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. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books)
4. The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary by Terry Tempest Williams (Grove Press)
5. On Democracy by Walt Whitman (Library of America
6. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade (Verso)
7. Guinness World Records 2026 by Guinness World Records (Guinness World Records)
8. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade (Verso)
9. I’m Just a Little Guy: How to Escape the Horrors and Get Back to Dillydallying by Charlie James, Paige Tompkins (Illus.) (Quirk Books)
10. Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Cats by Ursula K. Le Guin (Library of America)
11. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (Beacon Press)
12. The Road Less Triggered: Turning Conflict Into Connection with a Single Choice by Kelly Flanagan (Fleming H. Revell Company)
13. Stuff Every Bird Lover Should Know (Stuff You Should Know #32) by Alice Sun (Quirk Books)
14. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Oregon State University Press)
15. A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.) (Verso)
16. The Company of Owls: A Memoir by Polly Atkin (Milkweed Editions)
17. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5) by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
18. How to Dream (Mindfulness Essentials #12) by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
19. On Censorship by Ai Weiwei (Thames & Hudson)
20. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore (Liveright)
21. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Liveright)
22. Don’t Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering by Joseph Nguyen (Authors Equity)
23. Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis by Kelly Hayes (Ed.)  (AK Press)
24. The Overthinker’s Guide to Making Decisions: How to Make Decisions without Losing Your Mind by Joseph Nguyen (Authors Equity)
25. P Fkn R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance by Vanessa Díaz, Petra R. Rivera-Rideau (Duke University Press)
26. Duct Tape and White Lies: A Woman’s Practical Guide to Real Life Success by Emily Lampkin (Regalo Press)
27. On Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau, Hannah Arendt (Library of America)
28. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian (Spiegel & Grau)
29. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Davis (Haymarket Books)
30. Constitution of the United States by Founding Fathers (Applewood Books)
31. Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur (Lawrence Hill Books)
32. How to Love (Hardcover Gift Edition (Mindfulness Essentials #13) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
33. A Black Queer History of the United States (ReVisioning History) by C. Riley Snorton, Darius Bost (Beacon Press)
34. 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)
35. The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life by Helen Whybrow (Milkweed Editions)
36. Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books)
37. H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald (Grove Press)
38. How to Focus (Mindfulness Essentials #9) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
39. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl (Spiegel & Grau)
40. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard (Liveright)

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