Indie Bestsellers for the Week of

October 29th, 2025

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Widow- Debut
John Grisham, Doubleday, $32, 9780385548984
2. Alchemised
SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
3. The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
4. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
5. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
6. Twice
Mitch Albom, Harper, $26.99, 9780062406682
7. The Impossible Fortune
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653258
8. Katabasis
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $32, 9780063446243
9. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
10. Shadow Ticket
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $30, 9781594206108
11. King Sorrow- Debut
Joe Hill, William Morrow, $40, 9780062200600
12. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
13. Gone Before Goodbye
Harlan Coben, Reese Witherspoon, Grand Central Publishing, $32, 9781538774700
14. The Proving Ground- Debut
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316563826
15. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
On the Rise:
16. The Things Gods Break
Abigail Owen, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781649378538

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice- Debut
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
2. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
3. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
4. 107 Days
Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668211656
5. Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy- Debut
Joyce Vance, Dutton, $28, 9798217178117
6. 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
7. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
8. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
John U. Bacon, Liveright, $35, 9781324094647
9. 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
10. Finding My Way: A Memoir- Debut
Malala Yousafzai, Atria Books, $30, 9781668054277
11. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
12. Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit
Brené Brown, Random House, $32, 9781984855749
13. Poems & Prayers
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $29, 9781984862105
14. Writing Creativity and Soul- Debut
Sue Monk Kidd, Knopf, $29, 9780593804643
15. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525556572

PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Mate
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9780593952580
2. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
3. Good Spirits- Debut
B. K. Borison, Avon, $18.99, 9780063430402
4. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
5. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
6. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
7. The Best American Short Stories 2025- Debut
Celeste Ng, Nicole A. Lamy (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063399808
8. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538742570
9. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
10. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
11. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
12. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
13. The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Penguin, $19, 9780593489291
14. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324123736
15. The Pumpkin Spice Café
Laurie Gilmore, HarperCollins, $18.99, 9780008610678
On the Rise:
18. The Devil She Knows
Alexandria Bellefleur, Berkley, $19, 9780593952504

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
2. Fight Oligarchy- Debut
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
3. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen- Debut
David Brooks, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593230077
4. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
5. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
6. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
7. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316581509
8. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
9. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
10. The Best American Essays 2025- Debut
Jia Tolentino, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351592
11. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
Charles Duhigg, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593243923
12. The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689
13. The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781961793682
14. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
15. A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $23.99, 9780062397348

EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE

1. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
2. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
3. 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
4. Troubling Tonsils! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961080
5. War Games
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338736106
6. Pocket Bear
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362
7. Secrets of the Purple Pearl (The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science)
Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316555296
8. Howl's Moving Castle Deluxe Limited Edition
Diana Wynne Jones, Greenwillow Books, $24.99, 9780063416468
9. Winging It: A Graphic Novel- Debut
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781338818529
10. Dragonborn
Struan Murray, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217113217
11. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
12. Scarlet Morning
ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780063210349
13. The Rise of Neptune (Dragonships #2)
Scott Reintgen, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665946544
14. Refugee: The Graphic Novel- Debut
Alan Gratz, Syd Fini (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781338733969
15. The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215

YOUNG ADULT

1. Fake Skating
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665921268
2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Special Edition)
Stephen Chbosky, Simon Pulse, $15.99, 9781665982412
3. Hekate: The Witch (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Nikita Gill, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316581820
4. We Were Liars (Deluxe Edition)
E. Lockhart, Delacorte Press, $14.99, 9798217118076
5. Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665947145
6. The Scammer
Tiffany D. Jackson, Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780063271272
7. Falling Like Leaves
Misty Wilson, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $12.99, 9781665975193
8. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
9. Sisters in the Wind
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $19.99, 9781250328533
10. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
11. Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $18, 9780593622452
12. Angelica and the Bear Prince: (A Graphic Novel)
Trung Le Nguyen, Random House Graphic, $17.99, 9781984892669
13. The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
14. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207
15. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544336261

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
3. Hansel and Gretel
Stephen King, Maurice Sendak (Illus.), HarperCollins, $26.99, 9780062644695
4. Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo (A Buffalo Fluffalo Story)
Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593810309
5. Richard Scarry's Halloween Cars and Trucks
Richard Scarry, Random House Books for Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593905166
6. The Bakery Dragon and the Fairy Cake
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710999
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
8. Baby Pumpkin: Finger Puppet Book
Yu-Hsuan Huang (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781797232782
9. If We Were Dogs
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316581721
10. Chicka Chicka Tricka Treat
Julien Chung, Beach Lane Books, $19.99, 9781665954785
11. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780544772533
12. The Wild Robot on the Island
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316669467
13. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
14. Aggie and the Ghost
Matthew Forsythe, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, $19.99, 9781534478206
15. Bluey and Bingo's Book of Scary Things
Charlie Moon, Penguin Young Readers, $10.99, 9780593891254

CHILDREN'S SERIES

1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
New in Series: Partypooper (9781419782695)
2. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
3. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Chris Chalik (Illus.), Scholastic
4. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback)
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Scholastic
5. The Book of Dust (hardcover and paperback)
Philip Pullman, Knopf Books for Young Readers
New in Series: The Rose Field (9780593306635)
6. InvestiGators (hardcover)
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
7. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press
8. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
9. Spy School (hardcover and paperback)
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
10. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion