The Indie Bestsellers List
Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#1-The Grey Wolf, by Louise Penny (9781250328137)
#8-The Blue Hour, by Paula Hawkins (9780063396524)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#14-Justine Cooks, by Justine Doiron (9780593582305)
Paperback Fiction
#5-The Berry Pickers, by Amanda Peters (9781646222384)
Young Adult
#4- Don’t Let the Forest In, by CG Drews (9781250895660)
#11-For She Is Wrath, by Emily Varga (9781250877383)
Children’s Illustrated
#5-Construction Site: A Thankful Night, by Sherri Duskey Rinker, Helen Morgan (Illus.) (9781797226729)
#8-The Crayons Give Thanks, by Drew Daywalt (Illus.), Oliver Jeffers (Illus.) (9780593690574)
#14-Santa’s First Christmas, by Mac Barnett, Sydney Smith (Illus.) (9780593524978)
HARDCOVER FICTION
- The Grey Wolf- Debut
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328137
- Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635
- James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
- The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
- Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30, 9780593446096
- Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031
- The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Viking, $30, 9780593489277
- The Blue Hour- Debut
Paula Hawkins, Mariner Books, $30, 9780063396524
- The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633
- The Mighty Red
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $32, 9780063277052
- Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250881205
- The Wood at Midwinter
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $16.99, 9781639734481
- All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
- Absolution
Jeff VanderMeer, MCD, $30, 9780374616595
- The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30, 9780593230381
- Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34, 9780593799895
- Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35, 9780593320969
- Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social
Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805
- War
Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster, $32, 9781668052273
- What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts)
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $35, 9781668055687
- Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35, 9780593734223
- Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
John Grisham, Jim McCloskey, Doubleday, $30, 9780385550444
- The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
- Into the Uncut Grass
Trevor Noah, Sabina Hahn (Illus.), One World, $26, 9780593729960
- Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time
for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27, 9780374611996
- Brothers
Alex Van Halen, Harper, $32, 9780063265707
- The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an
Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
- Justine Cooks: A Cookbook: Recipes (Mostly Plants) for Finding Your Way in the
Kitchen- Debut
Justine Doiron, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780593582305
- The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of
the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
PAPERBACK FICTION
- Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
- The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $17, 9781101906118
- North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
- Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
- The Berry Pickers- Debut
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384
- A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
- The Pumpkin Spice Café
Laurie Gilmore, One More Chapter, $18.99, 9780008610678
- The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296227
- The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
- The Best American Short Stories 2024
Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063275959
- The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
- Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17, 9780593468463
- The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
- The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
- The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of
Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
- All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
- The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance,
1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
- Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18, 9780593652985
- The 2025 Old Farmer’s Almanac
Old Farmer’s Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932
- The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris, Penguin, $20, 9780525560739
- The Best American Essays 2024
Wesley Morris, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351554
- Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Picador, $20, 9781250338143
- On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
- Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250849359
- The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024
Bill McKibben, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063333994
- The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
MASS MARKET
- 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
- The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
- Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
- Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
- The Shining
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657
- Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286
- The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
- Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365309
- Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE
- Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99,
9780593809860
- The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
- Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
- The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
- The Sherlock Society
James Ponti, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665932530
- The Last Dragon on Mars
Scott Reintgen, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665946513
- The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
- Out of My Dreams
Sharon M. Draper, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $18.99, 9781665949545
- Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes that Dot Our Planet
Geo Rutherford, Harry N. Abrams, $24.99, 9781419770531
- Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
- The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99,
9781524764203
- The Hotel Balzaar
Kate DiCamillo, Júlia Sardà (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536223316
- When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary
Alice Hoffman, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781338856941
- Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
- Spy School Entrance Exam: A Spy School Book of Devious Word Searches, Clever
Crosswords, Sly Sudoku, and Other Top Secret Puzzles!
Stuart Gibbs, Jeff Chen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9781665951364
YOUNG ADULT
- Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665947138
- Heir
Sabaa Tahir, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780593616949
- Powerless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
- Don’t Let the Forest In- Debut
CG Drews, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250895660
- If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
- Reckless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665955430
- Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
- Twenty-Four Seconds from Now…: A LOVE Story
Jason Reynolds, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $19.99, 9781665961271
- When the World Tips Over
Jandy Nelson, Dial Books, $21.99, 9780525429098
- Compound Fracture
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636121
- For She Is Wrath- Debut
Emily Varga, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250877383
- The Outsiders
- E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
- Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17, 9780593622452
- Immortal Dark (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Tigest Girma, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316570381
- Lightlark
Alex Aster, Amulet Paperbacks, $12.99, 9781419760877
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
- Knight Owl and Early Bird
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526
- Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
- Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
- The Bakery Dragon
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968
- Construction Site: A Thankful Night- Debut
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Helen Morgan (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797226729
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
- Construction Site: Garbage Crew to the Rescue!
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781797226552
- The Crayons Give Thanks- Debut
Drew Daywalt (Illus.), Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593690574
- Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
- Room on the Broom Special Edition
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593859926
- The Most Boring Book Ever
Brandon Sanderson, Kazu Kibuishi (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250843661
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
- Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
- Santa’s First Christmas- Debut
Mac Barnett, Sydney Smith (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593524978
- Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
CHILDREN’S SERIES
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Abrams
- Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
- The Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback)
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
- Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
- InvestiGators (hardcover)
John Patrick Green, First Second
- I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
- Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback)
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Scholastic
- The Princess in Black (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick
