Indie Bestsellers for the Week of

January 21st, 2026

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
2. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
3. The First Time I Saw Him
Laura Dave, Scribner, $29, 9781668002964
4. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
5. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
6. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
7. Lost Lambs- Debut
Madeline Cash, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28, 9780374619237
8. Anatomy of an Alibi- Debut
Ashley Elston, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593834459
9. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715
10. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
11. Alchemised
SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
12. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
13. Buckeye
Patrick Ryan, Random House, $30, 9780593595039
14. The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
15. Flesh
David Szalay, Scribner, $28.99, 9781982122799

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
2. 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
3. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
4. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
John U. Bacon, Liveright, $35, 9781324094647
5. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525556572
6. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck (Indies Introduce)
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280
7. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
8. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage- Debut
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318
9. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124
10. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
11. Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds
John Fugelsang, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668066898
12. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
13. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $20, 9781982181314
14. Something from Nothing: A Cookbook
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $37.99, 9781984826411
15. Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $30, 9781668094716

PAPERBACK FICTION 

1. Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637
2. Game Changer
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534620
3. The Long Game
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534644
4. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512
5. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254
6. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
7. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
8. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538742570
9. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
10. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
11. Tough Guy
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534590
12. Role Model
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534613
13. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
14. Common Goal
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534606
15. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758

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. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831
4. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780735213623
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, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470
7. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257
8. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Adam Grant, Penguin, $20, 9780593653661
9. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
10. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
11. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
12. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
Amanda Montell, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $19, 9781668007983
13. A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $23.99, 9780062397348
14. The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689
15. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593230077

EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE

1. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
2. The Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World
Jonathan Haidt, Catherine Price, Cynthia Yuan Cheng (Illus.), Rocky Pond Books, $14.99, 9798217111916
3. Pocket Bear
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362
4. A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250153272
5. The Moon Without Stars- Debut
Chanel Miller, Philomel Books, $17.99, 9780593624555
6. Winnie-the-Pooh: 100th Anniversary Edition
A. A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard (Illus.), Aladdin, $10.99, 9781665984126
7. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
8. Alice with a Why- Debut
Anna James, Matthew Land (Illus.), Flamingo Books, $18.99, 9780593691991
9. Winging It: A Graphic Novel
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781338818529
10. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
11. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
12. From the World of Percy Jackson: The Court of the Dead: A Nico di Angelo Adventure
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $21.99, 9781368109116
13. War Games
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338736106
14. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
15. The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215

YOUNG ADULT

1. Beth Is Dead
Katie Bernet, Sarah Barley Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665988698
2. Wuthering Heights- Debut
Emily Bronte, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $19, 9798217043408
3. Fake Skating
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665921268
4. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Special Edition)
Stephen Chbosky, Simon Pulse, $15.99, 9781665982412
6. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
7. The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
8. What the River Knows
Isabel Ibañez, Wednesday Books, $15, 9781250408624
9. Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $18, 9780593622452
10. Meet Cute: Count Down to Valentine's Day
Jennifer L. Armentrout, Katie Cotugno, Jocelyn Davies, et al., Clarion Books, $15.99, 9780063481145
11. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544336261
12. Dragon Cursed
Elise Kova, Entangled: Mayhem Books, $22.99, 9781649377838
13. The House Saphir
Marissa Meyer, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250320957
14. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207
15. Sisters in the Wind
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $19.99, 9781250328533

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
2. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books (Illus.), Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977
3. If We Were Dogs
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316581721
4. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
5. Smooches!
Sandra Boynton, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780316574686
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
7. Your Truck
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536248227
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
9. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
10. Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo (A Buffalo Fluffalo Story)
Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593810309
11. Chicka Chicka I Love You- Debut
Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Julien Chung (Illus.), Little Simon, $9.99, 9781665980876
12. The Wildest Thing
Emily Winfield Martin, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217023981
13. Jamberry
Bruce Degen, HarperCollins, $9.99, 9780694006519
14. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780358451228
15. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035

CHILDREN'S SERIES

1. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
2. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
4. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press
5. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
6. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
7. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
8. InvestiGators (hardcover)
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
9. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Chris Chalik (Illus.), Scholastic
10. Dragon Masters (paperback)
Tracey West, Graham Howells (Illus.), Scholastic

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