March 5, 2025

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for March 5, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 2, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Funny Story- Debut
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593441213
Emily Henry's shimmering, joyful novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common.
/1
2 Deep End
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20.00, 9780593550441
A competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance by the bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis.
1/4
3 The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593312070
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.
4/17
4 Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593685778
A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original, Martyr! heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction.
3/9
5 Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
6/27
6 Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.
2/24
7 Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182
A post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror by the bestselling author of Kindred.
5/29
8 Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802163622
Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on our planet through the eyes of six astronauts circling the earth in 24 hours. Winner of the Booker Prize 2024.
7/16
9 The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $18.00, 9780525435006
Atwood's funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing novel is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and literary tour de force. Now a Hulu series.
11/94
10 The Crash
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227325
A new psychological thriller from bestselling author Freida McFadden! The nightmare she's running from is nothing compared to where she's headed.
9/5
11 North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18.00, 9780593597040
When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike.
8/22
12 A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575569
From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read.
10/129
13 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
An addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist, Freida McFadden's The Housemaid is perfect for fans of Ruth Ware, Lisa Jewell, and Verity.
13/33
14 Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, William Morrow Paperbacks, $18.99, 9780063250857
Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. R. F. Kuang's novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable.
12/8
15 The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family, and remain unsolved for nearly fifty years.
14/18
ON THE RISE
18 Long Island
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $18.99, 9781476785127
A spectacularly moving and intense novel of secrecy, misunderstanding, and love. The story of Eilis Lacey, the complex and enigmatic heroine of Brooklyn.
 
 
     

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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for March 5, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 2, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12.00, 9780804190114
Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the 20th century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.
1/104
2 The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder- Debut
David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490
The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by David Grann, one of our greatest nonfiction writers.
/1
3 Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 9781571313560
Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.
2/273
4 The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36.00, 9780593536131
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club.
3/42
5 All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
All About Love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering.
4/174
6 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456
This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost.
5/36
7 The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.
7/231
8 Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593652985
A vital and urgent call to action about the precarious state of American democracy, charting its historical challenges and current threats, from one of our era's most important and insightful historians, with a new afterword by the author.
8/18
9 A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $22.99, 9780062397348
Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of—and in the words of—America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers.
15/4
10 Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution- Debut
Cat Bohannon, Vintage, $20.00, 9780345806208
Eve is not only a sweeping revision of human history, it's an urgent and necessary corrective for a world that has focused primarily on the male body for far too long.
/1
11 Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)
Dean Spade, Verso, $15.95, 9781839762123
Writing for those new to activism as well as those who have been in social movements for a long time, Dean Spade draws on years of organizing to offer a radical vision of community mobilization, social transformation, compassionate activism, and solidarity.
11/7
12 The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
A history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history.
6/71
13 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20.00, 9780143129257
A revolutionary program for personal renewal, The Artist's Way will help get you back on track, rediscover your passions, and take the steps you need to change your life.
12/22
14 Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20.00, 9780593139158
McConaughey's unconventional memoir is filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.
9/16
15 Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20.00, 9780307279286
Award-winning New Yorker staff writer Keefe presents a stunning and intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.
13/57
 
     

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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for March 5, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 2, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385550369
Percival Everett's new novel is a brilliant, action-packed re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. The #1 Indie Next Pick for April 2024.
1/50
2 The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593418918
Moore's multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore's most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet. The #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2024.
3/35
3 Three Days in June
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $27.00, 9780593803486
Told with deep sensitivity and a tart sense of humor, full of the joys and heartbreaks of love and marriage and family life, Three Days in June is a triumph, and gives us the perennially bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer at the height of her powers. A February 2025 Indie Next Pick.
2/3
4 The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew. The #1 Indie Next Pick for August 2024.
7/29
5 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741
Keegan's landmark novel is a tale of one man's courage and a remarkable portrait of love and family. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2021.
6/33
6 Swordheart- Debut
T. Kingfisher, Bramble, $28.99, 9781250400222
The delightful charm of The Princess Bride meets the delicious bodyguard romance of From Blood and Ash in this cozy fantasy romance from bestselling author T. Kingfisher. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick.
/1
7 Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
She's survived her first year at Basgiath War College for dragon riders...but the danger is just beginning in the electrifying follow-up to Fourth Wing.
4/35
8 Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781649374189
After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there's no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty. Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it's impossible to know who to trust.
5/6
9 Onyx Storm (Standard Edition)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649377159
After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there's no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty. Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it's impossible to know who to trust.
8/6
10 All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29.00, 9780593190265
Miranda July returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious, and surprising novel about a woman upending her life. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick.
9/42
11 The Bones Beneath My Skin
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $29.99, 9781250890436
A supernatural road-trip thriller featuring an extraordinary young girl and her two unlikely protectors on the run from cultists and the government. A February 2025 Indie Next Pick.
12/4
12 Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $30.00, 9780593548981
Set in Florida in the 1970s, Grady Hendrix's newest novel follows five young women in a home for unwed mothers who find a guide to witchcraft. The #1 Indie Next Pick for January 2025.
13/7
13 The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30.00, 9781250178633
The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on the story of all women who put themselves in harm's way to help others.
11/56
14 Isola
Allegra Goodman, The Dial Press, $28.99, 9780593730089
Inspired by the real life of a sixteenth-century heroine, Isola is the timeless story of a woman fighting for survival. A February 2025 Indie Next Pick.
15/4
15 Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $29.00, 9780593500224
The third installment in the heartwarming and enchanting Emily Wilde series, about a curmudgeonly scholar of folklore and the fae prince she loves. A February 2025 Indie Next Pick.
10/3
 
     

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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for March 5, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 2, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About
Mel Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366
If you've ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn't you. The problem is the power you give to other people. This book puts the power to create a life you love back in your hands.
1/10
2 The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20.00, 9781668072240
A bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2024.
2/15
3 One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This- Debut
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593804148
From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in a West that betrays its fundamental values. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick.
/1
4 How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith
Mariann Edgar Budde, Avery, $28.00, 9780593539217
An inspirational guide to the key junctures in life that, if navigated with faith and discernment, pave the way for us to become our most courageous selves, by the bishop of the famed Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C.
3/4
5 Memorial Days: A Memoir
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780593653982
A heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey towards peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Horse. A February 2025 Indie Next Pick.
4/4
6 The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30.00, 9780593230381
The bestselling author of Between the World and Me travels the world to explore how the stories we tell—and the ones we don't—shape our realities.
10/22
7 The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593652886
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us.
6/110
8 I'll Have What She's Having- Debut
Chelsea Handler, The Dial Press, $32.00, 9780593596579
Hilarious and tender stories about Chelsea Handler's path to becoming the woman she always wanted to be.
/1
9 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292
James Clear reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.
5/137
10 The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource
Chris Hayes, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593653111
From the bestselling author and MSNBC and podcast host, a powerful wide-angle reckoning with how the assault from attention capitalism on our minds and our hearts has reordered our politics and the very fabric of our society.
7/5
11 On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer
Rick Steves, Rick Steves, $30.00, 9781641716437
Stow away with Rick Steves for a glimpse into the unforgettable moments, misadventures, and memories of his 1978 journey on the legendary Hippie Trail.
9/4
12 The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593655030
From bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood.
13/40
13 Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32.00, 9780316575805
Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand-new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light.
11/22
14 The Little Frog's Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837991013
Globally loved, the little frog is the creation of Maybell Eequay and appears in this charming book of uplifting affirmations and empowering life lessons.
/8
15 The Harder I Fight the More I Love You: A Memoir
Neko Case, Grand Central Publishing, $30.00, 9781538710500
Singer-songwriter Neko Case paints a vivid portrait of an extraordinary life—one forged through a poverty-stricken childhood, obsessive desire, bursts of comedy, and indispensable friendships. A February 2025 Indie Next Pick.
12/5
 
     

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Mass Market



Bestseller List for March 5, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 2, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
1/452
2 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
2/185
3 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
3/82
4 Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
5/123
5 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
7/80
6 Reacher: Persuader
Lee Child, Dell, $10.99, 9780593984215
10/4
7 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
/334
8 The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
4/165
9 The Exchange
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593685600
8/21
10 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
6/45
 
     

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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for March 5, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 2, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1 A Wolf Called Fire
Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780063415133
 
2 Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
 
3 Max in the Land of Lies: A Tale of World War II- Debut
Adam Gidwitz, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593112113
 
4 The Lost Library
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250838834
 
5 Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
 
6 The Squad: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315
 
7 Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
 
8 Away
Megan E. Freeman, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665959728
 
9 The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
 
10 Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
 
11 Bluey 5-Minute Stories: 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray!
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593521908
 
12 The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
 
13 The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324
 
14 Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II
Adam Gidwitz, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593112106
 
15 Sisters: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880
 
 
     

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Young Adult



Bestseller List for March 5, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 2, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Young Adult  
1 Rebel Witch: The Crimson Moth: Book 2
Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250866929
 
2 Powerless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
 
3 Under the Same Stars
Libba Bray, Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, $24.99, 9780374388942
 
4 Heartless Hunter: The Crimson Moth: Book 1
Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250866905
 
5 Legendborn (Indies Introduce)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
 
6 All Better Now
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781534432758
 
7 Heavenly Tyrant
Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $20.99, 9780735269989
 
8 If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
 
9 Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
 
10 Wings of Starlight
Allison Saft, Disney Press, $18.99, 9781368098458
 
11 Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17.00, 9780593622452
 
12 The Otherwhere Post- Debut
Emily J. Taylor, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $20.99, 9780593404546
 
13 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196
 
14 Reckless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665955430
 
15 Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $11.99, 9780735269958
 
 
     

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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for March 5, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 2, 2025
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  Children's Illustrated  
1 Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
 
2 The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
3 Shark Girl- Debut
Kate Beaton, Roaring Brook Press, $18.99, 9781250184924
 
4 Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
 
5 I Am Elphaba (Little Golden Book)
Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896860
 
6 The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
7 The Bakery Dragon
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968
 
8 I Am Glinda (Little Golden Book)
Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896884
 
9 Girls on the Rise
Amanda Gorman, Loveis Wise (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593624180
 
10 Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
 
11 Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
 
12 Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
 
13 Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
 
14 Your Forest
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536230833
 
15 Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780358451228
 
 
     

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Children's Series



Bestseller List for March 5, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 2, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Series  
1 Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
2 Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
 
3 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
 
4 InvestiGators (hardcover)
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
 
5 The Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback)
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
 
6 Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
7 The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
 
8 I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
 
9 Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
10 Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending March 2, 2025

16 First Lie Wins
Ashley Elston, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593492932

17 Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $17.00, 9781451673319

18 Long Island
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $18.99, 9781476785127

19 I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600

20 The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400

21 The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498

22 The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987

23 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593466490

24 Scythe & Sparrow
Brynne Weaver, Zando - Slowburn, $19.00, 9781638931812

25 None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781982179014

26 Quicksilver
Callie Hart, Forever, $21.99, 9781538774199

27 Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063279087

28 The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296227

29 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957

30 Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780593135228

31 Wandering Stars
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593311448

32 Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433

33 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318

34 I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com
Kimberly Lemming, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593818633

35 Good Material
Dolly Alderton, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593686959

36 The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $18.00, 9781101906118

37 Night Watch
Jayne Anne Phillips, Vintage, $18.00, 9781101972793

38 Butter
Asako Yuzuki, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063236417

39 This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990

40 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624

41 A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583

42 Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463

43 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593243756

44 First-Time Caller
B. K. Borison, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593641194

45 The Paradise Problem
Christina Lauren, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668017739

46 Parable of the Talents
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732199

47 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323

48 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17.00, 9781501161933

49 If Cats Disappeared from the World
Genki Kawamura, Flatiron Books, $14.99, 9781250257680

50 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780593500156

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending March 2, 2025

16 All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310

17 Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
Jonathan Blitzer, Penguin, $21.00, 9781984880826

