Local bestsellers for the week ended June 22
Penguin Press
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Atria Books
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Tor Books
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Berkley
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Scribner
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Doubleday
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Mariner Books
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Little, Brown and Company
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Mel Robbins
Hay House LL
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Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster
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John Green
Crash Course Books
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Crown
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Scribner
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Penguin Press
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W.W. Norton & Company
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Random House
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Pantheon
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Penguin Press
PAPERBACK FICTION
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Harper Perennial
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Berkley
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Ecco
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Riverhead Books
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Vintage
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Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster
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Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster
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Berkley
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Vintage
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Vintage
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
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Vintage
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Crown
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Michael Finkel
Vintage
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Vintage
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Holt Paperbacks
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Harper Perennial
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Milkweed Editions
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Penguin
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Penguin Books
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Haymarket Books
The New England Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NEIBA, for the week ended Sunday, June 22, 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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