Indie Bestsellers
18The New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, March 22, 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 Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
2. Kin
Tayari Jones, Knopf, $32, 9780525659181
3. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
4. Brawler: Stories
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593418420
5. Once and Again
Rebecca Serle, Atria Books, $27, 9781668025918
6. Half His Age
Jennette McCurdy, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593723739
7. More Than Enough
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $29, 9780593734605
8. Sisters in Yellow
Mieko Kawakami, Knopf, $30, 9780593537732
9. Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28, 9780374619237
10. Judge Stone
James Patterson, Viola Davis, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316579834
11. My Husband's Wife
Alice Feeney, Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar, $28.99, 9781250337818
12. Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter
Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $29, 9780593973257
13. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
14. Innamorata
Ava Reid, Del Rey, $32.99, 9780593722596
15. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318
2. A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $32, 9781984881991
3. The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love
Alice Hoffman (Ed.), Scribner, $22, 9781668209028
4. Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!
Liza Minnelli, Grand Central Publishing, $36, 9781538773666
5. Streetwise: Getting to and Through Goldman Sachs
Lloyd Blankfein, Penguin Press, $35, 9798217058921
6. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
7. Good Writing: 36 Ways to Improve Your Sentences
Neal Allen, Anne Lamott, Avery, $27, 9798217046959
8. Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $35, 9780593978023
9. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $20, 9781982181314
10. Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane
Lindy West, Grand Central Publishing, $29, 9780306831836
11. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
12. We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America
Norah O'Donnell, Kate Andersen Brower, Ballantine Books, $35, 9780593727027
13. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525556572
14. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124
15. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512
2. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
3. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
4. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
5. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254
6. Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637
7. The Long Game
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534644
8. Wuthering Heights (Movie Tie-In)
Emily Brontë, Penguin Books, $18, 9780143139140
9. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
10. Game Changer
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534620
11. Dear Debbie
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464249624
12. Heartwood
Amity Gaige, Simon & Schuster, $19, 9781668063613
13. Strange Houses
Uketsu, Jim Rion (Transl.), HarperVia, $17.99, 9780063433151
14. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
15. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21, 9780593689004
2. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $22, 9780385348768
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
4. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
5. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
6. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9798888904510
7. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831
8. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $22, 9780307279286
9. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
10. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470
11. The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18, 9781400078431
12. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
13. The Soul of a Woman
Isabel Allende, Ballantine Books, $20, 9780593355640
14. Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy
Elizabeth Beller, Gallery Books, $19.99, 9781982178970
15. Plant This, Not That: Over 200 Native Plant Swaps for a More Sustainable, Pollinator-Friendly Garden
Elise Howard, Workman Publishing Company, $22.99, 9781523525911
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
3. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
5. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
6. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345409874
7. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11, 9780553283686
8. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
9. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
J.R.R.Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339713
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Better Than a Touchdown
Jalen Hurts, Nneka Myers (Illus.), Flamingo Books, $19.99, 9798217040308
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. Good Night, Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780358229278
5. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
6. Richard Scarry's Easter Cars and Trucks
Richard Scarry, Random House Books for Young Readers, $4.99, 9798217115921
7. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977
8. If We Were Dogs
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316581721
9. Little Blue Truck's Springtime
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780544938090
10. Zohran Walks New York
Millie von Platen, Calkins Creek, $18.99, 9781662681554
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Unsettling Salad! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961110
2. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
3. The Lions' Run
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9781250392817
4. Bluey 5-Minute Stories: 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray!
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593521908
5. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
6. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
7. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
8. Phoenix
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780593859865
9. Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $19, 9798217043408
10. Sisters: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. The Hybrid Prince (Wings of Fire, Book 16)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781546129547
2. Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: Sew Much Trouble
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250359469
3. Dog Man: Big Jim Believes
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $15.99, 9781546176183
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams, $15.99, 9781419782695
5. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316581097
6. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $10.99, 9781984896391
7. The Wild Robot Escapes
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316479264
8. The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys, #1)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $5.99, 9780545912402
9. Big Nate: Code Red!
Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel Publishing, $12.99, 9798881602420
10. The Wild Robot Protects
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316669443
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)