Indie Bestsellers
22The New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NAIBA, for the week ended Sunday, June 1, 2025, 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. Great Big Beautiful Life
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441299
2. The Emperor of Gladness
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593831878
3. Never Flinch
Stephen King, Scribner, $32, 9781668089330
4. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
5. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
6. Fever Beach
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $30, 9780593320945
7. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
8. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
9. Spent
Alison Bechdel, Mariner Books, $32, 9780063278929
10. Nightshade
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $30, 9780316588485
11. The Knight and the Moth
Rachel Gillig, Orbit, $30, 9780316582704
12. Heartwood
Amity Gaige, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668063606
13. Marble Hall Murders
Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $31, 9780063305700
14. The Sirens
Emilia Hart, St. Martin's Press, $29, 9781250280824
15. Strangers in Time
David Baldacci, Grand Central Publishing, $30, 9781538742051
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again
Jake Tapper, Alex Thompson, Penguin Press, $32, 9798217060672
2. 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
3. Abundance
Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668023488
4. Mark Twain
Ron Chernow, Penguin Press, $45, 9780525561729
5. The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780
Rick Atkinson, Crown, $42, 9780593799185
6. I Regret Almost Everything: A Memoir
Keith McNally, Gallery Books, $29.99, 9781668017647
7. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
8. Is a River Alive?
Robert Macfarlane, W. W. Norton & Company, $31.99, 9780393242133
9. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525556572
10. The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life
Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $30, 9780593734636
11. We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions
Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, Amanda Doyle, The Dial Press, $34, 9780593977644
12. Steve Martin Writes the Written Word: Collected Written Word Works by Steve Martin
Steve Martin, Grand Central Publishing, $30, 9780306835735
13. Notes to John
Joan Didion, Knopf, $32, 9780593803677
14. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
15. The Wishbone Kitchen Cookbook: Seasonal Recipes for Everyday Luxury and Elevated Entertaining
Meredith Hayden, Ten Speed Press, $35, 9780593835951
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. One Golden Summer
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $19, 9780593638910
2. Problematic Summer Romance
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9798217187430
3. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
4. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
5. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593190272
6. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
7. The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668045152
8. The Safekeep
Yael van der Wouden, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668034354
9. Tom Lake
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $19, 9780063327535
10. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
11. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
12. Sandwich
Catherine Newman, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780063345171
13. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
14. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
15. The Tenant
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227318
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
2. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
4. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New
Understanding of Life on Earth
Zoë Schlanger, Harper Perennial, $19.99, 9780063073869
5. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
6. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
7. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
8. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
9. A Dumb Birds Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever
Matt Kracht, Chronicle Books, $15.95, 9781797232751
10. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Vintage, $19, 9780525565703
11. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20, 9780143129257
12. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
13. The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
Rick Atkinson, Holt Paperbacks, $19.99, 9781250231321
14. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158
15. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
3. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
4. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
5. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
6. Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345337665
7. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
8. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
9. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $10.99, 9781250773012
10. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780345535429
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Will the Pigeon Graduate?
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454960430
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
3. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. Barnyard Dance!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665924955
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
7. Mr. Boddington's Studio: NYC ABCs
Mr.Boddington's Studio, Penguin Workshop, $9.99, 9781524792039
8. Papa Doesn't Do Anything!
Jimmy Fallon, Miguel Ordóñez (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250393975
9. Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
10. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780060245863
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215
2. Wings of Starlight
Allison Saft, Random House/Disney, $18.99, 9781368098458
3. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
4. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
5. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
6. The Trouble with Heroes
Kate Messner, Bloomsbury Children's Books, $17.99, 9781547616398
7. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Yearling, $14.99, 9781524764234
8. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
9. Betting on You
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781665921244
10. National Geographic Kids Almanac 2026
National Geographic Kids, $15.99, 9781426377815
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $27.99, 9781546171461
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. Dog Man: Big Jim Begins
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896459
5. Stuck (A Click Graphic Novel, #7)
Kayla Miller, Clarion Books, $15.99, 9780063285651
6. The Wild Robot Protects
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316669443
7. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9781442421837
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams, $14.99, 9781419766954
9. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $10.99, 9781984896391
10. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117
Other Regional Bestseller Lists:
California Independent Booksellers Alliance (CALIBA)
Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association (GLIBA)
Midwest Independent Booksellers Association (MIBA)
Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association (MPIBA)
New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA)