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. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed Editions)
2. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon (Liveright)
3. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books)
4. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade (Verso)
5. The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary by Terry Tempest Williams (Grove Press)
6. Another Kind of Freedom by Pema Chodron (Shambhala)
7. I’m Just a Little Guy: How to Escape the Horrors and Get Back to Dillydallying by Charlie James, Paige Tompkins (Illus.) (Quirk Books)
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. Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People’s Team by A. M. Gittlitz (Astra House)
11. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (Beacon Press)
12. Guinness World Records 2026 by Guinness World Records (Guinness World Records)
13. Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Cats by Ursula K. Le Guin (Library of America)
14. A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.) (Verso)
15. The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon (Grove Press)
16. The Secret Life of a Cemetery: The Wild Nature and Enchanting Lore of Père-Lachaise by Benoît Gallot, Daniel Casanave (Illus.) (Greystone Books)
17. Concrete Botany: The Ecology of Plants in the Age of Human Disturbance by Joey Santore (Cool Springs Press)
18. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian (Spiegel & Grau)
19. The Company of Owls: A Memoir by Polly Atkin (Milkweed Editions)
20. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Oregon State University Press)
21. How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials #3) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
22. Stuff Every Bird Lover Should Know (Stuff You Should Know #32) by Alice Sun (Quirk Books)
23. On Bullshit: Anniversary Edition by Harry G. Frankfurt (Princeton University)
24. No!: The Art and Activism of Complaining by Sara Ahmed (Feminist Press)
25. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore (Liveright)
26. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard (Liveright)
27. A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps by John Elledge (The Experiment)
28. Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur (Lawrence Hill Books)
29. Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis by Kelly Hayed (Ed.) (AK Press)
30. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5) by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
31. Tree Lore: Magic, Myth, and Wisdom from Root to Bough by Dawn Nelson (Countryman Press)
32. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade (Verso)
33. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (Liveright)
34. The End of My Life Is Killing Me: The Unexpected Joys of a Cancer Slacker by Annabelle Gurwitch (Zibby)
35. Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences by Anton Jäger (Verso)
36. How to Focus (Mindfulness Essentials #9) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
37. Constitution of the United States by Founding Fathers (Applewood Books)
38. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron (Shambhala)
39. How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
40. An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (Beacon Press)

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