By Literary Hub | Created at 2026-09-03 15:19:22 | Updated at 2026-09-03 16:36:44
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For the week ending August 30, 2026
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. The Odyssey by Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.) (W.W. Norton)
3. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (Transit Books)
4. The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson (Slowburn)
5. John of John by Douglas Stuart (Grove Press)
6. Heart the Lover by Lily King (Grove Press)
7. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 1 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
8. Stoner by John Williams (NYRB Classics)
9. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
10. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (Grove Press)
11. I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney (Zibby Publishing)
12. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
13. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) by Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.) (New Directions)
14. Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman (Coffee House Press)
15. Taiwan Travelogue: A Novel by Shuang-zi Yang (Graywolf Press)
16. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
17. Lights Out (Into Darkness Series #1) by Navessa Allen (Slowburn)
18. Writers & Lovers by Lily King (Grove Press)
19. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
20. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 6 by Beth Brower (Rhysdon Press)
21. Fruit Fly by Josh Silver (Crooked Lane)
22. Culpability by Bruce Holsinger (Spiegel & Grau)
23. Scythe & Sparrow (Collector’s Edition) (The Ruinous Love Trilogy) by Brynne Weaver (Slowburn)
24. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (Catapult)
25. Foster by Claire Keegan (Grove Press)
26. The Overstory by Richard Powers (W.W. Norton)
27. Orbital by Samantha Harvey (Grove Press)
28. Victorian Psycho: A Novel by Virginia Feito (Liveright)
29. Saving the Rain: Deluxe Limited Edition (Crimson Ridge #4) by Elliott Rose (Kensington)
30. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (Europa Editions)
31. The Plight Before Christmas: Deluxe Limited Edition: An Un-EX-pected Sugar and Spice Christmas Romance (Holiday Hijinx #1) by Kate Stewart (Kensington)
32. The Employees by Olga Ravn (New Directions)
33. The Butcher Legacy: A Dr. Wren Muller Novel by Alaina Urquhart (Zando)
34. Game On by Navessa Allen (Slowburn)
35. The Anniversary: A Novel by Andrea Bajani (Other Press)
36. Carmilla, Deluxe Edition: The Dark Sapphic Romance that Inspired Dracula by Sheridan Le Fanu (Pushkin Press)
37. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (Beacon Press)
38. Portrait of a Witch Undone by K. S. Shay (Erewhon Books)
39. We Were Forbidden by Jacqueline Harpman (Transit)
40. Butcher & Blackbird: The Ruinous Love Trilogy by Brynne Weaver (Slowburn)
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