The Indie Biography and Memoir Bestseller List

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The American Booksellers Association’s specialty bestseller lists provide a current snapshot of what’s selling in indie bookstores nationwide.

Here is the Indie Biography and Memoir Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending March 17, 2024.

1. Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
Liz Cheney, Little, Brown and Company, $32.50, 9780316572064

2. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951

3. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32, 9781954118461

4. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791

5. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
Ilyon Woo, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781501191060

6. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28, 9780525657323

7. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Dave Grohl, Dey Street Books, $21.99, 9780063076105

8. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824

9. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25, 9780375726262

10. Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18, 9780593498088

11. Grief Is for People
Sloane Crosley, MCD, $27, 9780374609849

12. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir
Matthew Perry, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250866448

13. The Woman in Me
Britney Spears, Gallery Books, $32.99, 9781668009048

14. Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982181284

15. The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir
RuPaul, Dey Street Books, $29.99, 9780063263901

16. Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
Kara Swisher, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781982163891

17. The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $18.99, 9781643753287

18. Stay True: A Memoir
Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17, 9780593315200

19. Alphabetical Diaries
Sheila Heti, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27, 9780374610784

20. One in a Millennial: On Friendship, Feelings, Fangirls, and Fitting In
Kate Kennedy, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250285126

21. Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $22, 9781984801456

22. Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $25, 9780593189481

23. Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story
Leslie Jamison, Little, Brown and Company, $29, 9780316374880

24. The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present
Paul McCartney, Liveright, $30, 9781324094098

25. Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era
Laurence Leamer, Putnam, $20, 9780593328101