Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for fiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksellers Association. Compiled, designed, and distributed by The Independent Publishers Caucus. 1. Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature by Emily Wilson (Liveright) 2.
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed) 3. The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State by Jill Lepore (Liveright) 4. Guinness World Records 2027 by Guinness World Records 5.
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made by Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Liveright) 7. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books) 8.
With Her Own Hands: Women Weaving Their Stories by Nicole Nehrig (W. I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu AnYan (Astra House) 10. Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach (W.W.
The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss by Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris (W.W. Chasing the Headless Horseman: The History, Hijinks, and Halloweens of the Real Sleepy Hollow by J.W. Ocker (Countryman Press) 13.
Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter: A Memoir From the Child of a Mail-Order Bride by Katya Suvorova (Alcove Press) 14. Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane (W.W. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian (Spiegel & Grau) 16.
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