Indie Bestsellers
The New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, June 14, 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. Land
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593320648
4. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28.00, 9780593798430
5. The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812
6. Villa Coco: A Novel
Andrew Sean Greer, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385551977
7. The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $29.00, 9798217154746
8. The Midnight Train
Matt Haig, Viking, $30.00, 9780593833377
9. John of John
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802167194
10. Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It
Brooke Averick, Crown, $28.00, 9798217088263
11. Our Perfect Storm
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $30.00, 9780593953242
12. Contrapposto: A Novel
Dave Eggers, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593803509
13. Daughters of the Sun and Moon: A Novel
Lisa See, Scribner, $29.00, 9781982117054
14. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802165176
15. Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820261
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Land and Its People: Essays
David Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316264839
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. Famesick: A Memoir
Lena Dunham, Random House, $32.00, 9780593129326
5. All We Say: The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches
Ben Rhodes, Random House, $35.00, 9780593595121
6. Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Simon Six, $26.00, 9781668249970
7. View from the East Wing: A Memoir
Jill Biden, Gallery Books, $32.00, 9781668222881
8. Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children
Mac Barnett, Little, Brown and Company, $20.00, 9780316601122
9. Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About: A Memoir
Isabel Klee, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063451070
10. The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss
Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris, W. W. Norton & Company, $35.00, 9781324006848
11. 1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World
Liaquat Ahamed, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9781594204173
12. American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed
Isaac Fitzgerald, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593537794
13. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28.00, 9780525556572
14. Liar's Kingdom: How to Stop Trump's Deceit and Save America
Andrew Weissmann, Little, Brown and Company, $29.00, 9780316601306
15. The Bottom of the Harbor
Joseph Mitchell, Joana Avillez (Illus.), Modern Library, $29.00, 9780593594957
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. The Deal
Elle Kennedy, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781775293934
6. Dolly All the Time
Annabel Monaghan, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $20.00, 9780593853979
7. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19.00, 9780593418925
8. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
9. Atmosphere: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Love Story
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593158739
10. Taiwan Travelogue: A Novel
Shuang-zi Yang, Graywolf Press, $18.00, 9781644453155
11. James
Percival Everett, Vintage, $20.00, 9780593686867
12. The River Is Waiting
Wally Lamb, Scribner, $20.00, 9781668006405
13. The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), Norton, $18.95, 9780393356250
14. Audition
Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $18.00, 9780593852347
15. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I)
Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.), New Directions, $15.95, 9780811237253
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22.00, 9781571313560
2. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490
3. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $22.00, 9780307279286
4. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060899226
5. Things in Nature Merely Grow
Yiyun Li, Picador, $18.00, 9781250437976
6. Meditations: A New Translation
Marcus Aurelius, Gregory Hays (Trans.), Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255
7. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $22.00, 9781501183065
8. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831
9. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060959470
10. A Queer History of the United States: Revised And Expanded (ReVisioning History)
Michael Bronski, Beacon Press, $22.00, 9780807054765
11. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $22.00, 9780385348768
12. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456
13. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
14. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14.00, 9780804190114
15. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate--Discoveries from a Secret World
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $18.95, 9781771643771
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451526342
3. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345350688
4. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
5. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
6. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553577129
7. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
8. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
9. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
10. Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062693662
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Sing the 50 United States!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217228560
2. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274
3. Busy New York: Push Pull Slide (Busy Books)
Campbell Books, Campbell Books, $9.99, 9781035058365
4. It's My Bird-Day!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454999621
5. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
6. Good Night, Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780358229278
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
8. Grumpy Monkey Father's Day Fuss
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $12.99, 9780593709405
9. Jamberry
Bruce Degen, HarperCollins, $9.99, 9780694006519
10. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338762488
2. Fake Skating
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665921268
3. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Storytide, $10.99, 9780062991324
4. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
5. The Heirs
Faridah Ëb’kŽ-êy’m’dŽ, Feiwel & Friends, $20.99, 9781250326997
6. Odder: The Novel
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250423429
7. Renegades #1: The Magic Awakens
Erin Hunter, HarperCollins, $9.99, 9780063449534
8. Fruitcake: A Graphic Novel
Rex Ogle, Dave Valeza (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781338575071
9. America, I'm So Glad You Were Born: Celebrating the Country We Love
Ainsley Earhardt, Kim Barnes (Illus.), Zonderkidz, $21.99, 9780310184225
10. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokemon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117
2. InvestiGators: Weather or Not
John Patrick Green, First Second, $12.99, 9781250357915
3. Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, Book 1)
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781442472433
4. The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402
5. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $14.99, 9781984896391
6. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741087
7. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316581097
8. Dawn on the Coast: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club #19)
Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546135548
9. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741032
10. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #1)
Rick Riordan, Disney Hyperion, $10.99, 9781368051477
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)