For the week ending August 23rd, 2026, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide.
Yesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel
A traditional American woman, a "tradwife influencer", suddenly awakens in the brutal reality of 1855--where she must unravel whether this living nightmare is an elaborate hoax, a twisted reality show, or something far more sinister in this sensational debut novel. The #1 Indie Next Pick for April 2026.
Rank last week: 1
Weeks on list: 20
The Calamity Club
A bold, big-hearted novel about a group of unbreakable women, fighting for what's rightfully theirs--and the power of friendship to change everything. A May 2026 Indie Next Pick.
Rank last week: 3
Weeks on list: 16
Whistler: A Novel
The acclaimed, prize-winning #1 New York Times bestselling writer returns with a moving, luminous novel that reminds us of the sweetness and impermanence of life and the power of connection to defy time. The #1 Indie Next Pick for June 2026.
Rank last week: 2
Weeks on list: 12
The Correspondent: A Novel
A woman tries to heal old wounds and make sense of the world the only way she knows how--through letters--in this charming, laugh out loud debut novel about a life fully lived. A May 2025 Indie Next Pick.
Rank last week: 4
Weeks on list: *
Land: A Novel
The award-winning, bestselling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait returns with a soaring historical novel set in Ireland in the years before and after the Great Hunger. A June 2026 Indie Next Pick.
Rank last week: 5
Weeks on list: 12
The Poison Daughter
The must-have, true enemies-to-lovers standalone romantasy about a woman whose lips are deadly poison...until she meets the one man who can survive her kiss. A September 2026 Indie Next Pick.
Rank last week: NEW
Weeks on list: 1
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl #3)
Carl and his ex-girlfriend's cat, Princess Donut, have to team up with other contestants not just to survive, but to solve a deadly puzzle in this third, mind-twisting novel in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series.
Rank last week: 8
Weeks on list: 14
The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl #4)
Follow Carl, Princess Donut, and Mongo as they fight their way to the next level in the fourth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series—now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition!
Rank last week: 11
Weeks on list: 9
The Things We Never Say: A Novel
Elizabeth Strout's new novel tells the story of a chance incident that sparks a powerful realization in a beloved teacher's life--a poignant meditation on loneliness, friendship, parenthood, and the importance of truth in a capsizing world. A May 2026 Indie Next Pick.
Rank last week: 10
Weeks on list: 16
Cool Machine: A Novel (The Harlem Trilogy #3)
An exuberantly entertaining novel from two-time Pulitzer winner Colson Whitehead that brings to life 1980s New York. An August 2026 Indie Next Pick.
Rank last week: 9
Weeks on list: 5
Mad Mabel: A Novel
There are two kinds of people no one ever expects to be murderers: little girls and old ladies. Meet Mad Mabel. A May 2026 Indie Next Pick.
Rank last week: NEW
Weeks on list: 1
The Unknown: A Novel
In 1926, five women disappeared from a remote island in Vermont. Now, one-hundred years later, it’s happening again.
Rank last week: 6
Weeks on list: 3
Under the Falls: A Novel
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Empire Falls returns with a spellbinding page-turner about a crime in a small town that exposes long-held secrets and betrayals among a group of lifelong friends.
Rank last week: 7
Weeks on list: 2
John of John (Oprah's Book Club)
A vivid, moving novel following a young man returning to his Hebridean island home, a portrait of a father's expectations and a son's desires. A May 2026 Indie Next Pick.
Rank last week: 15
Weeks on list: 13
The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl #5)
Carl and Princess Donut refuse to be prey in the fifth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series—now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition!
Rank last week: NEW
Weeks on list: 1
Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
A riveting, intimate, and revelatory account of the most radical and consequential presidency of our time. From the two reporters who have covered him more closely than perhaps anyone else over the past decade comes this definitive portrait of Donald Trump in the White House.
Rank last week: 1
Weeks on list: 9
The Land and Its People: Essays
In this new collection, David Sedaris reflects on what it means to be a foreigner, a brother, a lifelong friend, in essays that are “among the best of his career" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Rank last week: 2
Weeks on list: 13
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
A gorgeous memoir about the sudden end to a seemingly happy marriage--an aching, love-filled, and transcendent account of surviving betrayal and discovering joy.
Rank last week: 3
Weeks on list: 32
The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in San Francisco politics to its current moment on the international stage, exploring the wild and dystopian ambition of the technocrats at its center, and offering a road map to resistance.
Rank last week: NEW
Weeks on list: 1
London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
From the bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, a spellbinding account of a family devastated by the sudden death of their nineteen-year-old-son, only to discover that he had created a secret life which drew him into the dangerous criminal underworld that lies beneath London's glittering surface. An April 2026 Indie Next Pick.
Rank last week: 4
Weeks on list: 20
Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About: A Memoir
From the social media superstar behind @SimonSits, Isabel Klee--known for her heartwarming tales of dog rescue--comes an utterly winning memoir about a twentysomething woman's search for true love in New York City and the dogs who helped her find it.
Rank last week: 6
Weeks on list: 17
What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking: Make It Fast
Substack star Caroline Chambers returns with a new cookbook offering 100 more recipes for busy people who love good food—and these can be made even faster!
Rank last week: 5
Weeks on list: 2
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world's deadliest disease.
Rank last week: 7
Weeks on list: *
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
A bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2024.
Rank last week: 12
Weeks on list: *
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
On the fiftieth anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald's sinking, the bestselling author of The Great Halifax Explosion tells the definitive story of the "Mighty Fitz."
Rank last week: 11
Weeks on list: 39
Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Through humor, sharp insights, and unapologetic defiance, this book lays out eleven essential cat-inspired strategies for resisting control and reclaiming power. Each chapter is packed with lessons that are as subversive as they are practical.
Rank last week: 10
Weeks on list: 24
Famesick: A Memoir
In this rowdy, frank reflection on illness, fame, sex and everything in between, the remarkable mind behind the hit series Girls and the bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl asks whether fulfilling her creative ambitions has been worth the pain.
Rank last week: 9
Weeks on list: 19
This Is Me: A Reckoning
Heroes and Nashville star Hayden Panettiere reclaims her story in a remarkably candid memoir.
Rank last week: NEW
Weeks on list: 1
The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love
Fourteen beloved authors celebrate the life-changing bond with their canine companions in this heartwarming essay collection edited by New York Times bestselling author and lifelong dog lover Alice Hoffman.
Rank last week: 13
Weeks on list: 24
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This: National Book Award
From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in a West that betrays its fundamental values. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick.
Rank last week: 8
Weeks on list: *
Theo of Golden: A Novel
A beautifully crafted novel about the power of creative generosity, the importance of wonder to a purposeful life, and the invisible threads of kindness that bind us to one another.
Rank last week: 1
Weeks on list: 41
Dungeon Crawler Carl
The apocalypse will be televised! Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and addictive Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman.
Rank last week: 2
Weeks on list: 34
Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl #2)
Join Carl and his ex-girlfriend's cat, Princess Donut, as they fight fantastical creatures and deadly mobs to make it to the next level and build the kind of fan following the dungeon masters can't ignore.
Rank last week: 5
Weeks on list: 3
Project Hail Mary (Movie Tie-In): A Novel
In Weir's novel, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster. Now a Major Motion Picture.
Rank last week: 4
Weeks on list: 21
The Wedding People: A Novel
In turns absurdly funny and devastatingly tender, Alison Espach’s The Wedding People is ultimately an incredibly nuanced and resonant look at the winding paths we can take to places we never imagined—and the chance encounters it sometimes takes to reroute us. The #1 August 2024 Indie Next Pick.
Rank last week: 6
Weeks on list: 4
The Odyssey
Homer’s great epic of a hero’s journey home—inspiration for the major motion picture by Christopher Nolan—in a bold, contemporary, and refreshingly readable translation.
Rank last week: 3
Weeks on list: 9
Circe
The masterful follow-up to The Song of Achilles is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world.
Rank last week: 7
Weeks on list: *
Red Rising (Red Rising Series #1)
Pierce Brown's relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.
Rank last week: 8
Weeks on list: 21
The Road to Tender Hearts: A Novel
A darkly comic and warm-hearted novel about an old man on a cross-country mission to reunite with his high school crush--bringing together his adult daughter, two orphaned kids, and a cat who can predict death.
Rank last week: 14
Weeks on list: 19
I Who Have Never Known Men
Ursula K. LeGuin meets The Road in a post-apocalyptic modern classic of female friendship and intimacy.
Rank last week: 12
Weeks on list: *
Brain Damage
From bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a biting thriller about a doctor left with a brain injury after an attempted murder. How can you survive the next attack when you can’t remember who wants you dead?
Rank last week: NEW
Weeks on list: 1
Atmosphere: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Love Story
From the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits. A June 2025 Indie Next Pick.
Rank last week: 9
Weeks on list: 11
The God of the Woods: A Novel
Moore's multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore's most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.
Rank last week: 11
Weeks on list: 43
Dolly All the Time: A GMA Book Club Pick
A hardworking single mom returns to her seaside hometown and stumbles into a fake dating situationship with a wealthy, workaholic scion, from the New York Times bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script.
Rank last week: 13
Weeks on list: 13
My Friends: A Novel
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anxious People returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger’s life twenty-five years later. The #1 Indie Next Pick for May 2025.
Rank last week: 15
Weeks on list: 5
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
The electrifying true story of a young couple shipwrecked at sea: a mind-blowing tale of obsession, survival, and partnership stretched to its limits. A July 2025 Indie Next Pick.
Rank last week: 1
Weeks on list: 7
All About Love: New Visions (Love Song to the Nation #1)
All About Love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering.
Rank last week: 3
Weeks on list: *
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.
Rank last week: 2
Weeks on list: *
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost.
Rank last week: 5
Weeks on list: *
The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence—Before It's Too Late
A short, provocative guide to what's good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification.
Rank last week: 4
Weeks on list: 9
Communion: The Female Search for Love (Love Song to the Nation #2)
Renowned visionary bell hooks explored the meaning of love in American culture with the critically acclaimed bestseller All About Love: New Visions. She continued her national dialogue with the bestselling Salvation: Black People and Love. Now hooks culminates her triumphant trilogy of love with Communion: The Female Search for Love.
Rank last week: 6
Weeks on list: 14
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
In Kitchen Confidential, Bourdain tells the wild-but-true tales of his life in the culinary trade.
Rank last week: 15
Weeks on list: 49
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by David Grann, one of our greatest nonfiction writers.
Rank last week: 8
Weeks on list: *
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Award-winning New Yorker staff writer Keefe presents a stunning and intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.
Rank last week: 13
Weeks on list: *
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Larson brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War--a slow-burning crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two.
Rank last week: 10
Weeks on list: 24
Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
From a brilliant longtime AI insider with intimate access to the world of Sam Altman's OpenAI from the beginning, an eye-opening account of arguably the most fateful tech arms race in history, reshaping the planet in real time, from the cockpit of the company that is driving the frenzy.
Rank last week: 11
Weeks on list: 14
Raising Hare: A Memoir
A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman's unlikely friendship with a wild hare.
Rank last week: 7
Weeks on list: 26
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the 20th century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.
Rank last week: 9
Weeks on list: *
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.
Rank last week: 14
Weeks on list: *
Is a River Alive?
Robert Macfarlane brings his glittering style to a profound work of travel writing, reportage, and natural history. Is a River Alive? is a joyful, mind-expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law.
Rank last week: 12
Weeks on list: 10
1984: 75th Anniversary
Rank last week: 1
Weeks on list: *
Animal Farm: 75th Anniversary Edition
Rank last week: 2
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Lord of the Flies
Rank last week: 3
Weeks on list: *
The Way of Kings: Book One of the Stormlight Archive
Rank last week: NEW
Weeks on list: *
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Rank last week: 9
Weeks on list: *
Mistborn: The Final Empire (The Mistborn Saga #1)
Rank last week: 4
Weeks on list: *
Slaughterhouse-Five (Modern Library 100 Best Novels)
Rank last week: NEW
Weeks on list: *
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
Rank last week: 5
Weeks on list: *
Dune Messiah
Rank last week: 7
Weeks on list: *
The Catcher in the Rye
Rank last week: 6
Weeks on list: *
Little Blue Truck Lost and Found
Rank last week: NEW
Weeks on list: 1
Goodnight Moon
Rank last week: 6
Weeks on list: *
The Skeleton and the Cat
Rank last week: 7
Weeks on list: 7
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Rank last week: 9
Weeks on list: *
This Book Is Seriously Silly! (A Narwhal and Jelly Picture Book #2) (A Narwhal and Jelly Book)
Rank last week: 10
Weeks on list: 2
Where the Wild Things Are: A Caldecott Award Winner
Rank last week: 6
Weeks on list: *
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?: Stamped Edges Special Edition: Classic Board Book with Stamped Edges (Brown Bear and Friends)
Rank last week: NEW
Weeks on list: 6
Don't Trust Fish
Rank last week: 7
Weeks on list: 47
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Frog and Toad Storybook Favorites: All 4 Books From the Classic Animal Friendship and Adventure Series in Hardcover, Great for Growing Reading Skills and Early Literacy Development for Kids [ages 4-8]; Value Price (I Can Read Level 2)
Rank last week: 11
Weeks on list: 2
Jamberry
Rank last week: NEW
Weeks on list: 11
Good Night, Gorilla
Rank last week: 8
Weeks on list: *
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Chicka Chicka Book, A)
Rank last week: 9
Weeks on list: 52
Dragons Love Tacos
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Little Blue Truck Board Book
Rank last week: NEW
Weeks on list: 52
Blueberries for Sal
Rank last week: 13
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Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2: From the Creator of Diary of a Wimpy Kid (The Awesome Friendly Kid Series)
Rank last week: 1
Weeks on list: 2
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
Rank last week: 2
Weeks on list: 3
Little Blue Truck Lost and Found
Rank last week: NEW
Weeks on list: 1
Warriors Graphic Novel: The New Prophecy, Part One of Three
Rank last week: 3
Weeks on list: 8
The Skeleton and the Cat
Rank last week: 7
Weeks on list: 7
Goodnight Moon
Rank last week: 6
Weeks on list: *
Heartstopper #6: A Graphic Novel
Rank last week: 4
Weeks on list: 8
InvestiGators: Weather or Not
Rank last week: 5
Weeks on list: 12
Penelope Rex vs. the New Kid (A Penelope Rex Book)
Rank last week: NEW
Weeks on list: 1
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Rank last week: 9
Weeks on list: *
The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel (The New Girl #2)
Rank last week: 8
Weeks on list: 16
Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, Part One of Three
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Rank last week: 11
Weeks on list: 20
This Book Is Seriously Silly! (A Narwhal and Jelly Picture Book #2) (A Narwhal and Jelly Book)
Rank last week: 10
Weeks on list: 2
The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel: (A Modern Visual Adaptation of Homer's Epic Tale of Greek Mythology for Young Adults)
Rank last week: 15
Weeks on list: 5
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?: Stamped Edges Special Edition: Classic Board Book with Stamped Edges (Brown Bear and Friends)
Rank last week: NEW
Weeks on list: 6
