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. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (Transit Books)
4. The Odyssey by Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.) (Norton)
5. Heart the Lover by Lily King (Grove Press)
6. Taiwan Travelogue: A Novel by Shuang-zi Yang (Graywolf Press)
7. Harvest Season (The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy #2) by Brynne Weaver (Slowburn)
8. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) by Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.) (New Directions)
9. The Very Definition of Love (The Bancroft Sisters) by Sophia Benoit (Slowburn)
10. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (Grove Press)
11. I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney (Zibby Publishing)
12. Stoner by John Williams (NYRB Classics)
13. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 1 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
14. Game On by Navessa Allen (Slowburn)
15. At the Edge of the Woods: A Novel by Kathryn Bromwich (Two Dollar Radio)
16. Lights Out (Into Darkness Series #1) by Navessa Allen (Slowburn)
17. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
18. The Iliad by Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.) (W. W. Norton)
19. Culpability by Bruce Holsinger (Spiegel & Grau)
20. Writers & Lovers by Lily King (Grove Press)
21. Witch Hat Atelier 1 by Kamome Shirahama (Kodansha Comics)
22. Victorian Psycho: A Novel by Virginia Feito (Liveright)
23. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (Beacon Press)
24. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (Europa Editions)
25. Nebraska by Monica Datta (Astra)
26. Foster by Claire Keegan (Grove Press)
27. The Employees by Olga Ravn (New Directions)
28. The Overstory by Richard Powers (Norton)
29. Three Bags Full (A Sheep Detective Story) by Leonie Swann (Soho Crime)
30. Down to Earth: An 831 Stories Romance by Julia Turshen (831 Stories)
31. The King in Yellow, Deluxe Edition by Robert W. Chambers (Pushkin Press)
32. You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson (Button Poetry)
33. On the Calculation of Volume (Book II) by Solvej Balle (New Directions)
34. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (Catapult)
35. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (Grove)
36. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
37. A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck (Strange Violin Editions)
38. Tourist Season (The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy #1) by Brynne Weaver (Slowburn)
39. Carmilla, Deluxe Edition: The Dark Sapphic Romance that Inspired Dracula by Sheridan Le Fanu (Pushkin Press)
40. Tata by Valérie Perrin (Europa Editions)

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