Local bestsellers for the week ended June 15
Wally Lamb
S&S/Marysue Rucci Books
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Penguin Press
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Atria Books
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Doubleday
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Scribner
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Little, Brown and Company
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Knopf
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Berkley
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Penguin Press
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Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster
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Penguin Press
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Scribner
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John Green
Crash Course Books
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W.W. Norton & Company
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Crown
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Little, Brown and Company
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Mel Robbins
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Grand Central Publishing
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Harper Perennial
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Ecco
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Berkley
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Catapult
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Riverhead Books
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Vintage
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Vintage
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Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Harper Perennial
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Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
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Vintage
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Crown
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Milkweed Editions
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Harper Perennial
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Vintage
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Michael Finkel
Vintage
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Penguin Books
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Holt Paperbacks
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Matt Kracht
Chronicle Book
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Knopf
The New England Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NEIBA, for the week ended Sunday, June 15, 2025. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit
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