Indie Bestsellers
18The New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, April 19, 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, 9780593804216
2. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
3. The Keeper
Tana French, Viking, $32, 9780593493465
4. Transcription
Ben Lerner, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25, 9780374618599
5. Go Gentle
Maria Semple, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $30, 9798217176632
6. Kin
Tayari Jones, Knopf, $32, 9780525659181
7. Cherry Baby
Rainbow Rowell, William Morrow, $32, 9780063380264
8. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
9. The Faith of Beasts
James S. A. Corey, Orbit, $32, 9780316525671
10. Hope Rises
David Baldacci, Grand Central Publishing, $32, 9781538758021
11. American Fantasy
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $30, 9798217046850
12. The Night We Met (Indie Exclusive Edition)
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $30, 9781538780688
13. Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28, 9780374619237
14. Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30, 9780593820261
15. Between Two Fires
Christopher Buehlman, Tor Nightfire, $29.99, 9781250439208
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Famesick: A Memoir
Lena Dunham, Random House, $32, 9780593129326
2. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318
3. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35, 9780385548533
4. Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund
Molly Crabapple, One World, $32, 9780593229453
5. The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love
Alice Hoffman (Ed.), Scribner, $22, 9781668209028
6. The Future Is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land
Aziz Abu Sarah, Maoz Inon, Crown, $30, 9798217086511
7. A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $32, 9781984881991
8. When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $30, 9780593318683
9. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
10. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
11. Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life
Alex Mayyasi, Hosts of NPR's Planet Money, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324078777
12. How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay: Tips and Tricks That Kept Me Alive, Happy, and Creative in Spite of Myself
Jenny Lawson, Penguin Life, $29, 9780593833216
13. Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $30, 9781668094716
14. The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness
Arthur C. Brooks, Portfolio, $30, 9780593545423
15. The New Perimenopause: An Evidence-Based Guide to Surviving the Zone of Chaos and Feeling Like Yourself Again
Mary Claire Haver, MD, Rodale Books, $32, 9780593736616
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512
2. Project Hail Mary (Movie Tie-In)
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22, 9798217299461
3. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254
4. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
5. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
6. On the Calculation of Volume (Book IV)
Solvej Balle, Sophia Hersi Smith (Transl.), Jennifer Russell (Transl.), New Directions, $16.95, 9780811238410
7. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
8. Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637
9. Audition
Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $18, 9780593852347
10. Strange Buildings
Uketsu, HarperVia, $18.99, 9780063514096
11. Three Days in June
Anne Tyler, Vintage, $18, 9780593689325
12. The Road to Tender Hearts
Annie Hartnett, Ballantine Books, $20, 9780593873465
13. Dear Debbie
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464249624
14. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I)
Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.), New Directions, $15.95, 9780811237253
15. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
2. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21, 9780593689004
3. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $22, 9780385348768
4. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831
5. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $22, 9780593800027
6. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9798888904510
7. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
8. 84, Charing Cross Road
Helene Hanff, Penguin Books, $16, 9780140143508
9. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
10. The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18, 9781400078431
11. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
12. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
Evan Friss, Penguin Books, $20, 9780593299944
13. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $22, 9781501183065
14. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
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, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
3. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
4. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
5. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
6. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
7. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
8. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
9. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
10. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11, 9780553283686
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. It's My Bird-Day!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454999621
2. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707
6. Guess How Much I Love You
Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210637
7. Zohran Walks New York
Millie von Platen, Calkins Creek, $18.99, 9781662681554
8. I Am Glinda (Little Golden Book)
Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896884
9. Good Night, Escargot
Dashka Slater, Sydney Hanson (Illus.), Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, $18.99, 9780374392291
10. If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone
Gideon Sterer, Emily Hughes (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063375222
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga
Dav Pilkey, Motojiro (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546151210
2. KPop Demon Hunters: The Movie in Comics: The Official Retelling in Comic Form
Random House Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9798217234301
3. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
4. The One and Only Family
Katherine Applegate, Storytide, $10.99, 9780063221130
5. Winging It: A Graphic Novel
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781338818529
6. Orris and Timble: The Beginning
Kate DiCamillo, Carmen Mok (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536222791
7. The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby: Color Edition
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338687859
8. Sweet & Salty!: King Arthur Baking Company's Cookbook for Young Bakers
King Arthur Baking Company, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665930666
9. Unsettling Salad! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961110
10. The Library of Unruly Treasures
Jeanne Birdsall, Matt Phelan (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780525579045
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. The Hybrid Prince (Wings of Fire, Book 16)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781546129547
2. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419741852
4. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9781442421837
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams, $15.99, 9781419782695
6. Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $27.99, 9781546171461
7. Ape Escape (FunJungle)
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781665986779
8. Dog Man and Cat Kid
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741063
9. Dory Fantasmagory
Abby Hanlon, Dial Books, $7.99, 9780147510679
10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338878929
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)