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“A couple is desperate to move out of their cramped apartment and into a home to start a family. The wife gets creative in her bid not to let the next house get away. Best Offer Wins will have you flipping pages as quickly as the houses flip in this darkly hilarious novel,” said Mary O'Malley of Skylark Bookshop in Columbia, Missouri.

Here is the Year-To-Date 2025 Indie Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the period of January 1, 2025 to November 23, 2025. 

This year marks ABA’s 125th year of helping indie bookstores thrive. As part of our 125th anniversary celebration, we’ll be sharing interviews with key figures in the industry and exploring how the organization has changed since its inception in 1900.

This week, Bookselling This Week met with ABA’s Advocacy team! Dave Grogan, Director of ABFE, Advocacy & Public Policy, and Philomena Polefrone, Associate Director of ABFE, shared the advocacy team’s origin story, their past accomplishments, and their current efforts.

Here is the Indie Biography and Memoir Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending November 16, 2025. 

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Bookselling This Week met with Schaefer to learn more.