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 Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate–Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books)
5. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade (Verso)
6. The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary by Terry Tempest Williams (Grove Press)
7. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (Beacon Press)
8. A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.) (Verso)
9. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Oregon State University Press)
10. Maintenance of Everything: Part One by Stewart Brand (Stripe Press)
11. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5) by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
12. Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People’s Team by A.M. Gittlitz (Astra House)
13. No Contact: Writers on Estrangement ed. by Jenny Bartoy (Catapult)
14. On Democracy by Walt Whitman (Library of America)
15. Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape by Manchán Magan (Chelsea Green)
16. Guinness World Records 2026 by Guinness World Records (Guinness World Records)
17. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books)
18. Protest: Respect It Defend It Use It by Annie Leonard, Andre Carothers (Patagonia)
19. I’m Just a Little Guy: How to Escape the Horrors and Get Back to Dillydallying by Charlie James, Paige Tompkins (Illus.) (Quirk Books)
20. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard (Liveright)
21. A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps by John Elledge (The Experiment)
22. Another Kind of Freedom by Pema Chodron (Shambhala)
23. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron (Shambhala)
24. How to Dream (Mindfulness Essentials #12) by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
25. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian (Spiegel & Grau)
26. Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Cats by Ursula K. Le Guin (Library of America)
27. The Company of Owls: A Memoir by Polly Atkin (Milkweed Editions)
28. The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon (Grove Press)
29. Stuff Every Bird Lover Should Know (Stuff You Should Know #32) by Alice Sun (Quirk Books)
30. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.) (Milkweed Editions)
31. How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
32. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein (Liveright)
33. Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe (Oni Press)
34. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore (Liveright)
35. How to Focus (Mindfulness Essentials #9) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
36. 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 Publishing)
37. The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life by Helen Whybrow (Milkweed Editions)
38. Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences by Anton Jäger (Verso)
39. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (Liveright)
40. Concrete Botany: The Ecology of Plants in the Age of Human Disturbance by Joey Santore (Cool Springs Press)

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