February 26, 2025

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for February 26, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 23, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Deep End
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20.00, 9780593550441
A competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance by the bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis.
1/3
2 Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.
2/23
3 Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593685778
A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original, Martyr! heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction.
3/8
4 The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593312070
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.
4/16
5 Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182
A post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror by the bestselling author of Kindred.
5/28
6 Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
6/26
7 Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802163622
Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on our planet through the eyes of six astronauts circling the earth in 24 hours. Winner of the Booker Prize 2024.
7/15
8 North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18.00, 9780593597040
When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike.
9/21
9 The Crash
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227325
A new psychological thriller from bestselling author Freida McFadden! The nightmare she's running from is nothing compared to where she's headed.
8/4
10 A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575569
From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read.
11/128
11 The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $18.00, 9780525435006
Atwood's funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing novel is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and literary tour de force. Now a Hulu series.
12/93
12 Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, William Morrow Paperbacks, $18.99, 9780063250857
Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. R. F. Kuang's novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable.
13/7
13 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
An addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist, Freida McFadden's The Housemaid is perfect for fans of Ruth Ware, Lisa Jewell, and Verity.
/32
14 The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family, and remain unsolved for nearly fifty years.
15/17
15 First Lie Wins
Ashley Elston, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593492932
Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn't exist.
/2
ON THE RISE
19 I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com
Kimberly Lemming, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593818633
A hilarious and sexy romance about a woman who gets dropped on a strange planet only to fall for not one, but two, aliens. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick.
 
 
     

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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for February 26, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 23, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12.00, 9780804190114
Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the 20th century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.
1/103
2 Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 9781571313560
Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.
2/272
3 The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593536131
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club.
3/41
4 All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
All About Love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering.
4/173
5 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456
This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost.
5/35
6 The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 19172017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
A history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history.
9/70
7 The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.
6/230
8 Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593652985
A vital and urgent call to action about the precarious state of American democracy, charting its historical challenges and current threats, from one of our era's most important and insightful historians, with a new afterword by the author.
7/17
9 Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20.00, 9780593139158
McConaughey's unconventional memoir is filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.
11/15
10 All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard.
13/11
11 Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)
Dean Spade, Verso, $15.95, 9781839762123
Writing for those new to activism as well as those who have been in social movements for a long time, Dean Spade draws on years of organizing to offer a radical vision of community mobilization, social transformation, compassionate activism, and solidarity.
8/6
12 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20.00, 9780143129257
A revolutionary program for personal renewal, The Artist's Way will help get you back on track, rediscover your passions, and take the steps you need to change your life.
12/21
13 Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20.00, 9780307279286
Award-winning New Yorker staff writer Keefe presents a stunning and intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.
10/56
14 Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
Jonathan Blitzer, Penguin, $21.00, 9781984880826
An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the southern border told through the lives of the migrants forced to risk everything and the policymakers who determine their fate.
/4
15 A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $22.99, 9780062397348
Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of—and in the words of—America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers.
/3
ON THE RISE
17 Who's Afraid of Gender?
Judith Butler, Picador, $20.00, 9781250371911
From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politics around the world.
 
 
     

