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 Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss by Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris (W. W. Norton)
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed)
3. A Resistance History of the United States by Tad Stoermer (Steerforth)
4. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon (Liveright)
5. Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane (W. W. Norton)
6. The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail by Eric Jay Dolin (Liveright)
7. The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government by Barbara McQuade (Seven Stories Press)
8. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books)
9. The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary by Terry Tempest Williams (Grove Press)
10. Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground by Zayd Ayers Dohrn (W. W. Norton)
11. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade (Verso)
12. The Freedom-Based Business Method: Reset, Systemize, and Realign Your Business to Live a Life of Harmony by Natalie Ellis (Hay House Business)
13. A Queer History of the United States: Revised And Expanded (ReVisioning History) by Michael Bronski
14. Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old by Mary Beard (University of Chicago Press)
15. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore (Liveright)
16. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (Beacon Press)
17. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books)
18. Fifa World Cup 2026: The Official Guide by Keir Radnedge (Welbeck)
19. These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore (W. W. Norton)
20. The Fourth Branch: How State Government Can Save Our Union by Daniel Squadron (Zando)
21. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Oregon State University Press)
22. On Democracy by Walt Whitman (Library of America)
23. Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life by Alex Mayyasi, Hosts of NPR’s Planet Money (W. W. Norton)
24. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard (Liveright)
25. Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America by Russell Shorto (W. W. Norton)
26. A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.) (Verso)
27. How Queer Bookshops Changed the World by A.J. West (One World Publications)
28. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5) by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)
29. How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials #3) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
30. Guinness World Records 2026 by Guinness World Records (Guinness World Records)
31. The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon (Grove Press)
32. What Is Queer Food?: How We Served a Revolution by John Birdsall (W. W. Norton)
33. Stuff Every Bird Lover Should Know (Stuff You Should Know #32) by Alice Sun (Quirk Books)
34. Another Kind of Freedom by Pema Chodron (Shambhala)
35. A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps by Jonn Elledge (The Experiment)
36. Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters by Sacha Coward (Manchester University Press)
37. How to Focus (Mindfulness Essentials #9) by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press)
38. America’s Founding Son: John Quincy Adams, from President to Political Maverick by Bob Crawford (Zando)
39. Compassion in Crisis: Building Disaster-Resilient Communities by Kate Rose Weiner, Kailea Rose Loften (Heyday Books)
40. Dad Jokes: Greatest of All Time by @dadsaysjokes (Hamlyn)
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