Published Wednesday, March 12, 2025 (for the sales week ended Sunday, March 9, 2025).
Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-Dream Count, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (9780593802724)
#3-Wild Dark Shore, by Charlotte McConaghy (9781250827951)
#9-Broken Country, by Clare Leslie Hall (9781668078181)
#14-The Dream Hotel, by Laila Lalami (9780593317600)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#5-Raising Hare, by Chloe Dalton (9780593701843)
#15-The Tears of Things, by Richard Rohr (9780593735817)
Paperback Fiction
#10-The Unworthy, by Agustina Bazterrica (9781668051887)
#15-I Who Have Never Known Men, by Jacqueline Harpman (9781945492600)
Early & Middle Grade
#2-A Song for You and I, by K. O’Neill (9780593182307)
#9-Besties: Prank War, by Kayla Miller, Sarah K. Turner (Illus.) Jeffrey Canino (9780063285590)
#10-Game On!, by Kelly Leigh Miller (9781665932158)
Young Adult
#1-Oathbound, by Tracy Deonn (9781665951906)
#2-Our Infinite Fates (Deluxe Limited Edition), by Laura Steven (9781250333889)
#3-Fable for the End of the World (Deluxe Limited Edition), by Ava Reid (9780063430013)
#13-Nightweaver (Deluxe Limited Edition), by R. M. Gray (9780316583367)
#14-They Bloom at Night, by Trang Thanh Tran (9781547611119)
Children’s Illustrated
#9-Will the Pigeon Graduate?, by Mo Willems (9781454960430)
#12-Mermaids Are the Worst!, by Alex Willan (9781665962599)
Children’s Series
New: I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (I Survived), by Lauren Tarshis, Karen De la Vega (Illus.) (9781546110378)
New: Mallory and the Trouble with Twins (Baby-Sitters Club Graphix), by Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.) (9781338835618)
New: Spy Ski School the Graphic Novel (Spy School), by Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.) (9781665956604)
HARDCOVER FICTION
- James Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
- Dream Count- Debut Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $32, 9780593802724
- Wild Dark Shore- Debut Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
- The God of the Woods Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
- Onyx Storm (Standard Edition) Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649377159
- The Wedding People Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
- Small Things Like These Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
- Three Days in June Anne Tyler, Knopf, $27, 9780593803486
- Broken Country- Debut Clare Leslie Hall, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668078181
- Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition) Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781649374189
- Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
- The Women Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633
- All Fours Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
- The Dream Hotel- Debut Laila Lalami, Pantheon, $29, 9780593317600
- Swordheart Kingfisher, Bramble, $28.99, 9781250400222
On the Rise:
- The River Has Roots Amal El-Mohtar, Tordotcom, $24.99, 9781250341082
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- 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
- The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
- One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
- How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith Mariann Edgar Budde, Avery, $28, 9780593539217
- Raising Hare: A Memoir- Debut Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843
- Memorial Days: A Memoir Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780593653982
- The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
- The Message Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30, 9780593230381
- I’ll Have What She’s Having Chelsea Handler, The Dial Press, $32, 9780593596579
- The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
- Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805
- The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource Chris Hayes, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593653111
- The Little Frog’s Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet’s Beloved Mushroom Frog Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837991013
- The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage- Debut Richard Rohr, Convergent Books, $27, 9780593735817
PAPERBACK FICTION
- Funny Story Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441213
- Martyr! Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
- The Frozen River Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
- Deep End Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9780593550441
- Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182
- Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
- Orbital Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
- Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
- The Crash Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227325
- The Unworthy- Debut Agustina Bazterrica, Scribner, $18.99, 9781668051887
- The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $18, 9780525435006
- North Woods Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
- The Housemaid Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
- A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
- I Who Have Never Known Men- Debut Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
- The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
- All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
- The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
- Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution at Bohannon, Vintage, $20, 9780345806208
- Poverty, by America Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20, 9780593239933
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
- The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20, 9780143129257
- Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20, 9780307279286
- Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18, 9780593652985
- Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) Dean Spade, Verso, $15.95, 9781839762123
- Greenlights Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158
- The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017 Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
MASS MARKET
- 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
- Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
- The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
- The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
- Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
- The Exchange John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593685600
- Lord of the Flies William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803 9. Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
- Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE
- Impossible Creatures Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
- A Song for You and I: A Graphic Novel- Debut K. O’Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182307
- A Wolf Called Fire Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780063415133
- The Lost Library Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250838834
- Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
- The Squad: A Graphic Novel Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315
- Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon) Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
- The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324
- Besties: Prank War- Debut Kayla Miller, Sarah K. Turner (Illus.), Jeffrey Canino, Clarion Books, $15.99, 9780063285590
- Game On! (Cloud Puppy #2)- Debut Kelly Leigh Miller, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781665932158
- Max in the Land of Lies: A Tale of World War II Adam Gidwitz, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593112113
- Away Megan E. Freeman, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665959728
- Hatchet Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
- Bluey 5-Minute Stories: 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray! Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593521908
- The New Girl: A Graphic Novel Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
YOUNG ADULT
- Oathbound- Debut Tracy Deonn, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665951906
- Our Infinite Fates (Deluxe Limited Edition)- Debut Laura Steven, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250333889
- Fable for the End of the World (Deluxe Limited Edition)- Debut Ava Reid, HarperCollins, $24.99, 9780063430013
- Rebel Witch: The Crimson Moth: Book 2 Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250866929
- Legendborn (Indies Introduce) Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
- Powerless Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
- Better Than the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
- Heartless Hunter: The Crimson Moth: Book 1 Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250866905
- Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17, 9780593622452
- If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
- Heavenly Tyrant Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $20.99, 9780735269989
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196
- Nightweaver (Deluxe Limited Edition)- Debut R. M. Gray, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316583367
- They Bloom at Night- Debut Trang Thanh Tran, Bloomsbury YA, $19.99, 9781547611119
- Under the Same Stars Libba Bray, Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, $24.99, 9780374388942
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
- Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
- Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
- The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707
- Girls on the Rise Amanda Gorman, Loveis Wise (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593624180
- Little Blue Truck Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780358451228
- Will the Pigeon Graduate?- Debut Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454960430
- Knight Owl Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
- I Am Glinda (Little Golden Book) Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896884
- Mermaids Are the Worst!- Debut Alex Willan, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665962599
- Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
- I Am Elphaba (Little Golden Book) Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896860
- Shark Girl Kate Beaton, Roaring Brook Press, $18.99, 9781250184924
CHILDREN’S SERIES
- Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
- Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
- The Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback) Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- I Survived (hardcover and paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Karen De la Vega (Illus.), Scholastic New in Series: I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (9781546110378)
- Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hrdcover and paperback) Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix New in Series: Mallory and the Trouble with Twins (9781338835618)
- InvestiGators (hardcover) John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
- Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion
- Spy School (hardcover and paperback) Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers New in Series: Spy Ski School the Graphic Novel (9781665956604)
- The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
