The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for fiction for the week ending November 1, 2026, has been released. These rankings are based on sales from independent bookstores nationwide and have been provided by the American Booksellers Association.
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1. The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau)
2. Fruit Fly by Josh Silver (Crooked Lane Books)
3. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (Transit Books)
4. May We Feed the King by Rebecca Parry (Transit)
5. Stitched by Eli McCann (Torrey House Press)
6. John of John by Douglas Stuart (Grove Press)
7. The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson (W.W. Norton)
8. Stoner by John Williams (NYRB Classics)
9. The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson (Slowburn)
10. The Once and Future Queen: Deluxe Limited Edition (The Lives of Guinevere #1) by Paula Lafferty (Erewhon Books)
11. I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney (Zibby Publishing)
12. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (Grove Press)
13. Heart the Lover by Lily King (Grove Press)
14. Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth (Melville House)
15. Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan (Grove)
16. The Birthing Tree by Amanda Peters (Catapult)
17. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara J. Haveland (New Directions)
18. Victorian Psycho: A Novel by Virginia Feito (Liveright)
19. Of Karma and Corridors: A Dark Romance (Deluxe Limited Edition) by Sloane St James (Podium Publishing)
20. The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller (Europa)
21. A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck (Strange Violin Editions)
22. Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy (David R. Godine Publisher)
23. A Crimson Ridge Christmas: Deluxe Limited Edition by Elliott Rose (Kensington)
24. Slow Horses by Mick Herron (Soho Crime)
25. The Employees by Olga Ravn (New Directions)
26. Rottenheart by Kat Dunn (Zando)
27. Lights Out (Into Darkness Series #1) by Navessa Allen (Slowburn)
28. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 1 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
29. Carmilla, Deluxe Edition: The Dark Sapphic Romance that Inspired Dracula by Sheridan Le Fanu (Pushkin Press)
30. Writers & Lovers by Lily King (Grove Press)
31. The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 8 by Mokumokuren (Yen Press)
32. Sometimes I Scare Myself: A Collection of Horror by Jeneva Rose (Blackstone)
33. F*cked Up Fairy Tales: Sinful Cinderellas, Prince Alarmings, and Other Timeless Classics by Liz Gotauco, illustrated by Jade Gotauco (W. W. Norton)
34. The Iliad by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton)
35. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
36. Fair Ones: A Double Novel by Lydia Millet (W. W. Norton)
37. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (Catapult)
38. Taiwan Travelogue: A Novel by Shuang-zi Yang (Graywolf Press)
39. The King in Yellow, Deluxe Edition by Robert W. Chambers (Pushkin Press)
40. Up to No Good: The Complete Elderly Lady Stories by Helene Tursten (Soho Crime)