Indie Bestsellers
The New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, November 30, 2025, 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. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
3. Flesh
David Szalay, Scribner, $28.99, 9781982122799
4. Katabasis
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $32, 9780063446243
5. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
6. Wreck
Catherine Newman, Harper, $26.99, 9780063453913
7. Alchemised
SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
8. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
9. Dog Show: Poems
Billy Collins, Pamela Sztybel (Illus.), Random House, $20, 9780593979419
10. The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
11. Twice
Mitch Albom, Harper, $26.99, 9780062406682
12. The Widow
John Grisham, Doubleday, $32, 9780385548984
13. Shadow Ticket
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $30, 9781594206108
14. The Black Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328175
15. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30, 9780593820247
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
2. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124
3. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $20, 9781982181314
4. Something from Nothing: A Cookbook
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $37.99, 9781984826411
5. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
6. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
7. Guinness World Records 2026
Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484750
8. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
John U. Bacon, Liveright, $35, 9781324094647
9. The Look
Michelle Obama, Crown, $50, 9780593800706
10. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
11. Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts
Margaret Atwood, Doubleday, $35, 9780385547512
12. 107 Days
Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668211656
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. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This: National Book Award
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
2. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
3. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
4. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
5. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
6. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
7. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
8. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I)
Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.), New Directions, $15.95, 9780811237253
9. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538742570
10. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324123736
11. On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
Solvej Balle, Sophia Hersi Smith (Transl.), Jennifer Russell (Transl.), New Directions, $15.95, 9780811238397
12. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
13. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
14. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512
15. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781961793682
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
3. An Almanac of New York City for the Year 2026
Susan Gail Johnson, Abbeville Press, $12.95, 9780789254771
4. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
5. Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
6. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
7. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316581509
8. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
9. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
10. Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
Elyse Graham, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063280854
11. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060899226
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. The Best American Essays 2025
Jia Tolentino, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351592
14. The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2025
Bryant Terry, Jaya Saxena, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063464681
15. The Baseball 100
Joe Posnanski, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $26, 9781982180591
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
3. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
4. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
5. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
6. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
7. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296
8. The Catcher in the Rye
J. D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
9. The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka, Bantam Classics, $6.95, 9780553213690
10. Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345337665
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Christmas Sweater
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593533918
2. The Humble Pie
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063469730
3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
4. Knight Owl's Little Christmas
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $8.99, 9780316587501
5. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780544580145
6. A Dance with Santa Claus
Sandra Boynton, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316593694
7. Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo (A Buffalo Fluffalo Story)
Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593810309
8. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767
9. Bluey's Night Before Christmas
Lauren Holowaty, Kiara Hankinson (Illus.), Jemma Bayley (Illus.), Penguin Young Readers, $18.99, 9798217050864
10. Our Little Adventure at Christmas
Tabitha Paige, Paige Tate & Co, $14.99, 9781963183542
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. War Games
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338736106
2. Pocket Bear
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362
3. Dragonborn
Struan Murray, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217113217
4. From the World of Percy Jackson: The Court of the Dead: A Nico di Angelo Adventure
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $21.99, 9781368109116
5. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
6. Scholastic Book of World Records 2026
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781546182405
7. The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215
8. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
9. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
10. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Dog Man: Big Jim Believes
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $15.99, 9781546176183
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper
Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books, $15.99, 9781419782695
3. Darkstalker: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire: Legends Graphic Novel)
Tui T. Sutherland, Jake Parker (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339001296
4. Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $27.99, 9781546171461
5. We Fell Apart: A We Were Liars Novel
E. Lockhart, Delacorte Press, $22.99, 9780593899168
6. The Rose Field (The Book of Dust, Volume 3)
Philip Pullman, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $29.99, 9780593306635
7. Dog Man: Big Jim Begins
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896459
8. Spy School Blackout
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665956512
9. The First Cat in Space and the Baby Pirate's Revenge: A Graphic Novel
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), HarperAlley, $16.99, 9780063415508
10. Besties: Set Sail (The World of Click)
Kayla Miller, Jeffrey Canino, Kristina Luu (Illus.), Clarion Books, $15.99, 9780063344082
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New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA)