Local bestsellers for the week ended Feb. 23
Riverhead Books
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The Dial Press
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Henry Holt and Co.
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Claire Keegan
Grove Press
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Entangled: Red Tower Books
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Eric Puchner
Doubleday
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Riverhead Books
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Pamela Dorman Books
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Mel Robbins
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Scribner
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Geraldine Brooks
Viking
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Avery
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Random House
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Bill Gates
Knopf
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Knopf
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Grand Central Publishing
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Penguin Press
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Erik Larson
Crown
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Vintage
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Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Harper Perennial
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Grove Press
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Vintage
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Entangled: Red Tower Books
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Catapult
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Grand Central
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Poisoned Pen Press
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Margaret Atwood
Vintage
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Crown
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Knopf
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Vintage
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Penguin
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Milkweed Editions
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Patrick Bringley
Simon & Schuster
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Vintage
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Penguin
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Metropolitan Books
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Tmc Books LLC
The New England Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NEIBA, for the week ended Sunday, Feb. 23, 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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