The Indie Biography and Memoir Bestseller List

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

Here is the Indie Biography and Memoir Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending November 12, 2023.

1. The Woman in Me
Britney Spears, Gallery Books, $32.99, 9781668009048

2. Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982181284

3. Enough
Cassidy Hutchinson, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668028285

4. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $32.99, 9780062964700

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

6. Making It So: A Memoir
Patrick Stewart, Gallery Books, $35, 9781982167738

7. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25, 9780375726262

8. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30, 9780374610326

9. Stay True: A Memoir
Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17, 9780593315200

10. Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penguin Press, $28, 9780593655955

11. Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18, 9780593498088

12. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824

13. The Book of (More) Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $28, 9781643753096

14. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28, 9780525657323

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

16. My Name Is Barbra
Barbra Streisand, Viking, $47, 9780525429524

17. Gender Queer: A Memoir
Maia Kobabe, Oni Press, $24.99, 9781549304002

18. Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
Rachel Aviv, Picador, $18, 9781250872913

19. The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $18.99, 9781643753287

20. Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
Maria Bamford, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781982168568

21. Romney: A Reckoning
McKay Coppins, Scribner, $32.50, 9781982196202

22. A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $28, 9780802160508

23. Being Henry: The Fonz...and Beyond
Henry Winkler, Celadon Books, $30, 9781250888099

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

25. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Dave Grohl, Dey Street Books, $21.99, 9780063076105