The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

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. The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau)
2. John of John by Douglas Stuart (Grove Press)
3. Heart the Lover by Lily King (Grove Press)
4. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (Transit Books)
5. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) by Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.) (New Directions)
6. The Odyssey by Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.) (Norton)
7. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (Grove Press)
8. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 1 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
9. On the Calculation of Volume (Book IV) by Solvej Balle (New Directions)
10. Three Bags Full (A Sheep Detective Story) by Leonie Swann (Soho Crime)
11. Orbital by Samantha Harvey (Grove Press)
12. Foster by Claire Keegan (Grove Press)
13. You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson (Button Poetry)
14. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
15. Mona’s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser (Europa Editions)
16. On the Calculation of Volume (Book II) by Solvej Balle (New Directions)
17. Victorian Psycho: A Novel by Virginia Feito (Liveright)
18. Writers & Lovers by Lily King (Grove Press)
19. The Wax Child by Olga Ravn (New Directions)
20. Little Red Flags by Jeanette Settembre (Regalo Press)
21. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (Beacon Press)
22. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (Grove Press)
23. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (Europa Editions)/
24. The Throne of Broken Gods: Deluxe Special Edition (Gods and Monsters #2) by Amber V. Nicole (Kensington)
25. The Overstory by Richard Powers (Norton)
26. Hungerstone by Kat Dunn (Zando)
27. Culpability by Bruce Holsinger (Spiegel & Grau)
28. Witch Hat Atelier 1 by Kamome Shirahama (Kodansha Comics)
29. Offseason: A Novel by Avigayl Sharp (Astra House)
30. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
31. Molka by Monika Kim (Erewhon Books)
32. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (Catapult)
33. Mothman Is My Boyfriend: Ten Tales of Cryptid Love and Lust by McKayla Coyle, Wendy Stephens (Illus.) (Quirk Books)
34. City of Rats by Copi (New Directions)
35. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
36. The Count of Monte Cristo (Word Cloud Classics) by Alexandre Dumas (Canterbury Classics)
37. On the Calculation of Volume (Book III) by Solvej Balle (New Directions)
38. The Eyes Are the Best Part: Deluxe Limited Edition by Monika Kim (Erewhon Books)
39. Carmilla, Deluxe Edition: The Dark Sapphic Romance that Inspired Dracula by Sheridan Le Fanu (Pushkin Press)
40. Out Law: A Dresden Files Novella by Jim Butcher (Podium Publishing)

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