Indie Bestsellers for the Week of

October 8th, 2025

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Impossible Fortune- Debut
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653258
2. Alchemised
SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
3. The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
4. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
5. Katabasis
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $32, 9780063446243
6. Heart the Lover- Debut
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
7. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
8. The Academy
Elin Hilderbrand, Shelby Cunningham, Little, Brown and Company, $30, 9780316567855
9. What Stalks the Deep- Debut
T. Kingfisher, Tor Nightfire, $19.99, 9781250354921
10. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
11. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
12. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715
13. We Love You, Bunny
Mona Awad, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $30, 9781668059869
14. Buckeye
Patrick Ryan, Random House, $30, 9780593595039
15. Circle of Days
Ken Follett, Grand Central Publishing, $40, 9781538772775

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. 107 Days
Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668211656
2. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
3. Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit
Brené Brown, Random House, $32, 9781984855749
4. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution
Jill Lepore, Liveright, $39.99, 9781631496080
5. 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
6. Poems & Prayers
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $29, 9781984862105
7. All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $35, 9780593540985
8. History Matters
David McCullough, Simon & Schuster, $27, 9781668098998
9. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
10. Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy
Mary Roach, W. W. Norton & Company, $28.99, 9781324050629
11. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525556572
12. Awake: A Memoir
Jen Hatmaker, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668083680
13. 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
14. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
15. Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $30, 9781668094716

PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
2. Soul Searching- Debut
Lyla Sage, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593977774
3. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
4. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
5. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
6. A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
Sangu Mandanna, Berkley, $19, 9780593439371
7. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538742570
8. The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Penguin, $19, 9780593489291
9. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
10. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
11. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
12. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
13. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $19, 9780593687840
14. Playground- Debut
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324123736
15. The Pumpkin Spice Café
Laurie Gilmore, HarperCollins, $18.99, 9780008610678

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
3. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering- Debut
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316581509
4. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
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 Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
8. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $25, 9780593734230
9. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
10. A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $23.99, 9780062397348
11. The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781961793682
12. The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience- Debut
Plestia Alaqad, Little, Brown and Company, $18.99, 9780316597456
13. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257
14. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
15. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection- Debut
Charles Duhigg, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593243923

EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE

1. 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
2. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
3. Secrets of the Purple Pearl (The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science)- Debut
Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316555296
4. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
5. Troubling Tonsils! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961080
6. Pocket Bear
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362
7. The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science
Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316554831
8. Howl's Moving Castle Deluxe Limited Edition
Diana Wynne Jones, Greenwillow Books, $24.99, 9780063416468
9. Scarlet Morning
ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780063210349
10. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
11. The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby: Color Edition
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338687859
12. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
13. The Sherlock Society
James Ponti, Aladdin, $8.99, 9781665932547
14. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Storytide, $10.99, 9780062991324
15. Sweet & Salty!: King Arthur Baking Company's Cookbook for Young Bakers- Debut
King Arthur Baking Company, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665930666

YOUNG ADULT

1. Fake Skating- Debut
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665921268
2. Hekate: The Witch (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Nikita Gill, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316581820
3. Grim and Oro: Dueling Crowns Edition (A Lightlark Saga Deluxe Companion Book)- Debut
Alex Aster, Amulet Books, $34.99, 9781419785627
4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Special Edition)- Debut
Stephen Chbosky, Simon Pulse, $15.99, 9781665982412
5. Falling Like Leaves
Misty Wilson, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $12.99, 9781665975193
6. Sisters in the Wind
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $19.99, 9781250328533
7. We Were Liars (Deluxe Edition)
E. Lockhart, Delacorte Press, $14.99, 9798217118076
8. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
9. Bitten (Deluxe Limited Edition)- Debut
Jordan Stephanie Gray, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316584548
10. Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665947145
11. The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
12. Blood Moon
Britney S. Lewis, Page Street YA, $18.99, 9798890032294
13. Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17, 9780593622452
14. The Weaver Bride- Debut
Lydia Gregovic, Delacorte Press, $21.99, 9780593572412
15. Thorn Season (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Kiera Azar, Storytide, $24.99, 9780063464773

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
2. Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo (A Buffalo Fluffalo Story)- Debut
Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593810309
3. Hansel and Gretel
Stephen King, Maurice Sendak (Illus.), HarperCollins, $26.99, 9780062644695
4. Richard Scarry's Halloween Cars and Trucks
Richard Scarry, Random House Books for Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593905166
5. If We Were Dogs
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316581721
6. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
7. Chicka Chicka Tricka Treat
Julien Chung, Beach Lane Books, $19.99, 9781665954785
8. Baby Pumpkin: Finger Puppet Book
Yu-Hsuan Huang (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781797232782
9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
10. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780544772533
11. Bluey and Bingo's Book of Scary Things
Charlie Moon, Penguin Young Readers, $10.99, 9780593891254
12. Aggie and the Ghost
Matthew Forsythe, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, $19.99, 9781534478206
13. Billie Jean Peet, Athlete: A Picture Book (The Questioneers)- Debut
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781419775741
14. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
15. The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Peekaboo Halloween
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $9.99, 9780593890172

CHILDREN'S SERIES

1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
3. The Twilight Saga (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
New: Twilight: Deluxe Collector's Edition (9780316586887)
New: Twilight (20th Anniversary Edition) (9780316592987)
New: The Twilight Saga Deluxe Hardcover Collection (9780316587266)
4. Warriors Graphic Novels (hardcover and paperback)
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley
New in Series: The Prophecies Begin, #3 (9780063203938)
5. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Chris Chalik (Illus.), Scholastic
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. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
10. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion