The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction
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Literary Hub publishes this week's Independent Press Top 40 bestsellers for fiction, a ranking drawn from sales data across hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide and compiled by the American Booksellers Association. The list, distributed by The Independent Publishers Caucus, highlights commercial successes in the independent publishing world. The top spot goes to 'The Calamity,' though the article provides only the first entry in the full forty-book ranking.
Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for fiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksellers Association. Compiled, designed, and distributed by The Independent Publishers Caucus.
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1. The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau)
2. John of John by Douglas Stuart (Grove Press)
3. Heart the Lover by Lily King (Grove Press)
4. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (Transit Books)
5. The Odyssey by Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.) (Norton)
6. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) by Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.) (New Directions)
7. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (Grove Press)
8. Taiwan Travelogue: A Novel by Shuang-zi Yang (Graywolf Press)
9. Three Bags Full (A Sheep Detective Story) by Leonie Swann (Soho Crime)
10. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 1 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
11. Victorian Psycho: A Novel by Virginia Feito (Liveright)
12. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (Beacon Press)
13. On the Calculation of Volume (Book II) by Solvej Balle (New Directions)
14. Culpability by Bruce Holsinger (Spiegel & Grau)
15. Writers & Lovers by Lily King (Grove Press)
16. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (Europa Editions)
17. The Iliad by Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.) (W. W. Norton)
18. On the Calculation of Volume (Book IV) by Solvej Balle (New Directions)
19. Orbital by Samantha Harvey (Grove Press)
20. Foster by Claire Keegan (Grove Press)
21. Son of Nobody by Yann Martel (W. W. Norton)
22. The Wax Child by Olga Ravn (New Directions)
23. The Overstory by Richard Powers (Norton)
24. Losers: Part Two: Deluxe Limited Edition by Harley Laroux (Kensington)
25. Mona’s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser (Europa Editions)
26. Hungerstone by Kat Dunn (Zando)
27. The Employees by Olga Ravn (New Directions)
28. Birds of a Feather: The Secrets of a Knight (Ravenhood Legacy #3) by Kate Stewart (Kensington)
29. You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson (Button Poetry)
30. Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove (Bindery Books)
31. Playground by Richard Powers (W. W. Norton)
32. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (Catapult)
33. Just My Luck: Deluxe Limited Edition (The Kings #2) by Lena Hendrix (Kensington)
34. A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck (Strange Violin Editions)
35. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
36. Witch Hat Atelier 1 by Kamome Shirahama (Kodansha Comics)
37. Carmilla, Deluxe Edition: The Dark Sapphic Romance that Inspired Dracula by Sheridan Le Fanu (Pushkin Press)
38. On the Calculation of Volume (Book III) by Solvej Balle (New Directions)
39. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
40. Wings of Life: Deluxe Limited Edition (Dragonbound Chronicles #1) by Meghan Le Fay (Page and Vine)
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