Indie Bestsellers for the Week of

July 8th, 2026

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Land and Its People: Essays
David Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316264839
2. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30.00, 9780593733318
3. Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Simon & Schuster, $34.00, 9781668067246
4. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533
5. Famesick: A Memoir
Lena Dunham, Random House, $32.00, 9780593129326
6. The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss
Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris, W. W. Norton & Company, $35.00, 9781324006848
7. America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries
Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., Crown, $31.00, 9780593239803
8. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28.00, 9780525556572
9. Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About: A Memoir
Isabel Klee, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063451070
10. Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Simon Six, $26.00, 9781668249970
11. Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children
Mac Barnett, Little, Brown and Company, $20.00, 9780316601122
12. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593804148
13. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20.00, 9781668072240
14. The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love
Alice Hoffman (Ed.), Scribner, $22.00, 9781668209028
15. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13.00, 9781538778005

PAPERBACK FICTION 

1. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781668236512
2. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20.00, 9780593820254
3. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9798217299461
4. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593158739
5. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
6. The Someday Garden
Ashley Poston, Berkley, $20.00, 9780593952757
7. The Deal
Elle Kennedy, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781775293934
8. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19.00, 9780593418925
9. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
10. The Road to Tender Hearts
Annie Hartnett, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593873465
11. Red Rising
Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780345539809
12. Angel Down
Daniel Kraus, Atria Books, $18.00, 9781668068519
13. The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), Norton, $18.95, 9780393356250
14. Dolly All the Time
Annabel Monaghan, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $20.00, 9780593853979
15. The Divorce
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $18.99, 9781464249631

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. A Marriage at Sea- Debut
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $20.00, 9780593854297
2. Communion: The Female Search for Love
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060938291
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22.00, 9781571313560
4. The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence—Before It's Too Late
Cory Doctorow, MCD, $18.00, 9780374621568
5. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456
6. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060959470
7. A Resistance History of the United States
Tad Stoermer, Steerforth, $19.95, 9781586424367
8. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $22.00, 9780385348768
9. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21.00, 9780593689004
10. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14.00, 9780804190114
11. Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers
Caroline Fraser, Penguin Books, $21.00, 9780593657249
12. Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
Karen Hao, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780593657522
13. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490
14. Is a River Alive?
Robert Macfarlane, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324130734
15. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $22.00, 9781501183065 

EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE

1. The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338762488
2. Wombat Waiting
Katherine Applegate, Storytide, $19.99, 9780063221178
3. Odder: The Novel
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250423429
4. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga
Dav Pilkey, Motojiro (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546151210
5. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
6. Spy School Secret Service the Graphic Novel
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665956635
7. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
8. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
9. Renegades #1: The Magic Awakens
Erin Hunter, HarperCollins, $9.99, 9780063449534
10. Trucks on Trucks
Sorche Fairbank, Nik Henderson (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $9.99, 9780062842107
11. Midsummer Sisters (A Graphic Novel)
Niki Smith, Graphix, $14.99, 9781546128946
12. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Storytide, $10.99, 9780062991324
13. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokemon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
14. A Wolf Called Fire
Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $9.99, 9780063415140
15. Sisters: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880

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. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780375842207
4. The Faraway Inn
Sarah Beth Durst, Delacorte Press, $14.99, 9798217024308
5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Special Edition)
Stephen Chbosky, Simon Pulse, $15.99, 9781665982412
6. Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665947145
7. The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel
Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763642686
8. The Heirs
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Feiwel & Friends, $20.99, 9781250326997
9. Betting on You
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781665921244
10. The Summer of Second Chances (Deluxe Edition)
K. L. Walther, Sourcebooks Fire, $14.99, 9781464219177
11. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
12. A Prince Among Pirates
Katie Abdou, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665984775
13. Fake Skating
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665921268
14. The Escape Game
Marissa Meyer, Tamara Moss, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $22.99, 9798217006120
15. The Summer of Broken Rules
K.L. Walther, Sourcebooks Fire, $14.99, 9781728210292

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. It's My Bird-Day!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454999621
4. Sing the 50 United States!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217228560
5. Where's Waldo?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210651
6. The Greatest Bedtime Story Ever
Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665974523
7. Good Night, Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780358229278
8. Tiny T. Rex Tries Soccer
Jonathan Stutzman, Jay Fleck (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797233857
9. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?: Stamped Edges Special Edition
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $10.99 , 9781250445506
10. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035 11. Don't Trust Fish
Neil Sharpson, Dan Santat (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780593616673
12. Fireworks
Matthew Burgess, Cátia Chien (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063216723
13. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977
14. Moo, Baa, La La La!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9780671449018
15. Construction Site: Firefight!
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781797226590

CHILDREN'S SERIES

1. Warriors Graphic Novels
Erin Hunter, Gibson Twist, Sammy Savos (Illus.), HarperAlley
New in Series: Warriors Graphic Novel: The New Prophecy, Part One of Three (9780063450882)
2. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
3. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
4. InvestiGators
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
6. I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Brian Churilla (Illus.), Scholastic
7. The Hunger Games 
Suzanne Collins, Nico Delort (Illus.), Scholastic Press
8. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
9. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Scholastic
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion

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