Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers in Nonfiction

1. Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State by Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton)

2. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon (Liveright)

3. Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature by Emily Wilson (Liveright)

4. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed)

5. The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State by Jill Lepore (Liveright)

6. Guinness World Records 2027 by Guinness World Records

7. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (Beacon Press)

8. The Game by Peter King (W. W. Norton)

9. Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane (W. W. Norton)

10. Bogland: The Secret World That Defies Death and Protects Life by Merritt R. Turetsky (W. W. Norton)

11. Monstrous Bitch: A History of Terrifying Women by Eleanor Johnson (Princeton University)

12. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian (Spiegel & Grau)

13. Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay by Anne Carson (Dalkey Archives)

14. The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss by Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris (W.W. Norton)

15. I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu AnYan (Astra House)

16. Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made by Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Liveright)

17. Connections: Find the Common Threads in 100+ Puzzles of Wit and Wordplay by The New York Times (Authors Equity)

18. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books)

19. The Age of Alchemy: The Secret History of Chemistry from Ancient Magic to Modern Science by Kit Chapman (Greystone Books)

20. A Brief History of Cities in 32 Inventions: The Ideas and Technologies That Made Modernity Possible by John Elledge (The Experiment)

21. Living in the Present with John Prine by Tom Piazza (W. W. Norton)

22. Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach (W.W. Norton)

23. The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd’s Life by Helen Whybrow (Milkweed Editions)

24. Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay by Anne Carson (Princeton Classics #129)

25. Thurber’s Dogs by James Thurber (Library of America)

26. Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences by Anton Jäger (Verso)

27. A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.) (Verso)

28. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Oregon State University Press)

29. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez (Liveright)

30. The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton)

31. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein (Liveright)

32. Animals Taught Me Everything by Pam Houston (Torrey House Press)

33. Mutual Aid: New and Expanded Edition: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade (Verso)

34. Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era by Susan Neiman (W. W. Norton)

35. Traumatized: The New Politics of Public Suffering by Catherine Liu (Verso)

36. Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Cats by Ursula K. Le Guin (Library of America)

37. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books)

38. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty (W. W. Norton)

39. This Is What Happens When Women Read by Julianna Glasse (Spiegel & Grau)

40. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon (Liveright)