Indie Bestsellers List

Published Wednesday, April 2, 2025 (for the sales week ended Sunday, March 30, 2025). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.

 

Debuts for the week:

Hardcover Fiction

#11-When the Moon Hits Your Eye, by John Scalzi (9780765389091)

#13-Elphie (Deluxe Limited Edition), by Gregory Maguire (9780063377011)

#15-Twist, by Colum McCann (9780593241738) Hardcover Nonfiction

#14-When the Going Was Good, by Graydon Carter (9780593655900) Paperback Nonfiction

#9-The Portable Feminist Reader, by Roxane Gay (Ed.) (9780143110392)

#15-There’s Always This Year, by Hanif Abdurraqib (9780593448809)

 

Children’s Illustrated

#1-Little Blue Truck and Racer Red, Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063387843

 

 

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. James Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369

2. The God of the Wood,  Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918

3. Wild Dark Shore, Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951

4. The Wedding People Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576

5. Dream Count, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $32, 9780593802724

6. Onyx Storm (Standard Edition), Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649377159

7. Iron Flame, Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172

8. Broken Country, Clare Leslie Hall, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668078181

9. The Antidote, Karen Russell, Knopf, $30, 9780593802250

10. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Stephen Graham Jones, S&S/Saga Press, $29.99, 9781668075081

11. When the Moon Hits Your Eye- Debut, John Scalzi, Tor Books, $29.99, 9780765389091

12. Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741

13. Elphie (Deluxe Limited Edition)- Debut, Gregory Maguire, William Morrow, $30, 9780063377011

14. The Women, Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633

15. Twist- Debut, Colum McCann, Random House, $28, 9780593241738

 

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Everything Is Tuberculosis (Signed Edition): The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection, John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525426059

2. 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

3. Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism, Sarah Wynn-Williams, Flatiron Books, $32.99, 9781250391230

4. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, , Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240

5. Abundance, Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668023488

6. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148

7. The Tell: A Memoir, Amy Griffin, The Dial Press, $29, 9780593731208

8. Raising Hare: A Memoir , Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843

9. Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service, Michael Lewis (Ed.), Riverhead Books, $30, 9798217047802

10. Everything Is Tuberculosis (Standard Edition): The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection, John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525556572

11. Memorial Days: A Memoir, Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780593653982

12. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030

13. The Creative Act: A Way of Being, Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886

14. When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines- Debut, Graydon Carter, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593655900

15. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones, James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292

 

PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Martyr!, Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778

2. Funny Story, Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441213

3. The Frozen River, Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070

4. Orbital, Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622

5. Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984

6. Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371

7. Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182

8. Deep End, Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9780593550441

9. North Woods, Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040

10. The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $18, 9780525435006

11. A Court of Thorns and Roses ,Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569

12. I Who Have Never Known Men, Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600

13. The Housemaid, Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570

14. The Crash, Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227325

15. The Berry Pickers, Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384

On the Rise:

17. How to Solve Your Own Murder, Kristen Perrin, Dutton, $18, 9780593474020

 

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114

2. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490

3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560

4. The Backyard Bird Chronicles, Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131

5. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession, Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456

6. All About Love: New Visions, bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470

7. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution, Cat Bohannon, Vintage, $20, 9780345806208

8. A Dumb Birds Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever, Matt Kracht, Chronicle Books, $15.95, 9781797232751

9. The Portable Feminist Reader- Debut, Roxane Gay (Ed.), Penguin Classics, $25, 9780143110392

10. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741

11. On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, Timothy Snyder, Nora Krug (Illus.), Ten Speed Graphic, $16.99, 9781984859150

12. The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017, Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651

13. The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition, Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20, 9780143129257

14. A People’s History of the United States, Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $22.99, 9780062397348

15. There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension- Debut, Hanif Abdurraqib, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593448809

 

MASS MARKET

1. 1984, George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935

2. Animal Farm. George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342

3. The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129

4. The Way of Kings, Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279

5. Mistborn: The Final Empire, Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541

6. Dune, Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340

7. Slaughterhouse-Five. Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296

8. The Exchange, John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593685600

9. It Can’t Happen Here, Sinclair Lewis, Signet, $10.99, 9780451465641

10. Lord of the Flies, William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487

 

EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE

1. Impossible Creatures, Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers,, $19.99, 9780593809860

2. A Wolf Called Fire, Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780063415133

3. A Song for You and I: A Graphic Novel, O’Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182307
4. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1, Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877

5. The Lost Library, Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250838834

6. Drama: A Graphic Novel, Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897

7. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel, Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457

8. Resist: A Story of D-Day, Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $9.99, 9781546179382

9. The One and Only Bob, Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324

10. The Squad: A Graphic Novel, Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315

11. The Bletchley Riddle, Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542

12. Besties: Prank War, Kayla Miller, Sarah K. Turner (Illus.), Jeffrey Canino, Clarion Books, $15.99, 9780063285590

13. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon), Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019

14. Smile: A Graphic Novel, Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264

15. Sisters: A Graphic Novel, Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880

 

YOUNG ADULT

1. Our Infinite Fates (Deluxe Limited Edition), Laura Steven, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250333889

2. Powerless, Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884

3. Better Than the Movies, Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637

4. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17, 9780593622452

5. Rebel Witch: The Crimson Moth: Book 2,,Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250866929

6. If Only I Had Told Her, Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728276229

7. If He Had Been with Me, Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489

8. Wings of Starlight, Allison Saft, Disney Press, $18.99, 9781368098458

9. Heartless Hunter: The Crimson Moth: Book 1, Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250866905

10. The Outsiders, E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
11. Betting on You, Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781665921244

12. Reckless, Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665955430

13. Nothing Like the Movies, Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665947138

14. All Better Now, Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781534432758

15. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207

 

CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED

1. Little Blue Truck and Racer Red- Debut, Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063387843

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. Will the Pigeon Graduate?, Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454960430

5. Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926

6. I Am Glinda (Little Golden Book), Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896884

7. Dragons Love Tacos, Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801

8. Little Blue Truck, Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780358451228

9. I Am Elphaba (Little Golden Book), Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896860

10. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905

11. Pat the Bunny, Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007

12. Dragon’s First Taco, Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178

13. Knight Owl and Early Bird, Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526

14. The Going to Bed Book, Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9780671449025

15. Knight Owl, Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628

 

CHILDREN’S SERIES

1. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback), Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press

2. Dog Man (hardcover), Dav Pilkey, Graphix

3. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback), Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic

4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover), Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams

5. The Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback), Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

6. InvestiGators (hardcover), John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second

7. I Survived (hardcover and paperback), Lauren Tarshis, Karen De la Vega (Illus.), Scholastic

8. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover), Mo Willems, Hyperion

9. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback), Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Scholastic

10. Spy School (hardcover and paperback), Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers