Indie Bestsellers
The New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, October 4, 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. Hollywood, Ending
John Green, Dutton Books, $32.00, 9780525426073
2. The Pirate Queen
Ariel Lawhon, Doubleday, $32.00, 9780385550345
3. Exit Party
Emily St.John Mandel, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593321461
4. The Disappearers
Marlon James, Riverhead Books, $32.00, 9780593717202
5. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce)
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593804216
6. Hollow Bones
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine Books, $34.00, 9780593726259
7. Whistler
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063511637
8. The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812
9. Switzy
Emma Cline, Random House, $32.00, 9780593595244
10. The Witches of Cambridge
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $29.00, 9781668074640
11. Taipei Story (Deluxe Limited Edition)
R.F. Kuang, William Morrow, $32.00, 9780063473744
12. The Thoroughbreds (The Academy Series #2)
Elin Hilderbrand, Shelby Cunningham, Little, Brown and Company, $32.00, 9780316567916
13. John of John
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802167194
14. Dead Beat (Ninth House Series #3)
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250884312
15. Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel: The New Miss Marple Mystery
Lucy Foley, Agatha Christie, William Morrow, $30.00, 9780063376694
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Swan Song: Diana, my sister
Charles Spencer, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9798217379743
2. End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World
Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $32.00, 9780374621384
3. The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
Gil Durán, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668221402
4. The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict
Priya Parker, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593420225
5. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533
6. Happy Snacking, Don't Die!: Foraging and Vegan Recipes with Black Forager (A Cookbook)
Alexis Nikole Nelson, S&S/Simon Element, $35.00, 9781668002544
7. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30.00, 9780593733318
8. The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State
Jill Lepore, Liveright, $29.99, 9781324098423
9. On the Equality of All Things: Lessons on Physics and Philosophy
Carlo Rovelli, Scribner, $27.00, 9781668092422
10. Actually, Nevermind: Essays
Taylor Tomlinson, Gallery Books, $32.00, 9781668097236
11. Inside the Owner's Box: Conversations on Power and Leadership in Sports
David M. Rubenstein, Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668022498
12. The Land and Its People: Essays
David Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316264839
13. Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Simon & Schuster, $34.00, 9781668067246
14. American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump
Kai Bird, Susan Goldmark, Scribner, $32.00, 9781668031575
15. Roll the Calls: A Memoir
Ari Emanuel, Knopf, $35.00, 9798217209347
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. Fruit Fly
Josh Silver, Crooked Lane Books, $19.99, 9798892426374
4. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Holt Paperbacks, $18.99, 9781250899552
5. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9798217299461
6. The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), Norton, $18.95, 9780393356250
7. East of Eden
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $25.00, 9780142004234
8. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $20.00, 9780593685778
9. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $19.99, 9780316556323
10. The Road to Tender Hearts
Annie Hartnett, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593873465
11. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $18.99, 9781250828019
12. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
13. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl #2)
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $21.00, 9780593820278
14. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19.00, 9780593418925
15. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $21.00, 9781250178640
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature
Emily Wilson, Liveright, $19.99, 9781324099406
2. Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $20.00, 9781668094723
3. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060899226
4. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20.00, 9781101910177
5. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $23.00, 9780307279286
6. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22.00, 9781571313560
7. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
8. The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990
Jonathan Mahler, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $22.00, 9780525510659
9. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24.00, 9780143129257
10. Salt
Mark Kurlansky, Penguin, $19.00, 9780142001615
11. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Annie Dillard, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780061233326
12. Is a River Alive?
Robert Macfarlane, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324130734
13. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060959470
14. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
M.D. van der Kolk, Bessel, Penguin Books, $19.00, 9780143127741
15. The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400078431
MASS MARKET
1. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451526342
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935
3. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
4. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11.00, 9780553283686
5. Macbeth
William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $9.99, 9781451694727
6. God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $12.99, 9780593098257
7. A Canticle for Leibowitz
Walter Miller, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553273816
8. The Great Gatsby
F.Scott Fitzgerald, Vintage, $8.00, 9780593312919
9. Rand McNally Folded Map: Eastern United States
Rand McNally, Rand McNally, $9.99, 9780528028502
10. Pride and Prejudice (Enriched Classics)
Jane Austen, Simon & Schuster, $6.99, 9780743487597
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Gruffalo Granny
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $19.99, 9798217238736
2. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
3. The Secret Dragon
Briony May Smith, Anne Schwartz Books, $18.99, 9780593650509
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. Good Night, Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780358229278
6. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
7. Little Blue Truck Lost and Found
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063436121
8. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780399230035
9. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
10. Baby Pumpkin: Finger Puppet Book
Yu-Hsuan Huang (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $8.99, 9781797232782
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Winnie-the-Pooh: 100th Anniversary Edition
A. A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard (Illus.), Aladdin, $10.99, 9781665984126
2. The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338762488
3. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokemon)
Scholastic, Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
4. Fake Skating
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665921275
5. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
6. Pokémon Visual Companion Fifth Edition
DK, DK Children, $14.99, 9780593843970
7. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
8. The Iliad: A Graphic Novel
Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763696634
9. Wombat Waiting
Katherine Applegate, Storytide, $19.99, 9780063221178
10. The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Baby-sitters on Board!: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-sitters Club Super Special #1)
Raina Telgemeier (Illus.), Graphix, $16.99, 9781546174363
2. Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2: From the Creator of Diary of a Wimpy Kid (The Awesome Friendly Kid Series)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books, $15.99, 9781419788109
3. Empire (Heir Duology #2)
Sabaa Tahir, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $22.99, 9780593616970
4. The Neverfear (Impossible Creatures #3)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809945
5. Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781546171607
6. InvestiGators: Weather or Not
John Patrick Green, First Second, $12.99, 9781250357915
7. Witches of Brooklyn: S'Witch Back: (A Graphic Novel)
Sophie Escabasse, Random House Graphic, $14.99, 9780593813461
8. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117
9. Kiki's Delivery Service: Deluxe Edition: The classic that inspired the beloved animated film
Eiko Kadono, Yuta Onoda (Illus.), Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9798217236558
10. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339016580
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)