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Here is the Indie Comics and Graphic Works Bestseller List, including the Manga Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending July 13, 2025. 

“I mean it when I say this book is breathing life into me. Each story is a slow burning tale set in the South, braiding history, love, family, and self-discovery together with crisp prose and honest storytelling. It’s as if Moore has stamped cut outs of life and laid them on the pages for readers to experience an exact replica of reality,” said Nadi Hinojosa of Lark and Owl Booksellers in Georgetown, Texas.

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“Rosa Coelho leads a band of magical misfits on a journey to reclaim what the wealthy have taken from her friends and family. Along the way, they face monsters and plan a heist. This story invites you on a whirlwind adventure,” said Nicole Johnson of Baltimore Read Aloud in Baltimore, Maryland.

“It’s a rare accomplishment to write a shipwreck book that does something new, but Sophie Elmhirst manages just that with her enthralling debut, A Marriage at Sea. This portrait of a couple lost upon seas both literal and metaphorical will keep readers riveted till the last page,” said Stephen Sparks of Point Reyes Books in Point Reyes Station, California.

Here is the Indie Travel Literature Bestseller List based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending June 29, 2025. 

Here are the 25 Indie Next List and 6 Now in Paperback picks on the August 2025 Indie Next List flier.