Indie Bestsellers for the Week of

March 4th, 2026

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
2. Kin- Debut
Tayari Jones, Knopf, $32, 9780525659181
3. Vigil
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780525509622
4. Brawler: Stories- Debut
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593418420
5. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
6. The Astral Library (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Kate Quinn, William Morrow, $32, 9780063244788
7. Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter
Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $29, 9780593973257
8. Half His Age
Jennette McCurdy, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593723739
9. Operation Bounce House
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $32, 9780593820308
10. More Than Enough- Debut
Anna Quindlen, Random House, $29, 9780593734605
11. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
12. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
13. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
14. Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30, 9780593820261
15. The Red Winter- Debut
Cameron Sullivan, Tor Books, $29.99, 9781250362766

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness- Debut
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $32, 9781984881991
2. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
3. We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America- Debut
Norah O'Donnell, Kate Andersen Brower, Ballantine Books, $35, 9780593727027
4. American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology
Jon Meacham, Random House, $38, 9780593597552
5. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
6. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318
7. Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery- Debut
Gavin Newsom, Penguin Press, $30, 9781984881939
8. 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
9. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
John U. Bacon, Liveright, $35, 9781324094647
10. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
11. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525556572
12. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck (Indies Introduce)
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280
13. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005
14. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
15. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $20, 9781982181314

PAPERBACK FICTION 

1. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512
2. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
3. Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637
4. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254
5. And Now, Back to You- Debut
B.K. Borison, Berkley, $19, 9780593953143
6. Wuthering Heights (Movie Tie-In)
Emily Brontë, Penguin Books, $18, 9780143139140
7. Game Changer
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534620
8. The Long Game
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534644
9. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
10. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
11. Dear Debbie
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464249624
12. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
13. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
14. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538742570
15. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Raising Hare: A Memoir- Debut
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21, 9780593689004
2. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
4. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831
5. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470
6. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
7. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
8. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
9. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257
10. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780735213623
11. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
12. The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689
13. Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape- Debut
Manchán Magan, Chelsea Green, $19.95, 9781645023760
14. Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
Gillian Anderson, Abrams Press, $18, 9781419777301
15. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Adam Grant, Penguin, $20, 9780593653661

EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE

1. 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
2. Unsettling Salad! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961110
3. The Lions' Run
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9781250392817
4. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
5. Pocket Bear
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362
6. Winnie-the-Pooh: 100th Anniversary Edition
A. A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard (Illus.), Aladdin, $10.99, 9781665984126
7. A Blood Moon (Snowlands #1)
Morr Meroz, Collin Fogel (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546171737
8. A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250153272
9. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
10. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
11. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Storytide, $10.99, 9780062991324
12. War Games
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338736106
13. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
14. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
15. Charlotte's Web
E. B. White, HarperCollins, $10.99, 9780064400558

YOUNG ADULT

1. The Sun and the Starmaker
Rachel Griffin, Sourcebooks Fire, $19.99, 9781728256184
2. Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $19, 9798217043408
3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Special Edition)
Stephen Chbosky, Simon Pulse, $15.99, 9781665982412
4. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
5. Fake Skating
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665921268
6. Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $18, 9780593622452
7. The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
8. Betting on You
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781665921244
9. Just Between Us: A Graphic Novel- Debut
Adeline Kon, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780593696965
10. Beth Is Dead
Katie Bernet, Sarah Barley Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665988698
11. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
12. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780375842207
13. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544336261
14. A Stage Set for Villains
Shannon J. Spann, Entangled: Mayhem Books, $22.99, 9781649379511
15. Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665947145

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. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977
4. Rumpelstiltskin
Mac Barnett, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Orchard Books, $19.99, 9781338673852
5. If We Were Dogs
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316581721
6. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
7. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
8. Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo (A Buffalo Fluffalo Story)
Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593810309
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
Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593564530
11. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707
12. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
13. Is It Spring?- Debut
Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow Books, $21.99, 9780063469259
14. Because of a Shoe- Debut
Julie Fogliano, Marla Frazee (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593707401
15. Don't Trust Fish
Neil Sharpson, Dan Santat (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780593616673

CHILDREN'S SERIES

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

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