The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for fiction, 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. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed Editions)
3. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade (Verso)
4. Guinness World Records 2026 by Guinness World Records (Guinness World Records)
5. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (Beacon Press)
6. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore (Liveright)
7. One Aladdin Two Lamps, Jeanette Winterson (Grove Press)
8. Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis by Kelly Hayes (Ed.)  (AK Press)
9. Winter: The Story of a Season by Val McDermid (Atlantic Monthly Press)
10. A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.) (Verso)
11. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard (Liveright)
12. Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur (Lawrence Hill Books)
13. A Black Queer History of the United States, C.Riley Snorton, Darius Bost (ReVisioning History)
14. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Oregon State University Press)
15. The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions by Larry Mitchell, Ned Asta (Illus.)  (Nightboat Books)
16. H is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald (Grove Press)
17. How to Dream (Mindfulness Essentials #12) by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
18. The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast by S.H. Fernando, Jr. (Astra House)
19. How to Love (Hardcover Gift Edition (Mindfulness Essentials #13) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
20. Don’t Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering by Joseph Nguyen (Authors Equity)
21. I Deliver Parcels in Beijing, Hu AnYan (Astra House)
22. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5) by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
23. The Overthinker’s Guide to Making Decisions: How to Make Decisions without Losing Your Mind (Books By Joseph Nguyen)
24. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian (Spiegel & Grau)
25. Constitution of the United States by Founding Fathers (Applewood Books)
26. On Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau, Hannah Arendt (Library of America)
27. Maintenance of Everything: Part One, Stewart Brand (Stripe Press)
28. On Bullshit: Anniversary Edition by Harry G. Frankfurt (Princeton University Press)
29. Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Cats by Ursula K. Le Guin (Library of America)
30. The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein (Liveright)
31.The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon (Grove Press)
32. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement , Angela Y. Davis (Haymarket Books)
33. Manifest: 7 Steps to Living Your Best Life by Roxie Nafousi (Chronicle Prism)
34. Stop, in the Name of God by Charlie Kirk (Winning Team Publishing)
35. How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials #3) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
36. Hiking Zen: Train Your Mind in Nature, Phap Xa, Phap Luu (Parallax Press)
37. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron (Shambhala)
38. Devouring Time: Jim Harrison, a Writer’s Life, Todd Goddard (Blackstone Publishing)
39. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (Liveright)
40. The Company of Owls: A Memoir, Polly Atkin (Milkweed)

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