Indie Bestsellers
18The New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, March 1, 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. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
2. Vigil
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780525509622
3. Kin
Tayari Jones, Knopf, $32, 9780525659181
4. More Than Enough
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $29, 9780593734605
5. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
6. Brawler: Stories
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593418420
7. The Astral Library (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Kate Quinn, William Morrow, $32, 9780063244788
8. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
9. Half His Age
Jennette McCurdy, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593723739
10. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
11. Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28, 9780374619237
12. The Director
Daniel Kehlmann, S&S/Summit Books, $28.99, 9781668087794
13. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715
14. Good People
Patmeena Sabit, Crown, $29, 9780593801062
15. This Book Made Me Think of You
Libby Page, Berkley, $30, 9798217186990
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $32, 9781984881991
2. American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology
Jon Meacham, Random House, $38, 9780593597552
3. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318
4. We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America
Norah O'Donnell, Kate Andersen Brower, Ballantine Books, $35, 9780593727027
5. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
6. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $20, 9781982181314
7. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124
8. Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery
Gavin Newsom, Penguin Press, $30, 9781984881939
9. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
John U. Bacon, Liveright, $35, 9781324094647
10. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280
11. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
12. How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will
John Kennedy, Broadside Books, $29.99, 9780063428164
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. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
15. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512
2. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
3. Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637
4. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
5. Wuthering Heights (Movie Tie-In)
Emily Brontë, Penguin Books, $18, 9780143139140
6. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254
7. The Long Game
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534644
8. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
9. Dear Debbie
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464249624
10. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
11. And Now, Back to You
B.K. Borison, Berkley, $19, 9780593953143
12. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $20, 9780593685778
13. Game Changer
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534620
14. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
15. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538742570
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
2. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257
3. Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
Gillian Anderson, Abrams Press, $18, 9781419777301
4. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
5. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
6. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $22, 9780307279286
7. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470
8. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21, 9780593689004
9. Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape
Manchán Magan, Chelsea Green, $19.95, 9781645023760
10. A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $23.99, 9780062397348
11. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
12. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
13. Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith, Perigee, $15, 9780399161940
14. The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781961793682
15. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935
2. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
3. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
5. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780345535429
6. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
7. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
8. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
9. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345409874
10. Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062693662
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
3. The Wildest Thing
Emily Winfield Martin, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217023981
4. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
5. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
6. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
7. The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $9.99, 9780394800011
8. Rumpelstiltskin
Mac Barnett, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Orchard Books, $19.99, 9781338673852
9. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707
10. The Rabbit Listened
Cori Doerrfeld, Dial, $18.99, 9780735229358
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Lions' Run
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9781250392817
2. The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
3. Unsettling Salad! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961110
4. Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $19, 9798217043408
5. A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250153272
6. The Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World
Jonathan Haidt, Catherine Price, Cynthia Yuan Cheng (Illus.), Rocky Pond Books, $14.99, 9798217111916
7. The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo, Timothy Basil Ering (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9780763680893
8. Blood in the Water
Tiffany D. Jackson, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338849912
9. The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby: Color Edition
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338687859
10. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: Sew Much Trouble
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250359469
2. Dog Man: Big Jim Believes
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $15.99, 9781546176183
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams, $15.99, 9781419782695
4. Talons of Power: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #9)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339001265
5. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $10.99, 9781368051477
6. Dog Man Unleashed
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741049
7. Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896435
8. Besties: Set Sail (The World of Click)
Kayla Miller, Jeffrey Canino, Kristina Luu (Illus.), Clarion Books, $15.99, 9780063344082
9. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741032
10. City Spies
James Ponti, Aladdin, $9.99, 9781534414921
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)