Indie Bestsellers
The New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, October 25, 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. Miss Wolcott's Ghost (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #21)
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30.00, 9781250412607
2. Peck & Peck
Bonnie Garmus, Scribner, $30.00, 9781668251065
3. The Pirate Queen
Ariel Lawhon, Doubleday, $32.00, 9780385550345
4. The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812
5. American Hagwon
Min Jin Lee, Cardinal, $36.00, 9781538752036
6. Exit Party
Emily St.John Mandel, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593321461
7. The Disappearers
Marlon James, Riverhead Books, $32.00, 9780593717202
8. The Witch (Deluxe Edition)
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $29.99, 9781464249648
9. Mad Mabel
Sally Hepworth, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250284549
10. Threshing Day (Wing and Claw Collection) (The Empyrean)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $24.99, 9781682818084
11. Music Against the Night
Yiyun Li, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29.00, 9780374613051
12. Hollywood, Ending
John Green, Dutton Books, $32.00, 9780525426073
13. Whistler
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063511637
14. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce)
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593804216
15. Hollow Bones
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine Books, $34.00, 9780593726259
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Simply Ina: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $40.00, 9780593234174
2. The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $34.00, 9780316603782
3. Ottolenghi Simple Too: A Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi, Ten Speed Press, $45.00, 9781984860088
4. The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $38.00, 9780525562238
5. Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up
David Byrne, Penguin Press, $36.00, 9780593655276
6. Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State
Michael Lewis, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324131656
7. End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World
Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $32.00, 9780374621384
8. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533
9. The Steps: A Memoir
Sylvester Stallone, William Morrow, $32.50, 9780063443914
10. Fictional Selves: A Memoir
Kyle MacLachlan, Crown, $34.00, 9798217086320
11. One Helluva Ride
Michael Douglas, Grand Central Publishing, $35.00, 9781538782224
12. The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
Gil Durán, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668221402
13. The Lost Kitchen Volume 3: Seize the Supper
Erin French, Celadon Books, $40.00, 9781250369628
14. Roll the Calls: A Memoir
Ari Emanuel, Knopf, $35.00, 9798217209347
15. An Unexpected Life: A Memoir
Gloria Steinem, Random House, $30.00, 9780593978177
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. East of Eden
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $25.00, 9780142004234
4. Fruit Fly
Josh Silver, Crooked Lane Books, $19.99, 9798892426374
5. May We Feed the King
Rebecca Perry, Transit Books, $18.95, 9798893380620
6. Brother of the More Famous Jack
Barbara Trapido, NYRB Classics, $17.95, 9798896230779
7. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19.00, 9780593418925
8. Bound and Unbound: A paranormal novella duology
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20.00, 9798217192359
9. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $21.00, 9781250178640
10. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18.00, 9780593597040
11. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl #2)
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $21.00, 9780593820278
12. Red Rising
Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780345539809
13. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $18.99, 9781250828019
14. The Road to Tender Hearts
Annie Hartnett, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593873465
15. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060959470
2. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060899226
3. Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature
Emily Wilson, Liveright, $19.99, 9781324099406
4. The Place of Tides
James Rebanks, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063434165
5. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22.00, 9781571313560
6. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490
7. Scream with Me: Horror Films and the Rise of American Feminism (1968-1980)
Eleanor Johnson, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781668087640
8. Things in Nature Merely Grow
Yiyun Li, Picador, $18.00, 9781250437976
9. Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous (Submitted by Anonymous)
Gillian Anderson, Abrams Press, $18.00, 9781419777301
10. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20.00, 9781101910177
11. Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi, Pantheon, $18.00, 9780375714573
12. World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $22.00, 9780062802767
13. You Don't Need a Smartphone: A Practical Guide to Downgrading Your Phone and Upgrading Your Life
August Lamm, Vintage, $21.00, 9798217009077
14. Focused & Fearless Leadership: Preventing the Crisis Before It Starts
Melissa Godwin Overton, Overton Experience, $19.95, 9798995277101
15. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24.00, 9780143129257
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451526342
3. Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553208849
4. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $13.00, 9780399501487
5. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
6. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
7. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11.00, 9780553283686
8. The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka, Bantam Classics, $7.99, 9780553213690
9. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553577129
10. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
2. Gruffalo Granny
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $19.99, 9798217238736
3. The Skeleton and the Cat
Brandon James Scott, HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063455887
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
5. Don't Trust Fish
Neil Sharpson, Dan Santat (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780593616673
6. Richard Scarry's Lowly Worm Saves Halloween! (Lowly Worm Saves the Holidays)
Richard Scarry, Random House Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9798217116911
7. I Wonder If I'm Growing
Raffi, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Tundra Books, $19.99, 9781774888858
8. The Little Book With No Pictures
B.J. Novak, Rocky Pond Books, $10.99, 9798217242597
9. If We Were Dogs
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316581721
10. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780544772533
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Trust Fall
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9798347100217
2. Building 903
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063515109
3. Camp Half-Blood: From the World of Percy Jackson: The Wild Zone
Rick Riordan, Annabelle Oh, Random House Books for Young Readers, $20.99, 9798217445981
4. Marionetta, Volume 1
Míriam Bonastre Tur, Ink Pop, $18.99, 9798217032846
5. Licorice
Kara LaReau, Kelly Murphy (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781546185949
6. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokemon)
Scholastic, Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
7. Fake Skating
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665921275
8. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544336261
9. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell (Illus.), Harper, $9.99, 9780062682826
10. The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Fight or Flight (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #21)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books, $15.99, 9781419782701
2. Baby-sitters on Board!: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-sitters Club Super Special #1)
Raina Telgemeier (Illus.), Graphix, $16.99, 9781546174363
3. Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2: From the Creator of Diary of a Wimpy Kid (The Awesome Friendly Kid Series)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books, $15.99, 9781419788109
4. Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781546171607
5. Emmie & Friends: Seriously, Celia?: A Graphic Novel
Terri Libenson, Storytide, $15.99, 9780063481404
6. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339016580
7. Karen's New Year: A Graphic Novel (Baby-sitters Little Sister #13) (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphix)
DK Yingst (Illus.), Ann M. Martin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781546135401
8. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #1)
Rick Riordan, Disney Hyperion, $10.99, 9781368051477
9. Wildwood (The Wildwood Chronicles, Book I)
Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $11.99, 9780062024701
10. Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $14.99, 9780545586177
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)