18 Who's Afraid of Gender?
Judith Butler, Picador, $20.00, 9781250371911

19 Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951

20 Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together
Dean Spade, Algonquin Books, $19.99, 9781643756462

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

22 Grief Is for People
Sloane Crosley, Picador, $18.00, 9781250371782

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

24 Sapiens (Tenth Anniversary Edition): A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $27.99, 9780063422001

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

26 Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes, Haymarket Books, $17.95, 9781642598278

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

28 Mornings Without Mii
Mayumi Inaba, FSG Originals, $17.00, 9780374614782

29 How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
Jason Stanley, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $19.00, 9780525511854

30 Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20.00, 9780593449240

31 Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Adam Grant, Penguin, $20.00, 9781984878120

32 Meditations
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255

33 Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Picador, $20.00, 9781250338143

34 Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll, Jr., Harper Select, $19.99, 9781400337040

35 Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807014271

36 Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal
Mohammed El-Kurd, Haymarket Books, $17.95, 9798888903155

37 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19.00, 9781250849359

38 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609

39 The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400078431

40 A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225282

41 HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361

42 Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593470831

43 Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18.00, 9780593498088

44 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $21.00, 9780593230275

45 The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story
Pagan Kennedy, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593314715

46 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $20.00, 9781524746742

47 The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Nikole Hannah-Jones (Creator), The New York Times Magazine, One World, $25.00, 9780593230596

48 An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $20.00, 9780593133255

49 How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials #3)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781937006884

50 Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending March 2, 2025

16 We All Live Here
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $30.00, 9781984879325

17 Dream State
Eric Puchner, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385550666

18 Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29.00, 9780374602635

19 Battle Mountain
C.J. Box, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $32.00, 9780593851050

20 Show Don't Tell: Stories
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $28.00, 9780593446737

21 Victorian Psycho
Virginia Feito, Liveright, $24.99, 9781631498633

22 Water Moon
Samantha Sotto Yambao, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780593724996

23 Deep Cuts
Holly Brickley, Crown, $28.00, 9780593799086

24 The Blanket Cats
Kiyoshi Shigematsu, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $28.00, 9780593852699

25 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157

26 We Do Not Part
Han Kang, e. yaewon (Transl.), Paige Aniyah Morris (Transl.), Hogarth, $28.00, 9780593595459

27 The Nightingale (Deluxe Edition)
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $35.00, 9781250370112

28 All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30.00, 9780593798874

29 Good Dirt
Charmaine Wilkerson, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593358368

30 The Queens of Crime
Marie Benedict, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250280756

31 We'll Prescribe You a Cat
Syou Ishida, E.Madison Shimoda (Transl.), Berkley, $25.00, 9780593818749

32 Beautiful Ugly
Alice Feeney, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250337788

33 Back After This
Linda Holmes, Ballantine Books, $28.00, 9780593599259

34 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991

35 Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031

36 Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30.00, 9780593446096

37 Black Woods, Blue Sky
Eowyn Ivey, Random House, $29.00, 9780593231029

38 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250236210

39 Last Twilight in Paris
Pam Jenoff, Park Row, $28.99, 9780778307983

40 Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820247

41 Death of the Author (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Nnedi Okorafor, William Morrow, $30.00, 9780063391147

42 Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250881205

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

44 The Dark Mirror
Samantha Shannon, Bloomsbury Publishing, $31.99, 9781639733965

45 Harlem Rhapsody
Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $29.00, 9780593638484

46 Tartufo
Kira Jane Buxton, Grand Central Publishing, $29.00, 9781538770818

47 The Favorites
Layne Fargo, Random House, $28.00, 9780593732045

48 The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668045145

49 The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593801970

50 The Spellshop
Sarah Beth Durst, Bramble, $29.99, 9781250333971

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending March 2, 2025

16 Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34.00, 9780593799895

17 Source Code: My Beginnings
Bill Gates, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593801581

18 Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live
Susan Morrison, Random House, $36.00, 9780812988871

