Indie Bestsellers
The New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, June 7, 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. Whistler
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063511637
2. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce)
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593804216
3. Land
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593320648
4. The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812
5. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28.00, 9780593798430
6. The Midnight Train
Matt Haig, Viking, $30.00, 9780593833377
7. Our Perfect Storm
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $30.00, 9780593953242
8. The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $29.00, 9798217154746
9. John of John
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802167194
10. Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It
Brooke Averick, Crown, $28.00, 9798217088263
11. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802165176
12. Go Gentle
Maria Semple, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $30.00, 9798217176632
13. This Book Made Me Think of You
Libby Page, Berkley, $30.00, 9798217186990
14. Road Trip
Mary Kay Andrews, St. Martin's Press, $30.00, 9781250372888
15. The Unicorn Hunters
Katherine Arden, Del Rey, $30.00, 9780593128282
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Land and Its People: Essays
David Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316264839
2. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30.00, 9780593733318
3. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533
4. Famesick: A Memoir
Lena Dunham, Random House, $32.00, 9780593129326
5. View from the East Wing: A Memoir
Jill Biden, Gallery Books, $32.00, 9781668222881
6. Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About: A Memoir
Isabel Klee, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063451070
7. All We Say: The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches
Ben Rhodes, Random House, $35.00, 9780593595121
8. Liar's Kingdom: How to Stop Trump's Deceit and Save America
Andrew Weissmann, Little, Brown and Company, $29.00, 9780316601306
9. Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Simon Six, $26.00, 9781668249970
10. The Hero Next Door: Stories of Patriotism and Purpose
Martha Raddatz, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $32.00, 9781668093801
11. 1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World
Liaquat Ahamed, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9781594204173
12. The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love
Alice Hoffman (Ed.), Scribner, $22.00, 9781668209028
13. How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at Stanford University
Theo Baker, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593832837
14. Trudeau & Doonesbury: A Biography: The Cartoonist Who Turned the News into Art
Joshua Kendall, Abrams Press, $35.00, 9781419776113
15. Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $30.00, 9781668094716
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. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9798217299461
4. The Deal
Elle Kennedy, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781775293934
5. Angel Down
Daniel Kraus, Atria Books, $18.00, 9781668068519
6. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
7. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19.00, 9780593418925
8. The Divorce
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $18.99, 9781464249631
9. Great Big Beautiful Life
Emily Henry, Berkley, $20.00, 9780593441237
10. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $20.00, 9780593685778
11. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
12. Taiwan Travelogue
Shuang-zi Yang, Graywolf Press, $18.00, 9781644453155
13. The Score (Off-Campus)
Elle Kennedy, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781775293958
14. Dolly All the Time
Annabel Monaghan, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $20.00, 9780593853979
15. The Names
Florence Knapp, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780593833926
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. A Resistance History of the United States
Tad Stoermer, Steerforth, $19.95, 9781586424367
2. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21.00, 9780593689004
3. Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home
Stephen Starring Grant, Simon & Schuster, $19.00, 9781668018057
4. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate--Discoveries from a Secret World
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $18.95, 9781771643771
5. 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
6. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060959470
7. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22.00, 9781571313560
8. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
9. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951
10. The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400078431
11. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490
12. Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America
Russell Shorto, W. W. Norton & Company, $21.99, 9781324130581
13. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
14. A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps
Jonn Elledge, The Experiment, $18.95, 9798893030822
15. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard, Liveright, $18.99, 9781631492228
MASS MARKET
1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935
3. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451526342
5. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
6. Nine Stories
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316769501
7. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
8. Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $6.99, 9780743477116
9. The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka, Bantam Classics, $6.95, 9780553213690
10. Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte, Bantam Classics, $6.99, 9780553211405
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274
2. It's My Bird-Day!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454999621
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
4. Sing the 50 United States!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217228560
5. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books (Illus.), Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
7. Good Night, Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780358229278
8. The Going to Bed Book
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9780671449025
9. Bath Time!
Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illus.), Boynton Bookworks, $9.99, 9781665925204
10. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?: Stamped Edges Special Edition
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $10.99, 9781250445506
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
2. The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338762488
3. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
4. Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665947145
5. Wombat Waiting
Katherine Applegate, Storytide, $19.99, 9780063221178
6. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780375842207
7. The Summer of Second Chances (Deluxe Edition)
K. L. Walther, Sourcebooks Fire, $14.99, 9781464219177
8. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312
9. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, HarperCollins, $10.99, 9780064400558
10. Odder: The Novel
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250423429
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. InvestiGators: Weather or Not
John Patrick Green, First Second, $12.99, 9781250357915
2. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339016580
3. Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: Sew Much Trouble
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250359469
4. Dawn on the Coast: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club #19)
Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546135548
5. Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy)
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665954891
6. Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $27.99, 9781546171461
7. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $12.99, 9781524714758
8. Mockingjay (The Final Book of the Hunger Games)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545788298
9. Dragon Tales (A Friend for Dragon, Dragon Gets By, and Dragon's Fat Cat)
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic, $14.99, 9798225008253
10. InvestiGators
John Patrick Green, First Second, $12.99, 9781250219954
Other Regional Bestseller Lists:
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Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association (GLIBA)
Midwest Independent Booksellers Association (MIBA)
Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association (MPIBA)
New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA)