The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction
For the week ending May 3, 2026
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.
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1. Heart the Lover by Lily King (Grove Press)
2. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (Transit Books)
3. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) by Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.) (New Directions)
4. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (Grove Press)
5. On the Calculation of Volume (Book IV) by Solvej Balle (New Directions)
6. The Odyssey by Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.) (Norton)
7. Molka by Monika Kim (Erewhon Books)
8. The Throne of Broken Gods: Deluxe Special Edition (Gods and Monsters #2) by Amber V. Nicole (Kensington)
9. On the Calculation of Volume (Book II) by Solvej Balle (New Directions)
10. Foster by Claire Keegan (Grove Press)
11. Mona’s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser (Europa Editions)
12. Culpability by Bruce Holsinger (Spiegel & Grau)
13. Writers & Lovers by Lily King (Grove Press)
14. The Overstory by Richard Powers (Norton)
15. The Wax Child by Olga Ravn (New Directions)
16. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 1 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
17. You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson (Button Poetry)
18. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
19. Losers: Part One: Deluxe Limited Edition by Harley Laroux (Kensington)
20. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (Europa Editions)
21. Hungerstone by Kat Dunn (Zando)
22. The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine (Grove Press)
23. No Way Home by T. C. Boyle (Liveright)
24. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (Catapult)
25. Questions 27 & 28 by Karen Tei Yamashita (Graywolf Press)
26. Witch Hat Atelier 1 by Kamome Shirahama (Kodansha Comics)
27. Three Bags Full (A Sheep Detective Story) by Leonie Swann (Soho Crime)
28. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
29. Orbital by Samantha Harvey (Grove Press)
30. Startlement: New and Selected Poems by Ada Limón (Milkweed Editions)
31. Love Overboard by Kandi Steiner (Amdell)
32. Three Bags Full (A Sheep Detective Story) by Leonie Swann (Soho Crime)
33. Go As a River by Shelley Read (Spiegel & Grau)
34. City of Rats by Copi (New Directions)
35. Good For Her (Special Edition): A Second Chance Horror Romance by Tylor Paige (Page & Vine)
36. The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau)
37. On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
38. Love & Other Monsters by Emily Franklin (David R. Godine Publisher)
39. The Eyes Are the Best Part: Deluxe Limited Edition by Monika Kim (Erewhon Books)
40. The Employees by Olga Ravn (New Directions)
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