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. The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary by Terry Tempest Williams (Grove Press)
5. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade (Verso)
6. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate–Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books)
7. Another Kind of Freedom by Pema Chodron (Shambhala)
8. On Democracy by Walt Whitman (Library of America)
9. A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.) (Verso)
10. I’m Just a Little Guy: How to Escape the Horrors and Get Back to Dillydallying by Charlie James, Paige Tompkins (Illus.) (Quirk Books)
11. Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Cats by Ursula K. Le Guin (Library of America)
12. Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape by Manchán Magan (Chelsea Green)
13. Guinness World Records 2026 by Guinness World Records (Guinness World Records)
14. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Oregon State University Press)
15. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (Beacon Press)
16. The Company of Owls: A Memoir by Polly Atkin (Milkweed Editions)
17. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5) by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
18. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian (Spiegel & Grau)
19. Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People’s Team by A. M. Gittlitz (Astra House)
20. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard (Liveright)
21. How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials #3) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
22. A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps by John Elledge (The Experiment)
23. How to Deal with Your ____ So Your Kids Don’t Have to: An Encyclopedia for Ditching Your Emotional Baggage (Parenting Book Series #4) by M.A. Harwood, LPC, Eli (Sasquatch Books)
24. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (Liveright)
25. On Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau, Hannah Arendt (Library of America)
26. No!: The Art and Activism of Complaining by Sara Ahmed (Feminist Press)
27. Stuff Every Bird Lover Should Know (Stuff You Should Know #32) by Alice Sun (Quirk Books)
28. Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences by Anton Jäger (Verso)
29. 52 Weekends in the Pacific Northwest: A Local’s Curated Guide to Year-Round Getaways by Kara Patajo (Sasquatch Books)
30. Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur (Lawrence Hill Books)
31. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore (Liveright)
32. 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)
33. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade (Verso)
34. How to Dream (Mindfulness Essentials #12) by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
35. America’s Founding Son: John Quincy Adams, from President to Political Maverick by Bob Crawford (Zando)
36. Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment by Rhae Lynn Barnes (Liveright)
37. Tree Lore: Magic, Myth, and Wisdom from Root to Bough by Dawn Nelson (Countryman Press)
38. The End of My Life Is Killing Me: The Unexpected Joys of a Cancer Slacker by Annabelle Gurwitch (Zibby)
39. How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
40. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein (Liveright)

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