The American Booksellers Association’s specialty bestseller lists provide a current snapshot of what’s selling in indie bookstores nationwide.
Here is the Indie Cooking Bestseller List based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending April 13, 2025.
1. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34, 9780593799895
2. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
3. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), Simon & Schuster, $40, 9781476753836
4. Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy
Tieghan Gerard, Clarkson Potter, $32.99, 9780593232576
5. Food for Thought: Essays and Ruminations
Alton Brown, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781668064214
6. Easy Weeknight Dinners: 100 Fast, Flavor-Packed Meals for Busy People Who Still Want Something Good to Eat
Emily Weinstein, New York Times Cooking, Ten Speed Press, $35, 9780593836323
7. Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches
Matty Matheson, Ten Speed Press, $35, 9781984862150
8. Ottolenghi Comfort: A Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi, Ten Speed Press, $37.99, 9780399581779
9. What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking
Caroline Chambers, Union Square & Co., $35, 9781454952718
10. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060899226
11. The King Arthur Baking Company Big Book of Bread: 125+ Recipes for Every Baker
King Arthur Baking Company, S&S/Simon Element, $45, 9781668009741
12. Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves
Stephen Colbert, Evie McGee Colbert, Celadon Books, $35, 9781250859990
13. Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical
Anthony Bourdain, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.99, 9781639734696
14. Justine Cooks: A Cookbook: Recipes (Mostly Plants) for Finding Your Way in the Kitchen
Justine Doiron, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780593582305
15. The Bean Book: 100 Recipes for Cooking with All Kinds of Beans, from the Rancho Gordo Kitchen
Steve Sando, Ten Speed Press, $35, 9781984860002
16. Blueberries for Sal Cookbook: Sweet Recipes Inspired by the Beloved Children's Classic
Robert McCloskey, Clarkson Potter, $14.99, 9780593580400
17. The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science
J. Kenji López-Alt, Norton, $49.95, 9780393081084
18. What Goes with What: 100 Recipes, 20 Charts, Endless Possibilities
Julia Turshen, Flatiron Books, $34.99, 9781250340962
19. Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals
Melissa Clark, Clarkson Potter, $29.99, 9780593233252
20. Sweet Tooth: 100 Desserts to Save Room For
Sarah Fennel, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780593581995
21. Martha: The Cookbook: 100 Favorite Recipes, with Lessons and Stories from My Kitchen
Martha Stewart, Clarkson Potter, $40, 9780593139202
22. Super-Italian: More Than 110 Indulgent Recipes Using Italy's Healthiest Foods
Giada De Laurentiis, Rodale Books, $35, 9780593579831
23. One Pot One Portion: 100 Simple Recipes Just for You
Eleanor Wilkinson, Clarkson Potter, $28, 9780593798393
24. Umma: A Korean Mom's Kitchen Wisdom and 100 Family Recipes
Sarah Ahn, Nam Soon Ahn, America's Test Kitchen, $35, 9781954210561
25. The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024
Padma Lakshmi, Jaya Saxena (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063370647