3. Woodland Dance!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665925167
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
5. The Going to Bed Book
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9780671449025
6. Moo, Baa, La La La!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9780671449018
7. Good Dog, Carl
Alexandra Day, Little Simon, $8.99, 9780689807480
8. Good Night New York City (Good Night Our World)
Adam Gamble, Joe Veno (Illus.), Good Night Books, $9.95, 9780977797936
9. Angelina Ballerina
Katharine Holabird, Helen Craig (Illus.), Little Simon, $19.99, 9781534451513
10. Zohran Walks New York
Millie von Platen, Calkins Creek, $19.99, 9781662681554
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338762488
2. The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel
Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763642686
3. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokemon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
4. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
5. Offside: A Graphic Novel
Christina Diaz Gonzalez, Mari Costa (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339023601
6. Midsummer Sisters (A Graphic Novel)
Niki Smith, Graphix, $14.99, 9781546128946
7. Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665947145
8. The Gilded Blade (The Grandest Game #3)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780316593083
9. Fruitcake: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes #3)
Rex Ogle, Dave Valeza (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781338575071
10. Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Ember, $14.99, 9780593374191
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781546171607
2. Heartstopper #6: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $19.99, 9781546102441
3. InvestiGators: Weather or Not
John Patrick Green, First Second, $12.99, 9781250357915
4. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117
5. Dawn on the Coast: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club #19)
Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546135548
6. Warriors Graphic Novel: The New Prophecy, Part One of Three
Erin Hunter, Gibson Twist, Sammy Savos (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063450882
7. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741032
8. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #2
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203907
9. I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 (I Survived Graphic Novel #14) (I Survived Graphix #14)
Lauren Tarshis, Peter Wartman (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546137757
10. Owl by Myself (An Owl By Myself Story)
Pete Oswald, Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593303603
Other Regional Bestseller Lists:
California Independent Booksellers Alliance (CALIBA)
Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association (GLIBA)
Midwest Independent Booksellers Association (MIBA)
Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association (MPIBA)
New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA)