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 Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate–Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books)
4. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books)
5. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore (Liveright)
6. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade (Verso)
7. The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary by Terry Tempest Williams (Grove Press)
8. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (Beacon Press)
9. A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.) (Verso)
10. Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape by Manchán Magan (Chelsea Green)
11. Go the Fuck to College (Go the Fuck to Sleep #4) by Adam Mansbach, Owen Brozman (Illus.) (Akashic Books)
12. On Democracy by Walt Whitman (Library of America)
13. The Book of Coffee: A philosophy by Julian Baggini, James Hoffmann, Mariya Suzuki (Illus.) (Mitchell Beazley)
14. The New Vegetarian: 500+ Recipes for a Lifetime of Great Meals (America Test Kitchen)
15. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Oregon State University Press)
16. Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People’s Team by A.M. Gittlitz (Astra House)
17. Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Cats by Ursula K. Le Guin (Library of America)
18. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5) by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
19. Maintenance of Everything: Part One by Stewart Brand (Stripe Press)
20. Guinness World Records 2026 by Guinness World Records (Guinness World Records)
21. Stuff Every Bird Lover Should Know (Stuff You Should Know #32) by Alice Sun (Quirk Books)
22. The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon (Grove Press)
23. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein (Liveright)
24. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl (Spiegel & Grau)
25. How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World by Ethan Tapper (Broadleaf Books)
26. Mahjong: House Rules from Across the Asian Diaspora by Nicole Wong (Hardie Grant Books)
27. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian (Spiegel & Grau)
28. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard (Liveright)
29. 52 Weekends in the Pacific Northwest: A Local’s Curated Guide to Year-Round Getaways by Kara Patajo (Sasquatch Books)
30. How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials #3) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
31. The Company of Owls: A Memoir by Polly Atkin (Milkweed Editions)
32. Another Kind of Freedom by Pema Chodron (Shambhala)
33. Hiking Zen: Train Your Mind in Nature by Phap Xa, Phap Luu (Parallax Press)
34. Tree Lore: Magic, Myth, and Wisdom from Root to Bough by Dawn Nelson (Countryman Press)
35. Constitution of the United States by Founding Fathers (Applewood Books)
36. Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe (Oni Press)
37. I’m Just a Little Guy: How to Escape the Horrors and Get Back to Dillydallying by Charlie James, Paige Tompkins (Illus.) (Quirk Books)
38. The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life by Helen Whybrow (Milkweed Editions)
39. Because of You, Mom by Kobi Yamada, Natalie Russell (Illus.) (Compendium Publishing & Communications)
40. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson (New Harbinger Publications)

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