The Indie Politics & Current Events Bestseller List

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

Here’s the Indie Politics & Current Events Bestseller List, based on sales for the eight-week period ending November 4, 2018.

1. Fear: Trump in the White House
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30, 9781501175510

2. Leadership: In Turbulent Times
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $30, 9781476795928

3. The Fifth Risk
Michael Lewis, Norton, $26.95, 9781324002642

4. The Soul of America
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30, 9780399589812

5. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $16.99, 9780062300553

6. The Restless Wave
John McCain, Mark Salter, S&S, $30, 9781501178009

7. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $8.99, 9780804190114

8. Ship of Fools
Tucker Carlson, Free Press, $28, 9781501183669

9. Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World
Anand Giridharadas, Knopf, $26.95, 9780451493248

10. Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House
Omarosa Manigault Newman, Gallery, $28, 9781982109707

11. Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years
David Litt, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062568441

12. House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia
Craig Unger, Dutton, $30, 9781524743505

13. Every Day Is Extra
John Kerry, S&S, $35, 9781501178955

14. Fascism: A Warning
Madeleine Albright, Harper, $27.99, 9780062802187

15. The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump
Michiko Kakutani, Tim Duggan Books, $22, 9780525574828

16. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536

17. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $8.95, 9780525434801

18. The Russia Hoax
Gregg Jarrett, Broadside Books, $28.99, 9780062872746

19. Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America
Nancy MacLean, Penguin, $18, 9781101980972

20. The Apprentice: Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy
Greg Miller, Custom House, $29.99, 9780062803702

21. The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $22, 9781984801883

22. America: The Farewell Tour
Chris Hedges, S&S, $27, 9781501152672

23. The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason
Chapo Trap House, et al., Touchstone, $25, 9781501187285

24. Liars, Leakers, and Liberals: The Case Against the Anti-Trump Conspiracy
Jeanine Pirro, Center Street, $27, 9781546083429

25. Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist
Eli Saslow, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542869