Indie Bestsellers
The New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, August 30, 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. The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812
2. Whistler
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063511637
3. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce)
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593804216
4. Big Little Truths
Liane Moriarty, Crown, $34.00, 9780593798638
5. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28.00, 9780593798430
6. Cool Machine (The Harlem Trilogy #3)
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385550505
7. Under the Falls
Richard Russo, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593805107
8. Life of M
Rachel Cusk, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.00, 9780374618384
9. Land
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593320648
10. Etna
Paul Yoon, Scribner, $28.00, 9781668020821
11. The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $29.00, 9798217154746
12. John of John
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802167194
13. Country People
Daniel Mason, Random House, $30.00, 9798217197453
14. The Shampoo Effect
Jenny Jackson, Pamela Dorman Books, $30.00, 9798217059959
15. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802165176
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State
Jill Lepore, Liveright, $29.99, 9781324098423
2. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533
3. Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Simon & Schuster, $34.00, 9781668067246
4. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30.00, 9780593733318
5. The Land and Its People: Essays
David Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316264839
6. Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About: A Memoir
Isabel Klee, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063451070
7. Famesick: A Memoir
Lena Dunham, Random House, $32.00, 9780593129326
8. The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
Gil Durán, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668221402
9. Guinness World Records 2027
Guinness World Records, Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781806500253
10. This Is Me: A Reckoning
Hayden Panettiere, Grand Central Publishing, $30.00, 9781538773420
11. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20.00, 9781668072240
12. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593804148
13. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
14. Vagabond: A Memoir
Tim Curry, Grand Central Publishing, $32.00, 9780306835841
15. Biological War: A Scenario
Annie Jacobsen, Dutton, $33.00, 9798217046034
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. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Holt Paperbacks, $18.99, 9781250899552
4. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19.00, 9780593418925
5. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $19.99, 9780316556323
6. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl #2)
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $21.00, 9780593820278
7. The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), Norton, $18.95, 9780393356250
8. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9798217299461
9. East of Eden
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $25.00, 9780142004234
10. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18.00, 9780593597040
11. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
12. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781982112837
13. Dolly All the Time
Annabel Monaghan, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $20.00, 9780593853979
14. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $20.00, 9780593685778
15. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060899226
2. A Marriage at Sea (Indies Introduce)
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $20.00, 9780593854297
3. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456
4. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490
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. Salt
Mark Kurlansky, Penguin, $19.00, 9780142001615
8. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $22.00, 9780385348768
9. Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
Karen Hao, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780593657522
10. Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi, Pantheon, $18.00, 9780375714573
11. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060959470
12. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $23.00, 9780307279286
13. Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times: How to Reclaim Your Power, Fight for Freedom, and Reimagine Democracy
Skye Perryman, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9798217273997
14. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah, One World, $22.00, 9780399588198
15. 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
MASS MARKET
1. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $13.00, 9780399501487
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935
3. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451526342
4. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
6. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $10.99, 9780440180296
7. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
8. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
9. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
10. Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553208849
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Little Blue Truck Lost and Found
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063436121
2. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
3. Fall Days with Frog and Toad
Arnold Lobel, Arnold Lobel (Illus.), HarperCollins, $9.99, 9780063495982
4. Moo, Baa, La La La!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9780671449018
5. Hey! Look at You!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $9.99, 9781665953160
6. Busy New York: Push Pull Slide (Busy Books)
Campbell Books, Campbell Books, $9.99, 9781035058365
7. Kindergarten Gets Ready
Naomi Danis, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316581134
8. You're My Little Star: A Touch-and-Feel Book (The World of Eric Carle)
Eric Carle, Little Simon, $8.99, 9781665984393
9. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
10. Coat of Many Colors: 10th Anniversary Edition
Dolly Parton, Brooke Boynton-Hughes (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $20.99, 9798217140640
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2: From the Creator of Diary of a Wimpy Kid (The Awesome Friendly Kid Series)
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams, $15.99, 9781419788109
2. The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338762488
3. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544336261
4. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
5. The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
6. The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel
Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763642686
7. The Baby-sitters Club Fan Edition: Baby-sitter Summer
Ann M. Martin, et al., Scholastic Inc., $14.99, 9781546171379
8. Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
9. Odder: The Novel
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250423429
10. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokemon)
Scholastic, Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press
2. InvestiGators
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
3. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Graphix
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
5. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
6. I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Brian Churilla (Illus.), Scholastic
7. Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? (Who Was/Is...?)
Bonnie Bader, Penguin Workshop
8. Warriors Graphic Novels
Erin Hunter, Gibson Twist, Sammy Savos (Illus.), HarperAlley
9. Little Golden Book
Christy Webster, Ernie Kwait (Illus.), Random House
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
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)