Posted on February 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Here are the ten bestselling fiction and nonfiction books from independent presses as sold by independent bookstores for the week ending February 8, 2026.
You can see the full Independent Publishers Caucus top forty list for both fiction and nonfiction at Bookshop.org.
FICTION
1. Heart the Lover by Lily King
2. I Who Have Never Known Men, written by Jacqueline Harpman and translated by Ros Schwartz
3. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
4. Mona's Eyes, written by Thomas Schlesser and translated by Hildegarde Serle
5. The Odyssey, written by Homer and translated by Emily Wilson
6. The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine
7. You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson
8. The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
9. Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
10. Writers & Lovers by Lily King
NONFICTION
1. The Gales of November by John U. Bacon
2. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
3. Mutual Aid by Dean Spade
4. The Company of Owls by Polly Atkin
5. How to Love (paperback) by Thich Nhat Hanh
6. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
7. Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes
8. Guinness World Records 2026
9. The Wretched of the Earth, written by Frantz Fanon and translated by Richard Philcox
10. How to Love (hardcover gift edition) by Thich Nhat Hanh
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