The Indie Politics and Current Events 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 Politics and Current Events Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending November 3, 2024.

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

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

3. War
Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster, $32, 9781668052273

4. The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris, Penguin, $20, 9780525560739

5. Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668017234

6. On Freedom
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $32, 9780593728727

7. The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Sharon McMahon, Thesis, $32, 9780593541678

8. Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35, 9780593320969

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

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

11. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
Nancy Pelosi, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668048047

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

13. Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $27, 9780385549936

14. Melania
Melania Trump, Skyhorse, $40, 9781510782693

15. Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's Press, $35, 9781250346414

16. Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir
Mary L. Trump, PhD, St. Martin's Press, $29, 9781250278470

17. Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20, 9780593239933

18. Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success
Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig, Penguin Press, $35, 9780593298640

19. What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service
Melissa Fitzgerald, Mary McCormack, Dutton, $35, 9780593184547

20. The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA
Liza Mundy, Crown, $22, 9780593238196

21. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114

22. The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $32, 9780593728093

23. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
Anthony Fauci, M.D., Viking, $36, 9780593657478

24. A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
Nathan Thrall, Metropolitan Books, $18.99, 9781250854964

25. Targeted: Beirut: The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror
Jack Carr, James M. Scott, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, $30.99, 9781668024355