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 Odyssey by Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.) (W.W. Norton)
2. The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau)
3. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (Transit Books)
4. The Iliad by Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.) (W.W. Norton)
5. Heart the Lover by Lily King (Grove Press)
6. John of John by Douglas Stuart (Grove Press)
7. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 1 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
8. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (Grove Press)
9. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) by Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.) (New Directions)
10. I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney (Zibby Publishing)
11. Taiwan Travelogue: A Novel by Shuang-zi Yang (Graywolf Press)
12. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
13. Stoner by John Williams (NYRB Classics)
14. Lights Out (Into Darkness Series #1) by Navessa Allen (Slowburn)
15. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
16. We Were Forbidden by Jacqueline Harpman (Transit)
17. Harvest Season (The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy #2) by Brynne Weaver (Slowburn)
18. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (Beacon Press)
19. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
20. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (Catapult)
21. Game On by Navessa Allen (Slowburn)
22. The Odyssey by Homer (University of Chicago Press)
23. Writers & Lovers by Lily King (Grove Press)
24. The Summer Book by Tove Jansson (NYRB)
25. The Employees by Olga Ravn (New Directions)
26. The Very Definition of Love (The Bancroft Sisters) by Sophia Benoit (Slowburn)
27. Witch Hat Atelier 1 by Kamome Shirahama (Kodansha Comics)
28. Foster by Claire Keegan (Grove Press)
29. Three Bags Full (A Sheep Detective Story) by Leonie Swann (Soho Crime)
30. Culpability by Bruce Holsinger (Spiegel & Grau)
31. The Overstory by Richard Powers (Norton)
32. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (Europa Editions)
33. At the Edge of the Woods: A Novel by Kathryn Bromwich (Two Dollar Radio)
34. Astronaut! by Oana Aristide (W. W. Norton)
35. Hungerstone by Kat Dunn (Zando)
36. The Wax Child by Olga Ravn (New Directions)
37. The King in Yellow, Deluxe Edition by Robert W. Chambers (Pushkin Press)
38. Carmilla, Deluxe Edition: The Dark Sapphic Romance that Inspired Dracula by Sheridan Le Fanu (Pushkin Press)
39. Tourist Season (The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy #1) by Brynne Weaver (Slowburn)
40. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)

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