Indie Bestsellers
The New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, November 23, 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. The Widow
John Grisham, Doubleday, $32, 9780385548984
4. Brimstone (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Callie Hart, Forever, $33, 9781538774229
5. The Black Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328175
6. The Impossible Fortune
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653258
7. The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
8. Dog Show: Poems
Billy Collins, Pamela Sztybel (Illus.), Random House, $20, 9780593979419
9. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
10. Buckeye
Patrick Ryan, Random House, $30, 9780593595039
11. Twice
Mitch Albom, Harper, $26.99, 9780062406682
12. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
13. Queen Esther
John Irving, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781501189449
14. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
15. The Strength of the Few
James Islington, S&S/Saga Press, $34, 9781982141233
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. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
5. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
John U. Bacon, Liveright, $35, 9781324094647
6. Something from Nothing: A Cookbook
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $37.99, 9781984826411
7. Dead and Alive: Essays
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593834688
8. The American Revolution: An Intimate History
Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns, Knopf, $80, 9780525658672
9. A Revolution of Common Sense: How Donald Trump Stormed Washington and Fought for Western Civilization
Scott Jennings, William Morrow, $32, 9780063472174
10. The Look
Michelle Obama, Crown, $50, 9780593800706
11. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
12. Notes on Being a Man
Scott Galloway, Simon & Schuster, $29, 9781668084359
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. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
15. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
Solvej Balle, Sophia Hersi Smith (Transl.), Jennifer Russell (Transl.), New Directions, $15.95, 9780811238397
2. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
3. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
4. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I)
Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.), New Directions, $15.95, 9780811237253
5. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
6. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538742570
7. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
8. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
9. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
10. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324123736
11. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
12. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
13. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
14. How About Now: Poems
Kate Baer, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780063306080
15. The Princess Bride Deluxe Limited Edition
William Goldman, Harper Perennial, $22, 9780063458154
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781961793682
2. An Almanac of New York City for the Year 2026
Susan Gail Johnson, Abbeville Press, $12.95, 9780789254771
3. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
4. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
5. Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
6. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
7. Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
Elyse Graham, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063280854
8. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593230077
9. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831
10. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
11. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
12. The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
Rick Atkinson, Holt Paperbacks, $23.99, 9781250231321
13. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
14. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
15. The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689
MASS MARKET
1. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
3. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
5. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
6. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Signet, $6.95, 9780451531049
7. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
8. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $10, 9780553293357
9. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
10. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Humble Pie
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063469730
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
3. If We Were Dogs
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316581721
4. Our Little Adventure at Christmas
Tabitha Paige, Paige Tate & Co, $14.99, 9781963183542
5. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767
6. A Snow Day for Amos McGee
Philip C. Stead, Erin E. Stead (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250324733
7. Baby Turkey: Finger Puppet Book
Yu-Hsuan Huang (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781797232799
8. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
9. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
10. Construction Site: A Thankful Night
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Helen Morgan (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797226729
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
2. Troubling Tonsils! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961080
3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Special Edition)
Stephen Chbosky, Simon Pulse, $15.99, 9781665982412
4. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
5. Pocket Bear
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362
6. 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
7. A Heart for Christmas: Advent Romance
Sophie Jomain, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $22.99, 9781665990394
8. Dragonborn
Struan Murray, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217113217
9. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
10. Guinness World Records Soccer Edition 2026
Guinness World Records, $15.99, 9781913484774
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, Harry N. Abrams, $15.99, 9781419782695
3. Jessi Ramsey, Pet-Sitter: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club #18) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix)
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338835656
4. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #1)
Rick Riordan, Disney Hyperion, $10.99, 9781368051477
5. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #3
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203938
6. Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $27.99, 9781546171461
7. Dog Man: Big Jim Begins
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896459
8. The Rose Field (The Book of Dust, Volume 3)
Philip Pullman, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $29.99, 9780593306635
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. InvestiGators: Case Files
John Patrick Green, Steve Behling, Chris Fenoglio (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250223227
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)