The American Booksellers Association’s specialty bestseller lists provide a current snapshot of what’s selling in indie bookstores nationwide.
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.
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
2. Great Big Beautiful Life
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441299
3. Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781649374189
4. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715
5. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
6. The Emperor of Gladness
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593831878
7. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
8. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
V. E. Schwab, Tor Books, $29.99, 9781250320520
9. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
10. Katabasis
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $32, 9780063446243
11. Onyx Storm (Standard Edition)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649377159
12. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
13. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30, 9780593820247
14. The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
15. Alchemised
SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About
Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366
2. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
3. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525556572
4. Abundance
Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668023488
5. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
6. 107 Days
Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668211656
7. The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life
Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $30, 9780593734636
8. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
9. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
10. The Little Frog's Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837991013
11. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
12. How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith
Mariann Edgar Budde, Avery, $28, 9780593539217
13. We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions
Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, Amanda Doyle, The Dial Press, $34, 9780593977644
14. Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
Sarah Wynn-Williams, Flatiron Books, $32.99, 9781250391230
15. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
2. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
3. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
4. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
5. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
6. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
7. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
8. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182
9. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538742570
10. Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
11. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
12. Funny Story
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441213
13. One Golden Summer
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $19, 9780593638910
14. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
15. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $18, 9780525435006
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
3. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
4. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
5. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
6. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
7. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
8. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
9. A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present, Revised and Updated Edition
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $23.99, 9780062397348
10. A Dumb Birds Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever
Matt Kracht, Chronicle Books, $15.95, 9781797232751
11. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257
12. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Vintage, $19, 9780525565703
13. The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689
14. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158
15. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS
1. The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215
2. Impossible Creatures (Hardcover Edition)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
3. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Storytide, $10.99, 9780062991324
4. A Wolf Called Fire
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780063415133
5. Bluey 5-Minute Stories: 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray!
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593521908
6. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
7. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
8. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
9. The Lost Library
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250838834
10. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Yearling, $14.99, 9781524764234
11. The Squad: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315
12. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
13. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
14. Impossible Creatures (Paperback Edition)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
15. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
YOUNG ADULT
1. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
2. The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
3. Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $18, 9780593622452
4. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Special Edition)
Stephen Chbosky, Simon Pulse, $15.99, 9781665982412
6. Our Infinite Fates (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Laura Steven, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250333889
7. Heartless Hunter: The Crimson Moth: Book 1
Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250866905
8. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544336261
9. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Square Fish, $14.99, 9781250866035
10. Wings of Starlight
Allison Saft, Random House/Disney, $18.99, 9781368098458
11. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207
12. If Only I Had Told Her
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728276229
13. Rebel Witch: The Crimson Moth: Book 2
Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250866929
14. Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
15. All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto
George M. Johnson, Square Fish, $12.99, 9781250895561
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
3. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
4. The Wild Robot on the Island
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316669467
5. The Bakery Dragon
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968
6. Little Blue Truck and Racer Red
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063387843
7. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
8. I Am Glinda (Little Golden Book)
Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896884
9. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
10. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
11. I Am Elphaba (Little Golden Book)
Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896860
12. Will the Pigeon Graduate?
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454960430
13. The Day the Crayons Made Friends
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $19.99, 9780593622360
14. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780358451228
15. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707
CHILDREN'S SERIES
1. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
4. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
5. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
6. I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Brian Churilla (Illus.), Scholastic
7. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
8. The Powerless Trilogy
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
9. InvestiGators
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
10. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion