Indie Bestsellers
The New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, September 7, 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. Katabasis (Deluxe Limited Edition)
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $35, 9780063021471
2. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715
3. Buckeye
Patrick Ryan, Random House, $30, 9780593595039
4. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
5. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
6. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
7. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
8. The Emperor of Gladness
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593831878
9. The Hallmarked Man
Robert Galbraith, Mulholland Books, $40, 9780316586009
10. The River Is Waiting
Wally Lamb, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $29.99, 9781668006399
11. Audition
Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593852323
12. Broken Country
Clare Leslie Hall, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668078181
13. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
14. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
15. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
V. E. Schwab, Tor Books, $29.99, 9781250320520
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $30, 9781668094716
2. 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
3. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525556572
4. The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces
Seth Harp, Viking, $30, 9780593655085
5. Abundance
Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668023488
6. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
7. The Little Frog's Guide to Life: Love, Advice and Inspiration for Every Day from the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837994731
8. Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America
Robert B. Reich, Knopf, $30, 9780593803288
9. Baldwin: A Love Story
Nicholas Boggs, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $36, 9780374178710
10. Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run
Peter Ames Carlin, Doubleday, $30, 9780385551533
11. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
12. I Regret Almost Everything: A Memoir
Keith McNally, Gallery Books, $29.99, 9781668017647
13. The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990
Jonathan Mahler, Random House, $32, 9780525510635
14. The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life
Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $30, 9780593734636
15. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
2. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
3. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
4. The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Penguin, $19, 9780593489291
5. Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593446119
6. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
7. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
8. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593422953
9. Sandwich
Catherine Newman, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780063345171
10. Sunburn
Chloe Michelle Howarth, Melville House, $19.99, 9781685892111
11. There Are Rivers in the Sky
Elif Shafak, Vintage, $19, 9780593687567
12. All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker, Crown, $19, 9780593798898
13. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
14. The Surrogate Mother
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227301
15. The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668045152
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
2. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
4. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
5. The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781961793682
6. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
7. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257
8. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
9. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
10. The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781668065969
11. Sociopath: A Memoir
Patric Gagne, Ph.D., Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781668003190
12. Educated: A Memoir
Tara Westover, Random House, $20, 9780399590528
13. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20, 9780307279286
14. Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Anne Applebaum, Vintage, $18, 9780593471203
15. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
2. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
3. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
4. The Fall of Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Bantam, $10, 9780553288209
5. Mythology
Edith Hamilton, Grand Central, $10.99, 9780446574754
6. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11, 9780553283686
7. The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare, S&S, $6.99, 9780743477567
8. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296
9. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
10. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Hansel and Gretel
Stephen King, Maurice Sendak (Illus.), HarperCollins, $26.99, 9780062644695
2. Troubling Tonsils!
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961080
3. You're My Little Star
Eric Carle, Little Simon, $8.99, 9781665984393
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. Indestructibles: Baby Loves Fall
Workman Publishing, Workman Kids, $5.99, 9781523528783
6. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
7. Richard Scarry's Halloween Cars and Trucks
Richard Scarry, Random House Books for Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593905166
8. Barnyard Dance!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665924955
9. Little Blue Truck and Racer Red
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063387843
10. It's Halloween, Curious George!
H.A. Rey, Clarion Books, $7.99, 9780063386334
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. We Were Liars (Deluxe Edition)
E. Lockhart, Delacorte Press, $14.99, 9798217118076
2. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
3. By Invitation Only
Alexandra Brown Chang, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $19.99, 9781665972437
4. Hurricane Heist (The Sherlock Society #2)
James Ponti, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665932561
5. A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250153272
6. Glorious Rivals
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $20.99, 9780316481311
7. The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby: Color Edition
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338687859
8. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, HarperCollins, $10.99, 9780064400558
9. Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536214352
10. Space Case The Graphic Novel
Stuart Gibbs, Ward Jenkins (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665934817
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Fearful: A Powerless Story (The Powerless Trilogy)
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781665971072
2. Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $27.99, 9781546171461
3. Dory Fantasmagory
Abby Hanlon, Dial Books, $7.99, 9780147510679
4. The Summer I Turned Pretty (Deluxe Edition)
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781665983235
5. Karen's Ghost: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister, #11)
Ann M. Martin, DK Yingst (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781339005102
6. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117
7. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $10.99, 9781984896391
8. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $9.99, 9781368051477
9. Dog Man: Big Jim Begins
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896459
10. The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316003957
Other Regional Bestseller Lists:
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Midwest Independent Booksellers Association (MIBA)
Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association (MPIBA)
New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA)