Indie Bestsellers
The New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, May 10, 2026, based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce)
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30.00 9780593804216
2. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28.00, 9780593798430
3. The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $29.00, 9798217154746
4. The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812
5. Our Perfect Storm
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $30.00, 9780593953242
6. John of John
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802167194
7. Kin
Tayari Jones, Knopf, $32.00, 9780525659181
8. We Burned So Bright
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $25.99, 9781250881236
9. Platform Decay
Martha Wells, Tor Books, $24.99, 9781250827005
10. Transcription
Ben Lerner, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25.00, 9780374618599
11. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802165176
12. The Keeper
Tana French, Viking, $32.00, 9780593493465
13. Go Gentle
Maria Semple, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $30.00, 9798217176632
14. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
15. Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28.00, 9780374619237
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30.00, 9780593733318
2. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533
3. Famesick: A Memoir
Lena Dunham, Random House, $32.00, 9780593129326
4. Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children
Mac Barnett, Little, Brown and Company, $20.00, 9780316601122
5. Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About: A Memoir
Isabel Klee, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063451070
6. This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark
Craig Fehrman, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982174248
7. A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9781984881991
8. The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love
Alice Hoffman (Ed.), Scribner, $22.00, 9781668209028
9. Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better
David Epstein, Riverhead Books, $32.00, 9780593715710
10. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About
Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366
11. This Land is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. History
Beverly Gage, Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668033104
12. The Rolling Stones: The Biography
Bob Spitz, Penguin Press, $38.00, 9780593489093
13. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30.00, 9781101875124
14. Mother Tongue: A Memoir
Sara Novic, Random House, $29.00, 9780593241530
15. The Case for America: An Argument on Behalf of Our Nation
Bret Baier, Mariner Books, $30.00, 9780063360808
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781668236512
2. Project Hail Mary (Movie Tie-In)
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9798217299461
3. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
4. James
Percival Everett, Vintage, $20.00, 9780593686867
5. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19.00, 9780593418925
6. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I)
Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.), New Directions, $15.95, 9780811237253
7. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20.00, 9780593820254
8. Flashlight
Susan Choi, Picador, $19.00, 9781250437822
9. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
10. Wuthering Heights (Movie Tie-In)
Emily Bront , Penguin Books, $18.00, 9780143139140
11. Audition
Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $18.00, 9780593852347
12. A Founding Mother
Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie, William Morrow Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780063234765
13. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593312070
14. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19.00, 9781984898876
15. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk M.D., Penguin Books, $19.00, 9780143127741
2. Plant This, Not That: Over 200 Native Plant Swaps for a More Sustainable, Pollinator-Friendly Garden
Elise Howard, Workman Publishing Company, $22.99, 9781523525911
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22.00, 9781571313560
4. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $22.00, 9781501183065
5. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate--Discoveries from a Secret World
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $18.95, 9781771643771
6. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9798888904510
7. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14.00, 9780804190114
8. How to Be a Dissident
Gal Beckerman, Crown, $19.00, 9798217089215
9. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456
10. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $22.00, 9780385348768
11. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24.00, 9780143129257
12. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951
13. The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400078431
14. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $22.00, 9780593800027
15. Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service
Michael Lewis (Ed.), Riverhead Books, $19.00, 9798217047826
MASS MARKET
1. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451526342
2. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296
3. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
4. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935
5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
6. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
7. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
8. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
9. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
10. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. It's My Bird-Day!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454999621
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. Thank You, Mom! from Baby Bear and Friends
Eric Carle, Odd Dot, $8.99, 9781250333605
5. Blueberries for Sal (Board Book)
Robert McCloskey, Viking Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9798217042074
6. Trucks and Things That Go
Priddy Books, Priddy Books US, $9.99, 9781684495887
7. Richard Scarry's Colorful Cars and Trucks (A Chunky Book)
Richard Scarry, Random House Books for Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593708552
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
9. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
10. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338762488
2. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga
Dav Pilkey, Motojiro (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546151210
3. Wombat Waiting
Katherine Applegate, Storytide, $19.99, 9780063221178
4. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
5. Spy School Secret Service the Graphic Novel
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665956635
6. The Summer of Second Chances (Deluxe Edition)
K.L. Walther, Sourcebooks Fire, $14.99, 9781464219177
7. Bravepaw and the Heartstone of Alluria
L.M. Wilkinson, Lavanya Naidu (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665986588
8. A Fishboy Named...Sashimi
Dan Santat, Roaring Brook Press, $8.99, 9781250360007
9. Winging It: A Graphic Novel
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781338818529
10. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Dawn on the Coast: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club #19)
Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546135548
2. The Wild Robot Escapes
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316479264
3. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316581097
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams, $15.99, 9781419782695
5. Karen's Surprise: A Graphic Novel (Baby-sitters Little Sister #12)
Ann M. Martin, Shauna J. Grant (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339005133
6. Dory Fantasmagory: Center of the Universe
Abby Hanlon, Abby Hanlon (Illus.), Dial Books, $7.99, 9780593857588
7. Biscuit Rides the Ferry (My First I Can Read)
Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illus.), HarperCollins, $5.99, 9780063357464
8. City Spies
James Ponti, Aladdin, $9.99, 9781534414921
9. The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #1)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9780545942157
10. The Academy VI: Rise of the Scorpions
T.Z. Layton, Sourcebooks Young Readers, $9.99, 9781464268335
Other Regional Bestseller Lists:
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Midwest Independent Booksellers Association (MIBA)
Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association (MPIBA)
New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA)