The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction
Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for nonfiction, 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. * 1. Braiding Sweetgrass:
1. Robin Wall Kimmerer's "Braiding Sweetgrass" tops the list, blending Indigenous wisdom and scientific knowledge with plant teachings.
2. Ben Wikler's "This Is The Plan" offers strategies for ending America's economic crisis and saving democracy.
3. John U. Bacon reveals the untold story of the Edmund Fitzgerald in "The Gales of November."
4. "The Book of Birds" by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris is a guide to wonder and loss in the avian world.
5. Robert Macfarlane’s "Is a River Alive?" explores the concept of rivers as living entities.
6. Tad Stoermer's "A Resistance History of the United States" provides a resistance perspective on U.S. history.
7. Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian's "Forest Euphoria" delves into the queerness of nature.
8. Peter Wohlleben's "The Hidden Life of Trees" uncovers the communication and behavior of trees.
9. Mary Beard's "Talking Classics" examines the impact of old literature on contemporary society.
10. Anton Jäger's "Hyperpolitics" investigates extreme politicization without political consequences.
11. Dean Spade's "Mutual Aid" explores building solidarity during crises and the future.
12. Terry Tempest Williams' "The Glorians" features visits from the Holy Ordinary.
13. Frédéric Gros' "A Philosophy of Walking" and John Howe's translation discuss the art of walking.
14. Mary Beard's "S.P.Q.R." offers a comprehensive history of ancient Rome.
15. Eric Jay Dolin's "The Wreck of the Mentor" tells a true story of death, despair, and deliverance in the age of sail.
16. Viktor E. Frankl's "Man’s Search for Meaning" shares his experiences and insights from a Holocaust survivor.
17. Jill Lepore's "We the People" chronicles the history of the U.S. Constitution.
18. Zayd Ayers Dohrn's "Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young" recounts the experiences of a fugitive family in the revolutionary underground.
19. Ursula K. Le Guin's "Book of Cats" celebrates cats through a series of reflections.
20. Frédéric Gros’ "A Philosophy of Shame" and John Howe’s translation explore the concept of shame.
21. Robin Wall Kimmerer's "Gathering Moss" presents a natural and cultural history of mosses.
22. John Elledge's "A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders" shares surprising stories behind the lines on our maps.
23. Rebecca Solnit's "The Beginning Comes After the End" discusses the concept of change in the world.
24. Jill Lepore's "These Truths" provides a comprehensive history of the United States.
25. Phil Cousineau's "The Wisdom of the Odyssey" offers twenty-four life lessons from Homer’s epic.
26. Pema Chodron's "When Things Fall Apart" provides heart advice for difficult times.
27. Harry G. Frankfurt’s "On Bullshit" (Anniversary Edition) examines the nature of bullshit.
28. Thich Nhat Hanh's "How to Relax" offers mindfulness essentials for stress relief.
29. Colin Asher's "The Midnight Special" uncovers the secret prison history of American music.
30. Thich Nhat Hanh and Jason DeAntonis' "How to Love" provides mindfulness essentials for loving relationships.
31. Danny Caine's "How to Defend Books and Why" explores book bans and the fight to defend them.
32. Frantz Fanon's "The Wretched of the Earth" addresses decolonization and revolutionary violence.
33. Kristin Kobes Du Mez's "Jesus and John Wayne" investigates the impact of white evangelicals on faith and nation.
34. Kim Phillips-Fein's "Country of Lords" examines neo-aristocrats, social Darwinists, tech utopianism, and the fight against equality in America.
35. Joseph Nguyen's "Don’t Believe Everything You Think" delves into the relationship between thinking and suffering.
36. KOHEI SAITO's "Capital From Zero" analyzes reading Marx in the context of climate catastrophe.
37. Charlie James and Paige Tompkins' "I’m Just a Little Guy" provides tips for escaping life's horrors and returning to dillydallying.
38. Michael Bronski's "A Queer History of the United States" offers a revised and expanded look at the LGBTQ+ experience.
39. Manchán Magan's "Thirty-Two Words for Field" presents lost words of the Irish landscape.
40. Phap Xa and Phap Luu's "Hiking Zen" teaches readers how to train their minds in nature.
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