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)
2. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon (Liveright)
3. The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss by Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris (W.W. Norton)
4. Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane (W.W. Norton)
5. No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism by Jared Huffman (W. W. Norton)
6. This Is The Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy by Ben Wikler (W. W. Norton)
7. The Success Lie: Reframing Your Reality to Thrive Personally and Professionally by Chantell Preston (Resolve Editions)
8. A Resistance History of the United States by Tad Stoermer (Steerforth)
9. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian (Spiegel & Grau)
10. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books)
11. The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail by Eric Jay Dolin (Liveright)
12. Triage by Claudia Rankine (Graywolf Press)
13. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (Beacon Press)
14. The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life by Helen Whybrow (Milkweed Editions)
15. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard (Liveright)
16. A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.) (Verso)
17. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5) by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
18. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade (Verso)
19. Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences by Anton Jäger (Verso)
20. Don’t Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering by Joseph Nguyen (Authors Equity)
21. The Scenic Route: Following My Inner Compass Across 12 Countries in 12 Months by Sarah Aviram (Amplify Publishing)
22. The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon (Grove)
23. Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old by Mary Beard (University of Chicago Press)
24. The Wave in the Mind: Imagination and the Art of Writing and Reading by Ursula K. Le Guin (Shambhala)
25. Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life by Alex Mayyasi, Hosts of NPR’s Planet Money (W. W. Norton)
26. How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials #3) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
27. How to Relax: Hardcover Gift Edition by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
28. The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary by Terry Tempest Williams (Grove Press)
29. Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Cats by Ursula K. Le Guin (Library of America)
30. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books)
31. Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization by Bill McKibben (W. W. Norton)
32. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Oregon State University Press)
33. A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps by Jonn Elledge (The Experiment)
34. Tequila Wars: José Cuervo and the Bloody Struggle for the Spirit of Mexico by Ted Genoways (W. W. Norton)
35. The Wisdom of the Odyssey: Twenty-Four Life Lessons from Homer’s Epic by Phil Cousineau (New World Library)
36. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein (Liveright)
37. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl (Spiegel & Grau)
38. Three Six Five: Prompts, Acts, Divinations (an Inexhaustible Compendium for Writing) by Lucy Ives, Nick Mauss (Illus.) (Siglio Press)
39. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle (New World Library)
40. What Tech Calls Governing by Adrian Daub (Stanford University Press)

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