Local bestsellers for the week ended Feb. 16
Riverhead Books
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Henry Holt and Co.
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Pamela Dorman Books
6.
The Dial Press
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Del Rey
8.
Entangled: Red Tower Books
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Rebecca Yarros
Entangled: Red Tower Books
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Tor Books
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
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Mel Robbins
Hay House LL
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Avery
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Scribner
4.
Geraldine Brooks
Viking
5.
Penguin Press
6.
Bill Gates
Knopf
7.
One World
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Erik Larson
Crown
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Doubleday
10.
Summersdale
PAPERBACK FICTION
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Vintage
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Berkley
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Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Vintage
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Poisoned Pen Press
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Harper Perennial
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Grove Press
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Entangled: Red Tower Books
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Catapult
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Vintage
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
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Crown
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Vintage
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Milkweed Editions
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Knopf
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Vintage
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Penguin
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Morrow
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Patrick Bringley
Simon & Schuster
9.
Verso
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Metropolitan Books
The New England Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NEIBA, for the week ended Sunday, Feb. 16, 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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