Local bestsellers for the week ended April 13
Colum McCann
Random House
4.
Clare Leslie Hall
Simon & Schuster
5.
Charlotte McConaghy
Flatiron Books
6.
Knopf
7.
Henry Holt and Co
8.
Liz Moore
Riverhead Books
9.
Doubleday
10.
Abby Jimenez
Forever
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
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Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster
2.
Mel Robbins
Hay House LL
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Crash Course Books
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Scribner
5.
Riverhead Books
6.
Pantheon
7.
Graydon Carter
Penguin Press
8.
Elaine Pagels
Doubleday
9.
Sarah Wynn-Williams
Flatiron Books
10.
Amy Griffin
The Dial Press
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PAPERBACK FICTION
1.
Vintage
2.
Amor Towles
Penguin Books
3.
Kaliane Bradley
Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster
4.
Daniel Mason
Random House Trade Paperbacks
5.
Harper Perennial
6.
Emily Henry
Berkley
7.
Bonnie Garmus
Vintage
8.
Grove Press
9.
Catapult
10.
Vintage
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1.
Crown
2.
Vintage
3.
Milkweed Editions
4.
Knopf
5.
Michael Finkel
Vintage
6.
Patrick Bringley
Simon & Schuster
7.
Julia Cameron
TarcherPerigee
8.
Matt Kracht
Chronicle Book
9.
Richardson, Penguin
10.
Rashid Khalidi
Metropolitan Books
The New England Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NEIBA, for the week ended Sunday, April 13, 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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