Local bestsellers for the week ended April 6
Abby Jimenez
Forever
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Knopf
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Charlotte McConaghy
Flatiron Books
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Clare Leslie Hall
Simon & Schuster
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St. Martin's Press
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Henry Holt and Co.
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Grove Press
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Colum McCann
Random House
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Mel Robbins
Hay House LL
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Scribner
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Crash Course Books
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Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster
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Sarah Wynn-Williams
Flatiron Books
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Pantheon
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Knopf
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Elaine Pagels
Doubleday
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Riverhead Books
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Maggie Smith
Washington Square Press
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Vintage
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Grove Press
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Daniel Mason
Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Harper Perennial
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Vintage
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Harper Perennial
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Kaliane Bradley
Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster
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Catapult
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Bonnie Garmus
Vintage
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Emily Henry
Berkley
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Crown
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Vintage
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Matt Kracht
Chronicle Book
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Knopf
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Milkweed Editions
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Michael Finkel
Vintage
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Patrick Bringley
Simon & Schuster
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Timothy Snyder, Nora Krug (Illus.)
Ten Speed Graphic
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Vintage
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Patrick Radden Keefe
Vintage
The New England Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NEIBA, for the week ended Sunday, April 6, 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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