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. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books)
3. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books)
4. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore (Liveright)
5. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade (Verso)
6. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (Beacon Press)
8. The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary by Terry Tempest Williams (Grove Press)
9. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Oregon State University Press)
10. Go the Fuck to College (Go the Fuck to Sleep #4) by Adam Mansbach, Owen Brozman (Illus.) (Akashic Books)
11. A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.) (Verso)
12. Another Kind of Freedom by Pema Chodron (Shambhala)
13. On Democracy by Walt Whitman (Library of America)
14. Guinness World Records 2026 by Guinness World Records (Guinness World Records)
15. Metropolitans: New York Baseball, Class Struggle, and the People’s Team by A.M. Gittlitz (Astra House)
16. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5) by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
17. Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old by Mary Beard (University of Chicago Press)
18. The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon (Grove Press)
19. How to Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future! by Danny Daine (Microcosm)
20. Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape by Manchán Magan (Chelsea Green)
21. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard (Liveright)
22. Stuff Every Bird Lover Should Know (Stuff You Should Know #32) by Alice Sun (Quirk Books)
23. Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Cats by Ursula K. Le Guin (Library of America)
24. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron (Shambhala)
25. A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps by John Elledge (The Experiment)
26. I’m Just a Little Guy: How to Escape the Horrors and Get Back to Dillydallying by Charlie James, Paige Tompkins (Illus.) (Quirk Books)
27. The Company of Owls: A Memoir by Polly Atkin (Milkweed Editions)
28. Don’t Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering by Joseph Nguyen (Authors Equity)
29. Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur (Lawrence Hill Books)
30. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein (Liveright)
31. The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast by S.H. Fernando, Jr. (Astra House)
32. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl (Spiegel & Grau)
33. H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald (Grove Press)
34. Yuppies: The Bankers, Lawyers, Joggers, and Gourmands Who Conquered New York by Dylan Gottlieb (Harvard University Press)
35. How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials #3) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
36. 52 Weekends in the Pacific Northwest: A Local’s Curated Guide to Year-Round Getaways by Kara Patajo (Sasquatch Books)
37. Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences by Anton Jäger (Verso)
38. Maintenance of Everything: Part One by Stewart Brand (Stripe Press)
39. How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
40. Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis by Kelly Hayes (AK Press)

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