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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for February 26, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 23, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385550369
Percival Everett's new novel is a brilliant, action-packed re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. The #1 Indie Next Pick for April 2024.
1/49
2 Three Days in June
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $27.00, 9780593803486
Told with deep sensitivity and a tart sense of humor, full of the joys and heartbreaks of love and marriage and family life, Three Days in June is a triumph, and gives us the perennially bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer at the height of her powers. A February 2025 Indie Next Pick.
3/2
3 The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593418918
Moore's multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore's most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet. The #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2024.
5/34
4 Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
She's survived her first year at Basgiath War College for dragon riders...but the danger is just beginning in the electrifying follow-up to Fourth Wing.
9/34
5 Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781649374189
After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there's no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty. Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it's impossible to know who to trust.
4/5
6 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741
Keegan's landmark novel is a tale of one man's courage and a remarkable portrait of love and family. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2021.
10/32
7 The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew. The #1 Indie Next Pick for August 2024.
6/28
8 Onyx Storm (Standard Edition)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649377159
After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there's no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty. Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it's impossible to know who to trust.
7/5
9 All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29.00, 9780593190265
Miranda July returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious, and surprising novel about a woman upending her life. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick.
11/41
10 Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $29.00, 9780593500224
The third installment in the heartwarming and enchanting Emily Wilde series, about a curmudgeonly scholar of folklore and the fae prince she loves. A February 2025 Indie Next Pick.
2/2
11 The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30.00, 9781250178633
The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on the story of all women who put themselves in harm's way to help others.
14/55
12 The Bones Beneath My Skin
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $29.99, 9781250890436
A supernatural road-trip thriller featuring an extraordinary young girl and her two unlikely protectors on the run from cultists and the government. A February 2025 Indie Next Pick.
8/3
13 Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $30.00, 9780593548981
Set in Florida in the 1970s, Grady Hendrix's newest novel follows five young women in a home for unwed mothers who find a guide to witchcraft. The #1 Indie Next Pick for January 2025.
12/6
14 Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29.00, 9780374602635
An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family—but especially love—from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney. An October 2024 Indie Next Pick.
/21
15 Isola
Allegra Goodman, The Dial Press, $28.99, 9780593730089
Inspired by the real life of a sixteenth-century heroine, Isola is the timeless story of a woman fighting for survival. A February 2025 Indie Next Pick.
15/3
ON THE RISE
17 Dream State
Eric Puchner, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385550666
A thrillingly ambitious ode to the power of friendship, the weird weather of marriage, and the beauty of impermanence. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick.
 
 
     

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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for February 26, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 23, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
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
If you've ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn't you. The problem is the power you give to other people. This book puts the power to create a life you love back in your hands.
1/9
2 The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20.00, 9781668072240
A bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2024.
3/14
3 How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith
Mariann Edgar Budde, Avery, $28.00, 9780593539217
An inspirational guide to the key junctures in life that, if navigated with faith and discernment, pave the way for us to become our most courageous selves, by the bishop of the famed Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C.
2/3
4 Memorial Days: A Memoir
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780593653982
A heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey towards peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Horse. A February 2025 Indie Next Pick.
4/3
5 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292
James Clear reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.
13/136
6 The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593652886
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us.
10/109
7 The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource
Chris Hayes, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593653111
From the bestselling author and MSNBC and podcast host, a powerful wide-angle reckoning with how the assault from attention capitalism on our minds and our hearts has reordered our politics and the very fabric of our society.
5/4
8 Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live- Debut
Susan Morrison, Random House, $36.00, 9780812988871
The definitive biography of Lorne Michaels, the man behind America's most beloved comedy show.
/1
9 On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer
Rick Steves, Rick Steves, $30.00, 9781641716437
Stow away with Rick Steves for a glimpse into the unforgettable moments, misadventures, and memories of his 1978 journey on the legendary Hippie Trail.
7/3
10 The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30.00, 9780593230381
The bestselling author of Between the World and Me travels the world to explore how the stories we tell—and the ones we don't—shape our realities.
6/21
11 Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32.00, 9780316575805
Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand-new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light.
12/21
12 The Harder I Fight the More I Love You: A Memoir
Neko Case, Grand Central Publishing, $30.00, 9781538710500
Singer-songwriter Neko Case paints a vivid portrait of an extraordinary life—one forged through a poverty-stricken childhood, obsessive desire, bursts of comedy, and indispensable friendships. A February 2025 Indie Next Pick.
9/4
13 The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593655030
From bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood.
14/39
14 Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34.00, 9780593799895
In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa—shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table.
/19
15 Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning
Peter Beinart, Knopf, $26.00, 9780593803899
A provocative argument that will expand and inform one of the defining conversations of our time. It is a book that only Peter Beinart could write: a passionate yet measured work that brings together his personal experience, his commanding grasp of history, his keen understanding of political and moral dilemmas, and a clear vision for the future.
11/4
ON THE RISE
16 Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend
Rebecca Romney, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $29.99, 9781982190248
From rare book dealer and guest star of the hit show Pawn Stars, a page-turning literary adventure that introduces readers to the women writers who inspired Jane Austen—and investigates why their books have disappeared from our shelves.
 
 
     

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Mass Market



Bestseller List for February 26, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 23, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
1/451
2 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
2/184
3 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
5/81
4 The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
3/164
5 Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
4/122
6 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
/44
7 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
9/79
8 The Exchange
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593685600
6/20
9 Resurrection Walk
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $10.99, 9781538767146
10/2
10 Reacher: Persuader
Lee Child, Dell, $10.99, 9780593984215
7/3
 
     

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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for February 26, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 23, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
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 The Squad: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315
 
4 The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
 
5 Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
 
6 Away
Megan E. Freeman, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665959728
 
7 Bluey 5-Minute Stories: 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray!
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593521908
 
8 Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
 
9 The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
 
10 The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203
 
11 Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
 
12 The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324
 
13 Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
 
14 Sisters: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880
 
15 Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
 
 
     

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Young Adult



Bestseller List for February 26, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 23, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Young Adult  
1 Rebel Witch: The Crimson Moth: Book 2
Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250866929
 
2 Wings of Starlight
Allison Saft, Disney Press, $18.99, 9781368098458
 
3 Powerless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
 
4 Heavenly Tyrant
Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $20.99, 9780735269989
 
5 Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
 
6 If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
 
7 All Better Now
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781534432758
 
8 Under the Same Stars
Libba Bray, Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, $24.99, 9780374388942
 
9 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196
 
10 Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665947138
 
11 Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $11.99, 9780735269958
 
12 The Giver
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544340688
 
13 Heartless Hunter: The Crimson Moth: Book 1
Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250866905
 
14 Legendborn (Indies Introduce)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
 
15 The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207
 
 
     

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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for February 26, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 23, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  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 Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
 
4 I Am Elphaba (Little Golden Book)
Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896860
 
5 Girls on the Rise
Amanda Gorman, Loveis Wise (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593624180
 
6 The Bakery Dragon
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968
 
7 I Am Glinda (Little Golden Book)
Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896884
 
8 The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
9 Knight Owl and Early Bird
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526
 
10 Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
 
11 Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
 
12 Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
 
13 Dragon's First Taco
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178
 
14 Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707
 
15 The Digger and the Flower- Debut
Joseph Kuefler, HarperCollins, $10.99, 9780063426429
 
 
     

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Children's Series



Bestseller List for February 26, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 23, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Series  
1 Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
2 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
 
3 InvestiGators (hardcover)
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
New in Series: Agents of S.U.I.T.: Wild Ghost Chase (9781250852403)
 
4 Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
 
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 Press
 
8 Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 
9 I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
 
10 Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending February 23, 2025

16 The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400

17 Scythe & Sparrow
Brynne Weaver, Zando - Slowburn, $19.00, 9781638931812

18 None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781982179014

19 I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com
Kimberly Lemming, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593818633

20 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593466490

21 I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600

22 First-Time Caller
B. K. Borison, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593641194

23 Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $17.00, 9781451673319

24 Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433

25 Night Watch
Jayne Anne Phillips, Vintage, $18.00, 9781101972793

26 The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296227

27 Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063279087

28 Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780593135228

29 Good Material
Dolly Alderton, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593686959

30 The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498

31 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593243756

32 Quicksilver
Callie Hart, Forever, $21.99, 9781538774199

33 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318

34 Butter
Asako Yuzuki, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063236417

35 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957

36 A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583

37 The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987

38 The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $18.00, 9781101906118

39 Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463

40 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624

41 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17.00, 9781501161933

42 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780593500156

43 Wandering Stars
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593311448

44 The Poppy War
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $19.99, 9780062662583

45 The Hunter
Tana French, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593493458

46 Wicked
Gregory Maguire, William Morrow Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780062852847

47 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323

48 The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703

49 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606

50 The Fox Wife
Yangsze Choo, Holt Paperbacks, $18.99, 9781250266033

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending February 23, 2025

16 Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951

17 Who's Afraid of Gender?
Judith Butler, Picador, $20.00, 9781250371911

18 Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together
Dean Spade, Algonquin Books, $19.99, 9781643756462

19 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037

20 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310

21 Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20.00, 9780593449240

22 The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $14.00, 9780679744726

23 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $21.99, 9780316299220

24 Sapiens (Tenth Anniversary Edition): A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $27.99, 9780063422001

25 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791

26 Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes, Haymarket Books, $17.95, 9781642598278

27 Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Picador, $20.00, 9781250338143

28 Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal
Mohammed El-Kurd, Haymarket Books, $17.95, 9798888903155

29 The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Nikole Hannah-Jones (Creator), The New York Times Magazine, One World, $25.00, 9780593230596

30 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $21.00, 9780593230275

31 Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll, Harper Select, $19.99, 9781400337040

32 How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
Jason Stanley, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $19.00, 9780525511854

33 The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story
Pagan Kennedy, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593314715

34 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609

35 Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593470831

36 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20.00, 9780593239933

37 An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Beacon Press, $17.95, 9780807057834

38 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19.00, 9781250849359

39 King: A Life
Jonathan Eig, Picador, $23.00, 9781250335647

40 Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient World
Mary Beard, Liveright, $21.99, 9781324095606

41 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $20.00, 9781524746742

42 HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361

43 How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials #3)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781937006884

44 Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18.00, 9780593498088

45 Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
Angela Y. Davis, Haymarket Books, $15.95, 9781608465644

46 On Civil Disobedience
Hannah Arendt, Henry David Thoreau, Library of America, $12.50, 9781598537918

47 Meditations
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255

48 A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225282

49 Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807014271

50 Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending February 23, 2025

16 We All Live Here
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $30.00, 9781984879325

17 Dream State
Eric Puchner, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385550666

18 The Nightingale (Deluxe Edition)
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $35.00, 9781250370112

19 Good Dirt
Charmaine Wilkerson, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593358368

20 Black Woods, Blue Sky
Eowyn Ivey, Random House, $29.00, 9780593231029

21 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157

22 We Do Not Part
Han Kang, e. yaewon (Transl.), Paige Aniyah Morris (Transl.), Hogarth, $28.00, 9780593595459

23 Victorian Psycho
Virginia Feito, Liveright, $24.99, 9781631498633

24 Beautiful Ugly
Alice Feeney, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250337788

25 All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30.00, 9780593798874

26 Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031

27 Last Twilight in Paris
Pam Jenoff, Park Row, $28.99, 9780778307983

28 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991

29 The Queens of Crime: A Novel
Marie Benedict, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250280756

30 Death of the Author (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Nnedi Okorafor, William Morrow, $30.00, 9780063391147

31 The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668045145

32 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250236210

33 We'll Prescribe You a Cat
Syou Ishida, E.Madison Shimoda (Transl.), Berkley, $25.00, 9780593818749

34 Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30.00, 9780593446096

35 Water Moon
Samantha Sotto Yambao, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780593724996

36 The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593801970

37 This Is a Love Story
Jessica Soffer, Dutton, $29.00, 9780593851265

38 Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042

39 Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250881205

40 The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Viking, $30.00, 9780593489277

41 Harlem Rhapsody
Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $29.00, 9780593638484

42 Time of the Child
Niall Williams, Bloomsbury Publishing, $28.99, 9781639734207

43 Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820247

44 Hungerstone
Kat Dunn, Zando, $28.00, 9781638932161

45 The Favorites
Layne Fargo, Random House, $28.00, 9780593732045

46 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593422946

47 Foster
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802160140

48 The Stolen Queen
Fiona Davis, Dutton, $29.00, 9780593474273

49 Tartufo
Kira Jane Buxton, Grand Central Publishing, $29.00, 9781538770818

50 Blue Sisters
Coco Mellors, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593723760

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending February 23, 2025

16 Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend
Rebecca Romney, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $29.99, 9781982190248

17 Source Code: My Beginnings
Bill Gates, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593801581

18 Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism
Eve L. Ewing, One World, $32.00, 9780593243701

19 The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35.00, 9780385348744

20 Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35.00, 9780593734223

21 Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People
Imani Perry, Ecco, $28.99, 9780062977397

22 The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385544764

23 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

24 On Freedom
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $32.00, 9780593728727

25 The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385534260

26 Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy
Katherine Stewart, Bloomsbury Publishing, $29.99, 9781635578546

27 Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $27.00, 9780385549936

28 Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.00, 9780374611996

29 Aflame: Learning from Silence
Pico Iyer, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593420287

30 You Didn't Hear This From Me: (Mostly) True Notes on Gossip
Kelsey McKinney, Grand Central Publishing, $30.00, 9781538757406

31 CABIN: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
Patrick Hutchison, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250285706

32 Guinness World Records 2025
Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484569

33 Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
Gillian Anderson, Abrams Press, $28.00, 9781419777295

34 The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Sharon McMahon, Thesis, $32.00, 9780593541678

35 Food for Thought: Essays and Ruminations
Alton Brown, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781668064214

36 The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32.00, 9781954118461

37 Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593320969

38 A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $34.00, 9781501183058

39 Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life's Purpose
Martha Beck, The Open Field, $30.00, 9780593656389

40 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581

41 Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy
Tieghan Gerard, Clarkson Potter, $32.99, 9780593232576

42 Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $25.00, 9780593189481

43 There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
Hanif Abdurraqib, Random House, $32.00, 9780593448793

44 Fearless and Free: A Memoir
Josephine Baker, Tiny Reparations Books, $32.00, 9780593853696

45 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598

46 The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West
Alexander C. Karp, Nicholas W. Zamiska, Crown Currency, $30.00, 9780593798690

47 The Universe in Verse: 15 Portals to Wonder through Science & Poetry
Maria Popova, Ofra Amit (Illus.), Storey Publishing, LLC, $22.00, 9781635868838

48 Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), Simon & Schuster, $40.00, 9781476753836

49 The World After Gaza: A History
Pankaj Mishra, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9798217058891

50 Easy Weeknight Dinners: 100 Fast, Flavor-Packed Meals for Busy People Who Still Want Something Good to Eat
Emily Weinstein, New York Times Cooking, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9780593836323

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending February 23, 2025

11 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487

12 Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340

13 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488

14 Only the Brave
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9780593498453

15 Simply Lies
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538750605

16 Clive Cussler The Corsican Shadow
Dirk Cussler, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $10.99, 9780593544198

17 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125

18 The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572

19 Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987

20 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803

21 It Can't Happen Here
Sinclair Lewis, Signet, $10.99, 9780451465641

22 The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345350688

23 Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365309

24 The Shining
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657

25 Thinner
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668084274

26 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686

27 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741

28 The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626

29 Shattered
James Patterson, James O. Born, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752968

30 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286

31 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233

32 Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293

33 The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835

34 Wrong Place Wrong Time
Gillian McAllister, William Morrow Paperbacks, $9.99, 9780063427006

35 After That Night
Karin Slaughter, William Morrow Paperbacks, $10.99, 9780063157804

36 Warbreaker
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765360038

37 It Had to Be You
Mary Higgins Clark, Alafair Burke, Pocket, $10.99, 9781668034668

38 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484

39 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488

40 Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345337665

41 The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345325815

42 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $10.00, 9780553293357

43 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey, Signet, $10.99, 9780451163967

44 A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716

45 The Fall of Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553288209

46 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $10.99, 9780063221086

47 Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024

48 All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780449213940

49 Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $9.99, 9781250773012

50 The Communist Manifesto (Signet Classics)
Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Signet, $5.95, 9780451531841

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