Indie Bestsellers
The New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, July 26, 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. Cool Machine (The Harlem Trilogy #3)
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385550505
4. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28.00, 9780593798430
5. Land
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593320648
6. The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812
7. The Shampoo Effect
Jenny Jackson, Pamela Dorman Books, $30.00, 9798217059959
8. Country People
Daniel Mason, Random House, $30.00, 9798217197453
9. The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $29.00, 9798217154746
10. John of John
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802167194
11. Villa Coco
Andrew Sean Greer, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385551977
12. Kin
Tayari Jones, Knopf, $32.00, 9780525659181
13. Ransom
Daniel Silva, Harper, $32.00, 9780063384224
14. Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820261
15. Contrapposto
Dave Eggers, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593803509
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. The Land and Its People: Essays
David Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316264839
4. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533
5. Famesick: A Memoir
Lena Dunham, Random House, $32.00, 9780593129326
6. Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About: A Memoir
Isabel Klee, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063451070
7. The Day After: How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World
Brian Tyler Cohen, Harper, $28.99, 9780063495104
8. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28.00, 9780525556572
9. The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love
Alice Hoffman (Ed.), Scribner, $22.00, 9781668209028
10. A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9781984881991
11. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
John U. Bacon, Liveright, $35.00, 9781324094647
12. The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss
Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris, W. W. Norton & Company, $35.00, 9781324006848
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. You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
Rachel Aviv, Knopf, $30.00, 9780525657057
15. American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed
Isaac Fitzgerald, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593537794
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781668236512
2. The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), Norton, $18.95, 9780393356250
3. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20.00, 9780593820254
4. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9798217299461
5. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19.00, 9780593418925
6. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781982112837
7. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $19.99, 9780316556323
8. Angel Down
Daniel Kraus, Atria Books, $18.00, 9781668068519
9. The Iliad
Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324076148
10. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
11. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
12. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593158739
13. Dolly All the Time
Annabel Monaghan, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $20.00, 9780593853979
14. Audition
Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $18.00, 9780593852347
15. The Deal
Elle Kennedy, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781775293934
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. A Marriage at Sea (Indies Introduce)
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $20.00, 9780593854297
2. 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
3. A Resistance History of the United States
Tad Stoermer, Steerforth, $19.95, 9781586424367
4. Is a River Alive?
Robert Macfarlane, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324130734
5. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22.00, 9781571313560
6. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
7. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $22.00, 9780385348768
8. Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers
Caroline Fraser, Penguin Books, $21.00, 9780593657249
9. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456
10. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490
11. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831
12. The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence—Before It's Too Late
Cory Doctorow, MCD, $18.00, 9780374621568
13. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $18.95, 9781771643771
14. Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
Michael Cecchi-Azzolina, St. Martin's Griffin, $20.00, 9781250325747
15. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $22.00, 9781501183065
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451526342
3. Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
4. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
5. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
6. The Long Walk
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668052013
7. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
8. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11.00, 9780553283686
9. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
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. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977
3. Tiny T. Rex Tries Soccer
Jonathan Stutzman, Jay Fleck (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797233857
4. Construction Site: Firefight!
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781797226590
5. Where's Waldo?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210651
6. The Skeleton and the Cat
Brandon James Scott, HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063455887
7. Jamberry
Bruce Degen, HarperCollins, $9.99, 9780694006519
8. Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $9.99, 9780394800165
9. Where's Waldo? The Boredom Buster Book: 5-Minute Challenges
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $14.99, 9781536211450
10. It's My Bird-Day!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454999621
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
2. The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel
Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763642686
3. The Gilded Blade (The Grandest Game #3)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780316593083
4. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga
Dav Pilkey, Motojiro (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546151210
5. The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338762488
6. Wombat Waiting
Katherine Applegate, Storytide, $19.99, 9780063221178
7. Fake Skating
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665921268
8. Winnie-the-Pooh: 100th Anniversary Edition
A. A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard (Illus.), Aladdin, $10.99, 9781665984126
9. The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel: Deluxe Edition
Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $29.99, 9781536254525
10. Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665947145
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Heartstopper #6: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $19.99, 9781546102441
2. Dawn on the Coast: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club #19)
Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546135548
3. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117
4. Warriors Graphic Novel: The New Prophecy, Part One of Three
Erin Hunter, Gibson Twist, Sammy Savos (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063450882
5. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $14.99, 9781984896391
6. Karen's Surprise: A Graphic Novel (Baby-sitters Little Sister #12)
Ann M. Martin, Shauna J. Grant (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339005133
7. Dog Man: Big Jim Believes
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $15.99, 9781546176183
8. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #2)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $10.99, 9781368051491
9. The Hybrid Prince (Wings of Fire, Book 16)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781546129547
10. The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402
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)