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. Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State by Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton)
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed)
3. Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature by Emily Wilson (Liveright)
4. The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State by Jill Lepore (Liveright)
5. Guinness World Records 2027 by Guinness World Records
6. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon (Liveright)
7. The Game by Peter King (W. W. Norton)
8. Bogland: The Secret World That Defies Death and Protects Life by Merritt R. Turetsky (W. W. Norton)
9. The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss by Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris (W.W. Norton)
10. Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane (W.W. Norton)
11. Living in the Present with John Prine by Tom Piazza (W. W. Norton)
12. Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach (W.W. Norton)
13. Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay by Anne Carson (Dalkey Archives)
14. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (Beacon Press)
15. Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay (Princeton Classics #129) by Anne Carson (Princeton University)
16. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books)
17. I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu AnYan (Astra House)
18. A Brief History of Cities in 32 Inventions: The Ideas and Technologies That Made Modernity Possible by John Elledge (The Experiment)
19. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Oregon State University Press)
20. With Her Own Hands: Women Weaving Their Stories by Nicole Nehrig (W. W. Norton)
21. Monstrous Bitch: A History of Terrifying Women by Eleanor Johnson (Princeton University)
22. Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made by Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Liveright)
23. Animals Taught Me Everything by Pam Houston (Torrey House Press)
24. A Resistance History of the United States by Tad Stoermer (Steerforth)
25. Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences by Anton Jäger (Verso)
26. A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.) (Verso)
27. Patty Lyons’ Knitting Er: A Step-By-Step Guide to Fixing Your Knits, Before and After Bind Off by Patty Lyons (David & Charles)
28. Mutual Aid: New and Expanded Edition: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade (Verso)
29. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian (Spiegel & Grau)
30. Trash!: A Garbageman’s Story by Simon Pare-Poupart (Melville House)
31. The Age of Alchemy: The Secret History of Chemistry from Ancient Magic to Modern Science by Kit Chapman (Greystone Books)
32. The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life by Helen Whybrow (Milkweed Editions)
33. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard (Liveright)
34. Pepper by Karl Stevens (TOON Books)
35. Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd (Haymarket Books)
36. A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps by John Elledge (The Experiment)
37. A History of the World in Twelve Beans by Joël Broekaert (Greystone Books)
38. Kobuk the Destroyer: And Other Tales from the Wild, Unseen World of Test Engineering by Alex Davies (W. W. Norton)
39. 42 Tales from Life: A Modern Bestiary by Richard Dawkins (Yale University Press)
40. The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton)

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