Indie Bestsellers — Trade Paperback Nonfiction

The Indie Bestseller List, produced by the American Booksellers Association · Updated Aug 12

Rankings according to the Indie Bestseller List, and based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide during the week ended 2026-08-12. Produced by the American Booksellers Association.

15 books

A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Elmhirst, Sophie

The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence―Before It's Too Late by Doctorow, Cory

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck

by Elmhirst, Sophie

The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence―Before It's Too Late

by Doctorow, Cory

ALL ABOUT LOVE

by bell hooks

Braiding Sweetgrass

by Robin Wall Kimmerer

THE ART THIEF

by Michael Finkel

Communion The Female Search for Love

by bell hooks

RAISING HARE

by Chloe Dalton

THE DEMON OF UNREST

by Erik Larson

The Wager A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

by David Grann

ON TYRANNY

by Timothy Snyder

Empire of AI - Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI

by Karen Hao

The Body Keeps the Score Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel A. Van der Kolk

Is a River Alive?

by Robert Macfarlane

A Walk in the Park The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

by Kevin Fedarko

Say Nothing A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

by Patrick Radden Keefe