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Here is the Indie Mystery/Thriller Bestseller List based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending May 18, 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, French sat down with Bookselling This Week to discuss her long career in the book industry, the evolution of Binc, and its partnership with ABA. 

“Grace made some big changes last year, and is finding a new sense of balance as she begins her senior year. Can she stand on her new foundation amidst the triumphs and defeats, and epic highs and lows of high-school football? Tender, awkward, joyful — this book has everything,” said Jessica Hahl of Books Inc. in the Bay Area of California.

Alex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett are the co-creators of Trans History: A Graphic Novel, a Winter/Spring 2025 Indies Introduce YA nonfiction graphic novel selection, and May/June 2025 Kids’ Next List pick.

Here is the Indie Poetry Bestseller List based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending May 4, 2025. 

“Jemimah Wei crafts a beautiful story in The Original Daughter, exploring a woman’s relentless determination to succeed despite her efforts not yielding the anticipated results,” said Dave Suiter of pages: a bookstore in Manhattan Beach, California.