Indie Bestsellers for the Week of

May 27th, 2026

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce)
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593804216
2. The Midnight Train- Debut
Matt Haig, Viking, $30.00, 9780593833377
3. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28.00, 9780593798430
4. The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812
5. The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $29.00, 9798217154746
6. Our Perfect Storm
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $30.00, 9780593953242
7. Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It- Debut
Brooke Averick, Crown, $28.00, 9798217088263
8. John of John
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802167194
9. Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820261
10. The Ballad of Falling Dragons (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Sarah A. Parker, Avon, $34.00, 9780063415898
11. A Parade of Horribles
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $32.00, 9798217190065
12. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802165176
13. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820285
14. Kin
Tayari Jones, Knopf, $32.00, 9780525659181
15. We Burned So Bright
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $25.99, 9781250881236

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Land and Its People: Essays- Debut
David Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316264839
2. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30.00, 9780593733318
3. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533
4. Famesick: A Memoir
Lena Dunham, Random House, $32.00, 9780593129326
5. Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children
Mac Barnett, Little, Brown and Company, $20.00, 9780316601122
6. Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About: A Memoir
Isabel Klee, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063451070
7. Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Simon Six, $26.00, 9781668249970
8. All We Say: The Battle for American Identity- Debut
Ben Rhodes, Random House, $35.00, 9780593595121
9. A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9781984881991
10. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20.00, 9781668072240
11. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593804148
12. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28.00, 9780525556572
13. 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
14. The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love
Alice Hoffman (Ed.), Scribner, $22.00, 9781668209028
15. Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund
Molly Crabapple, One World, $32.00, 9780593229453
On the Rise:
19. America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries
Jr. Glaude, Eddie S., Crown, $31.00, 9780593239803

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. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
5. The Divorce- Debut
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $18.99, 9781464249631
6. Dolly All the Time- Debut
Annabel Monaghan, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $20.00, 9780593853979
7. The Knight and the Moth (Indie Exclusive Edition)
Rachel Gillig, Orbit, $19.99, 9780316608503
8. The Deal- Debut
Elle Kennedy, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781775293934
9. Great Big Beautiful Life
Emily Henry, Berkley, $20.00, 9780593441237
10. Angel Down
Daniel Kraus, Atria Books, $18.00, 9781668068519
11. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19.00, 9780593418925
12. James
Percival Everett, Vintage, $20.00, 9780593686867
13. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
14. Red Rising
Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780345539809
15. The Road to Tender Hearts
Annie Hartnett, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593873465
On the Rise:
19. Bromantasy
Máire Roche, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $20.00, 9798217180707

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22.00, 9781571313560
2. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21.00, 9780593689004
3. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $22.00, 9780385348768
4. Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
Karen Hao, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780593657522
5. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060959470
6. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456
7. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate--Discoveries from a Secret World
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $18.95, 9781771643771
8. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $22.00, 9781501183065
9. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14.00, 9780804190114
10. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
M.D. Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin Books, $19.00, 9780143127741
11. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490
12. Things in Nature Merely Grow
Yiyun Li, Picador, $18.00, 9781250437976
13. Communion: The Female Search for Love
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060938291
14. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $22.00, 9780593800027
15. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $22.00, 9780307279286

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. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga
Dav Pilkey, Motojiro (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546151210
4. Odder: The Novel
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250423429
5. Spy School Secret Service the Graphic Novel
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665956635
6. Renegades #1: The Magic Awakens
Erin Hunter, HarperCollins, $9.99, 9780063449534
7. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
8. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
9. A Wolf Called Fire
Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $9.99, 9780063415140
10. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Storytide, $10.99, 9780062991324
11. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokemon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
12. KPop Demon Hunters: The Movie in Comics: The Official Retelling in Comic Form
Random House, Random House (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9798217234301
13. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
14. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
15. Unsettling Salad! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961110

YOUNG ADULT

1. The Summer of Second Chances (Deluxe Edition)
K. L. Walther, Sourcebooks Fire, $14.99, 9781464219177
2. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
3. Behind Five Willows- Debut
June Hur, Feiwel & Friends, $20.99, 9781250348081
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. The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
7. The Escape Game
Marissa Meyer, Tamara Moss, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $22.99, 9798217006120
8. Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665947145
9. Rolls and Rivalry
Kristy Boyce, Delacorte Romance, $13.99, 9780593899229
10. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780375842207
11. Fake Skating
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665921268
12. Betting on You
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781665921244
13. Young World
Soman Chainani, Random House Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780593905180
14. To All the Boys I've Loved Before the Graphic Novel
Jenny Han, Akimaro (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9781665983105
15. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
2. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. Dad
Christian Robinson, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9781250397041
5. It's My Bird-Day!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454999621
6. 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
7. Construction Site: Firefight!
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781797226590
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
9. Construction Site: Dad and His Crew Power Through!- Debut
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797238500
10. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books (Illus.), Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977
11. We Are Mighty: 12 Ordinary Americans Who Did the Next Needed Thing
Sharon McMahon, Susanna Chapman (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217033331
12. Tiny T. Rex Tries Soccer
Jonathan Stutzman, Jay Fleck (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797233857
13. Grumpy Monkey Father's Day Fuss- Debut
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $12.99, 9780593709405
14. Good Night, Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780358229278
15. Don't Trust Fish
Neil Sharpson, Dan Santat (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780593616673

CHILDREN'S SERIES

1. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
3. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
4. The Hunger Games 
Suzanne Collins, Nico Delort (Illus.), Scholastic Press
5. InvestiGators
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
6. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Scholastic
7. I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Brian Churilla (Illus.), Scholastic
8. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
9. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion

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