The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for nonfiction, 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 Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon
(Liveright)
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed Editions)
3. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books)
4. The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary by Terry Tempest Williams (Grove Press)
5. Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People’s Team by A. M. Gittlitz (Astra House)
6. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade (Verso)
7. Guinness World Records 2026 by Guinness World Records (Guinness World Records)
8. Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape by Manchán Magan (Chelsea Green)
9. On Democracy by Walt Whitman (Library of America)
10. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (Beacon Press)
11. I’m Just a Little Guy: How to Escape the Horrors and Get Back to Dillydallying by Charlie James, Paige Tompkins (Illus.) (Quirk Books)
12. Psychedelic Therapy: A Revolutionary Approach to Restoring Your Mental Health and Reclaiming Your Life by Will Van Derveer, Keith Kurlander (Shambhala)
13. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Oregon State University Press)
14. Counterweights: An Essential Practice for Holding Hope in a Heavy World by Shannan Martin (Fleming H. Revell Company)
15. A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.) (Verso)
16. Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Cats by Ursula K. Le Guin (Library of America)
17. Stuff Every Bird Lover Should Know (Stuff You Should Know #32) by Alice Sun (Quirk Books)
18. Tree Lore: Magic, Myth, and Wisdom from Root to Bough by Dawn Nelson (Countryman Press)
19. The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon (Grove Press)
20. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian (Spiegel & Grau)
21. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis (Haymarket Books)
22. The Company of Owls: A Memoir by Polly Atkin (Milkweed Editions)
23. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore (Liveright)
24. Know Your Rights: Protect Yourself and Your Community from Police, ICE, the FBI, and the Justice System by Legal Department for the Center America (Microcosm Publisher)
25. Constitution of the United States by Founding Fathers (Applewood Books)
26. Don’t Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering by Joseph Nguyen (Authors Equity)
27. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5) by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
28. Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment by Rhae Lynn Barnes (Liveright)
29. On Censorship by Ai Weiwei (Thames and Hudson)
30. The Overthinker’s Guide to Making Decisions: How to Make Decisions without Losing Your Mind by Joseph Nguyen (Authors Equity)
31. On Bullshit: Anniversary Edition by Harry G. Frankfurt (Princeton University)
32. Cognitive Kin: How to Work, Win, and Make Meaning with Agentic AI by Christophe Kolb, Jan Rosen (Ideapress Publishing)
33. How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials #3) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
34. The Secret Life of a Cemetery: The Wild Nature and Enchanting Lore of Père-Lachaise by Benoît Gallot, Daniel Casanave (Illus.) (Greystone Books)
35. The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books)
36. How to Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future! by Danny Caine (Microcosm Publishing)
37. Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis by Kelly Hayed (Ed.) (AK Press)
38. Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books)
39. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein (Liveright)
40. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade (Verso)

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