19 Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning
Peter Beinart, Knopf, $26.00, 9780593803899

20 On Freedom
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $32.00, 9780593728727

21 Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend
Rebecca Romney, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $29.99, 9781982190248

22 The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385544764

23 The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35.00, 9780385348744

24 Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People
Imani Perry, Ecco, $28.99, 9780062977397

25 Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
Gillian Anderson, Abrams Press, $28.00, 9781419777295

26 Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35.00, 9780593734223

27 You Didn't Hear This From Me: (Mostly) True Notes on Gossip
Kelsey McKinney, Grand Central Publishing, $30.00, 9781538757406

28 Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism
Eve L. Ewing, One World, $32.00, 9780593243701

29 Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.00, 9780374611996

30 Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy
Katherine Stewart, Bloomsbury Publishing, $29.99, 9781635578546

31 Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $27.00, 9780385549936

32 Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593320969

33 CABIN: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
Patrick Hutchison, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250285706

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

35 Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $25.00, 9780593189481

36 Aflame: Learning from Silence
Pico Iyer, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593420287

37 A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $34.00, 9781501183058

38 The Dog Who Followed the Moon
James Norbury, William Morrow, $25.00, 9780063420717

39 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, $32.00, 9780593541678

40 The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
Zoë Schlanger, Harper, $29.99, 9780063073852

41 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598

42 Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life's Purpose
Martha Beck, The Open Field, $30.00, 9780593656389

43 The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom
Shari Franke, Gallery Books, $29.99, 9781668065396

44 When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance
Riley Black, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250288998

45 The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32.00, 9781954118461

46 Food for Thought: Essays and Ruminations
Alton Brown, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781668064214

47 Easy Weeknight Dinners: 100 Fast, Flavor-Packed Meals for Busy People Who Still Want Something Good to Eat
Emily Weinstein, New York Times Cooking, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9780593836323

48 Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy
Tieghan Gerard, Clarkson Potter, $32.99, 9780593232576

49 Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
Elyse Graham, Ecco, $30.00, 9780063280847

50 Disappointing Affirmations
Dave Tarnowski, Chronicle Books, $14.95, 9781797226668

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending March 2, 2025

11 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487

12 Simply Lies
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538750605

13 Cross Down
James Patterson, Brendan DuBois, Little, Brown and Company, $10.99, 9781538710739

14 Resurrection Walk
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $10.99, 9781538767146

15 Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340

16 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286

17 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125

18 Clive Cussler The Corsican Shadow
Dirk Cussler, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $10.99, 9780593544198

19 Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987

20 It Can't Happen Here
Sinclair Lewis, Signet, $10.99, 9780451465641

21 Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293

22 The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345350688

23 Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365309

24 Killing Me Soufflé
Ellie Alexander, Minotaur Books, $9.99, 9781250326218

25 Exiles
Jane Harper, Flatiron Books, $10.99, 9781250378040

26 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803

27 The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572

28 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686

29 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233

30 Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553208849

31 The Shining
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657

32 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $10.00, 9780553293357

33 The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626

34 Carrie
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743664

35 The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835

36 A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716

37 Shattered
James Patterson, James O. Born, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752968

38 Warbreaker
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765360038

39 Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345409874

40 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741

41 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488

42 Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024

43 Arcanum Unbounded
Brandon Sanderson, Tor , $11.99, 9780765391186

44 Elantris
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765350374

45 After That Night
Karin Slaughter, William Morrow Paperbacks, $10.99, 9780063157804

46 The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345325815

47 Thinner
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668084274

48 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $10.99, 9780063221086

49 Only the Brave
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9780593498453

50 The Communist Manifesto (Signet Classics)
Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Signet, $5.95, 9780451531841

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