The Indie Bestsellers List

Published Wednesday, December 3, 2025 (for the sales week ended Sunday, November 30, 2025). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.

 

Debuts for the week:

Paperback Fiction

#12-Red Rising, by Pierce Brown (9780345539809)

 

Children’s Illustrated

#1-The Christmas Sweater, by Jan Brett (9780593533918)

 

HARDCOVER FICTION

  1. The Correspondent – Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
  2. Heart the Lover – Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
  3. The Secret of Secrets – Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
  4. Alchemised -SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
  5. Katabasis – R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $32, 9780063446243
  6. Brimstone (Deluxe Limited Edition) – Callie Hart, Forever, $33, 9781538774229
  7. The Widow – John Grisham, Doubleday, $32, 9780385548984
  8. Dog Show: Poems – Billy Collins, Pamela Sztybel (Illus.), Random House, $20, 9780593979419
  9. The Black Wolf – Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328175
  10. Dungeon Crawler Carl – Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30, 9780593820247
  11. Twice – Mitch Albom, Harper, $26.99, 9780062406682
  12. Brigands & Breadknives – Travis Baldree, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250334886
  13. What We Can Know – Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
  14. Buckeye – Patrick Ryan, Random House, $30, 9780593595039
  15. My Friends – Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820

 

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

  1. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation – Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
  2. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm – Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
  3. Bread of Angels: A Memoir – Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124
  4. Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice – Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
  5. 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
  6. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love – Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
  7. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald – John U. Bacon, Liveright, $35, 9781324094647
  8. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World – Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
  9. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This: National Book Award – Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
  10. Something from Nothing: A Cookbook – Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $37.99, 9781984826411
  11. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest – Infection – John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525556572
  1. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written – Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $20, 9781982181314
  2. The Look – Michelle Obama, Crown, $50, 9780593800706
  3. 107 Days – Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668211656
  4. Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person’s Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds – John Fugelsang, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668066898

 

PAPERBACK FICTION

  1. The God of the Woods – Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
  2. Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
  3. Remarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
  4. Good Spirits – B. K. Borison, Avon, $18.99, 9780063430402
  5. Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
  6. The Frozen River – Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
  7. I Who Have Never Known Men – Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
  8. Theo of Golden – Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512
  9. Martyr! – Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
  10. The Housemaid – Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538742570
  11. The Princess Bride Deluxe Limited Edition – William Goldman, Harper Perennial, $22, 9780063458154
  12. Red Rising- Debut – Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18, 9780345539809
  13. The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
  14. The Best American Short Stories 2025 – Celeste Ng, Nicole A. Lamy (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063399808
  15. The Lion Women of Tehran – Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594

 

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

  1. The 2026 Old Farmer’s Almanac – Old Farmer’s Almanac, $10.95, 9781961793682
  2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants – Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
  3. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century – Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
  4. I’m Glad My Mom Died – Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831
  5. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder – David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
  6. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession – Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
  7. All About Love: New Visions – bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
  8. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen – David Brooks, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593230077
  9. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma – Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
  10. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts – Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
  11. Fight Oligarchy – Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
  12. The Backyard Bird Chronicles – Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
  13. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering – Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316581509
  14. The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness – Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689
  15. A Dumb Birds Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever – Matt Kracht, Chronicle Books, $15.95, 9781797232751

 

MASS MARKET

  1. 1984 – George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
  2. Animal Farm – George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
  3. Mistborn: The Final Empire – Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
  4. The Diary of a Young Girl – Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
  5. The Left Hand of Darkness – Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
  6. The Way of Kings – Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
  7. The Name of the Wind – Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
  8. Jurassic Park – Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
  1. Slaughterhouse-Five – Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296
  1. Dune – Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340

 

EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE

  1. Impossible Creatures – Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
  2. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2) – Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, – $19.99, 9780593809907
  3. War Games – Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338736106
  4. Pocket Bear – Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362
  5. From the World of Percy Jackson: The Court of the Dead: A Nico di Angelo Adventure – Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $21.99, 9781368109116
  6. Dragonborn – Struan Murray, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217113217
  7. Winging It: A Graphic Novel – Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, – 9781338818529
  8. The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel – Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215
  9. The Bletchley Riddle – Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593527559
  1. Jingle, All the Way Home: An Advent Countdown Story – Catherine Hapka, Kathryn Selbert (Illus.), Clarion Books, $12.99, 9780063471641
  2. The Eyes and the Impossible – Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Yearling, $14.99, 9781524764234
  3. Troubling Tonsils! (Jasper Rabbit’s Creepy Tales!) – Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers – $13.99, 9781665961080
  4. Hatchet – Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
  5. A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L’Engle, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250153272
  6. The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science – Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316554831

 

YOUNG ADULT

  1. A Heart for Christmas: Advent Romance – Sophie Jomain, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $22.99 – 9781665990394
  2. Fake Skating – Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665921268
  3. The House Saphir – Marissa Meyer, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250320957
  4. Better Than the Movies – Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
  5. The Reappearance of Rachel Price – Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $14.99, 9780593374238
  6. Nothing Like the Movies – Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665947145
  7. Hekate: The Witch (Deluxe Limited Edition) – Nikita Gill, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316581820
  8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Special Edition) – Stephen Chbosky, Simon Pulse, $15.99, 9781665982412
  9. The Outsiders – S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
  10. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $18, 9780593622452
  11. What the River Knows – Isabel Ibañez, Wednesday Books, $15, 9781250408624
  12. If He Had Been with Me – Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
  13. Sisters in the Wind – Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $19.99, 9781250328533
  14. Five Survive – Holly Jackson, Ember, $14.99, 9780593374191
  15. The Book Thief – Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207

 

CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED

  1. The Christmas Sweater- Debut – Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593533918
  2. The Humble Pie – Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063469730
  3. Knight Owl’s Little Christmas – Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $8.99, 9780316587501
  4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! – Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
  5. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? – Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767
  6. Steam Train, Dream Train: Next Stop, Christmas! – Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781797227030
  7. A Dance with Santa Claus – Sandra Boynton, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316593694
  8. Goodnight Moon – Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
  9. Bluey’s Night Before Christmas – Lauren Holowaty, Kiara Hankinson (Illus.), Jemma Bayley (Illus.), Penguin Young Readers, $18.99, 9798217050864
  10. A Snow Day for Amos McGee – Philip C. Stead, Erin E. Stead (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250324733
  11. The Mitten – Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780399231094
  12. The Snowy Day – Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
  13. Little Blue Truck’s Christmas – Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780544320413
  14. The Digger and the Christmas Tree – Joseph Kuefler, HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063427396
  15. The Polar Express – Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780544580145

 

CHILDREN’S SERIES

  1. Dog Man (hardcover) – Dav Pilkey, Graphix
  2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover – Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
  3. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback) – Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press
  4. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) – Tui T. Sutherland, Jake Parker (Illus.), Scholastic
  5. I Survived (hardcover and paperback) – Lauren Tarshis, Chris Chalik (Illus.),, Scholastic
  6. InvestiGators (hardcover) – John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
  7. Spy School (hardcover and paperback) – Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
  8. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) – Mo Willems, Hyperion
  9. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) – Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
  10. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback) – Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Scholastic