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. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed Editions)
3. On Democracy by Walt Whitman (Library of America
4. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (Beacon Press)
5. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade (Verso)
6. Guinness World Records 2026 by Guinness World Records (Guinness World Records)
7. Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Cats by Ursula K. Le Guin (Library of America)
8. I’m Just a Little Guy: How to Escape the Horrors and Get Back to Dillydallying by Charlie James, Paige Tompkins (Illus.) (Quirk Books)
9. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books)
10. The Company of Owls: A Memoir by Polly Atkin (Milkweed Editions)
11. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Oregon State University Press)
12. Stuff Every Bird Lover Should Know (Stuff You Should Know #32) by Alice Sun (Quirk Books)
13. A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.) (Verso)
14. On Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau, Hannah Arendt (Library of America)
15. Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis by Kelly Hayes (Ed.)  (AK Press)
16. The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary by Terry Tempest Williams (Grove Press)
17. The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life by Helen Whybrow (Milkweed Editions)
18. H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald (Grove Press)
19. P Fkn R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance by Vanessa Díaz, Petra R. Rivera-Rideau (Duke University Press)
20. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore (Liveright)
21. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5) by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
22. How to Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future! by Danny Caine (Microcosm Publishing)
23. The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon (Grove Press)
24. Constitution of the United States by Founding Fathers (Applewood Books)
25. How to Focus (Mindfulness Essentials #9) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
26. How to Love (Hardcover Gift Edition (Mindfulness Essentials #13) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
27. How to Dream (Mindfulness Essentials #12) by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
28. Manifest: 7 Steps to Living Your Best Life by Roxie Nafousi (Chronicle Prism)
29. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron (Shambhala)
30. The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein (Liveright)
31. I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu AnYan (Astra House)
32. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian (Spiegel & Grau)
33. The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have by Mark Nepo (Red Wheel)
34. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Liveright)
35. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard (Liveright)
36. Entering the Healing Ground: The Wild Edge of Sorrow Official Workbook by Francis Weller (North Atlantic Books)
37. How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
38. Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by Adrienne Maree Brown (Ed.) (AK Press)
39. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (Liveright)
40. The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller (North Atlantic Books)

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