Indie Bestsellers for the Week of

March 4, 2025

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
2. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
3. Three Days in June
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $27, 9780593803486
4. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
5. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
6. Swordheart- Debut
T. Kingfisher, Bramble, $28.99, 9781250400222
7. Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
8. Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781649374189
9. Onyx Storm (Standard Edition)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649377159
10. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
11. The Bones Beneath My Skin
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $29.99, 9781250890436
12. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $30, 9780593548981
13. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633
14. Isola
Allegra Goodman, The Dial Press, $28.99, 9780593730089
15. Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $29, 9780593500224

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About
Mel Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366
2. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
3. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This- Debut
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
4. How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith
Mariann Edgar Budde, Avery, $28, 9780593539217
5. Memorial Days: A Memoir
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780593653982
6. The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30, 9780593230381
7. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
8. I'll Have What She's Having- Debut
Chelsea Handler, The Dial Press, $32, 9780593596579
9. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
10. The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource
Chris Hayes, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593653111
11. On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer
Rick Steves, Rick Steves, $30, 9781641716437
12. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
13. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805
14. The Little Frog's Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837991013
15. The Harder I Fight the More I Love You: A Memoir
Neko Case, Grand Central Publishing, $30, 9781538710500

PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Funny Story- Debut
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441213
2. Deep End
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9780593550441
3. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
4. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
5. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
6. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
7. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182
8. Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
9. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $18, 9780525435006
10. The Crash
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227325
11. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
12. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
13. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
14. Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, William Morrow Paperbacks, $18.99, 9780063250857
15. The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384
On the Rise:
18. Long Island
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $18.99, 9781476785127

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
2. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder- Debut
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
4. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
5. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
6. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
7. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
8. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18, 9780593652985
9. A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $22.99, 9780062397348
10. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution- Debut
Cat Bohannon, Vintage, $20, 9780345806208
11. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)
Dean Spade, Verso, $15.95, 9781839762123
12. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
13. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20, 9780143129257
14. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158
15. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20, 9780307279286

EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE

1. A Wolf Called Fire
Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780063415133
2. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
3. Max in the Land of Lies: A Tale of World War II- Debut
Adam Gidwitz, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593112113
4. The Lost Library
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250838834
5. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
6. The Squad: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315
7. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
8. Away
Megan E. Freeman, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665959728
9. The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
10. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
11. Bluey 5-Minute Stories: 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray!
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593521908
12. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
13. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324
14. Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II
Adam Gidwitz, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593112106
15. Sisters: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880

YOUNG ADULT

1. Rebel Witch: The Crimson Moth: Book 2
Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250866929
2. Powerless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
3. Under the Same Stars
Libba Bray, Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, $24.99, 9780374388942
4. Heartless Hunter: The Crimson Moth: Book 1
Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250866905
5. Legendborn (Indies Introduce)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
6. All Better Now
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781534432758
7. Heavenly Tyrant
Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $20.99, 9780735269989
8. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
9. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
10. Wings of Starlight
Allison Saft, Disney Press, $18.99, 9781368098458
11. Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17, 9780593622452
12. The Otherwhere Post- Debut
Emily J. Taylor, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $20.99, 9780593404546
13. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196
14. Reckless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665955430
15. Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $11.99, 9780735269958

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. Shark Girl- Debut
Kate Beaton, Roaring Brook Press, $18.99, 9781250184924
4. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
5. I Am Elphaba (Little Golden Book)
Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896860
6. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
7. The Bakery Dragon
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968
8. I Am Glinda (Little Golden Book)
Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896884
9. Girls on the Rise
Amanda Gorman, Loveis Wise (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593624180
10. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
11. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
12. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
13. Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
14. Your Forest
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536230833
15. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780358451228

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 Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback)
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
6. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
7. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
8. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
9. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion