The 2024 Indie Bestsellers List

The American Booksellers Association’s specialty bestseller lists provide a current snapshot of what’s selling in indie bookstores nationwide.

Here is the 2024 Indie Bestsellers List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the period of January 1, 2024 to December 1, 2024.

A PDF of the bestsellers list is available for download.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633

2. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369

3. Funny Story
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441282

4. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946

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

6. Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172

7. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157

8. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635

9. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918

10. House of Flame and Shadow
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $32, 9781635574104

11. Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Viking, $32, 9780593296370

12. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265

13. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House, $29, 9780593597033

14. The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145

15. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922

 

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744

2. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260

3. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886

4. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030

5. The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30, 9780593230381

6. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292

7. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240

8. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982108663

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

10. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34, 9780593799895

11. Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
Liz Cheney, Little, Brown and Company, $32.5, 9780316572064

12. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805

13. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32, 9781954118461

14. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House, $30, 9780593230060

15. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598

 

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569

2. Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431

3. A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575583

4. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498

5. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570

6. Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441190

7. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781668055960

8. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17, 9781501161933

9. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987

10. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490

11. Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781639730957

12. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17, 9780593468463

13. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984

14. Bride
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $19, 9780593550403

15. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063279032

 

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560

2. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18, 9780593470831

3. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131

4. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651

5. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470

6. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741

7. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456

8. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951

9. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $19, 9780593512302

10. Hillbilly Elegy
J. D. Vance, Harper, $18.99, 9780062300553

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

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

13. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Adam Grant, Penguin, $20, 9781984878120

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

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

 

EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS

1. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860

2. The One and Only Family
Katherine Applegate, Harper, $19.99, 9780063221123

3. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203

4. Bluey 5-Minute Stories: 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray!
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593521908

5. 96 Facts About Taylor Swift: Quizzes, Quotes, Questions, and More!
Arie Kaplan, Risa Rodil (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $6.99, 9780593750933

6. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264

7. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338736076

8. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293

9. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877

10. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897

11. Charlotte's Web
E. B. White, Harper, $10.99, 9780064400558

12. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457

13. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361

14. Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500

15. Swim School: A Bluey Storybook
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593752791

 

YOUNG ADULT

1. Powerless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884

2. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489

3. Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439

4. If Only I Had Told Her
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728276229

5. The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207

6. Ruthless Vows
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250857453

7. Check & Mate
Ali Hazelwood, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $14, 9780593619919

8. Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17, 9780593622452

9. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637

10. Reckless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665955430

11. The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332

12. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Square Fish, $14.99, 9781250866035

13. Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636

14. Legendborn (Indies Introduce)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613

15. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544340688

 

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718

2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617

3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908

4. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926

5. Dragon's First Taco
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178

6. Buffalo Fluffalo
Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593564530

7. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801

8. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409

9. Where's Bluey?
Penguin Young Readers, $8.99, 9780593385692

10. Bluey: The Pool
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685

11. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905

12. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707

13. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274

14. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780358451228

15. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $9.99, 9780140501698

 

CHILDREN'S SERIES

1. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix

2. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams

4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion

5. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic

6. I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic

7. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember

8. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers

9. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion

10. InvestiGators
John Patrick Green, First Second