Posted on February 19, 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 15, 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. Orbital by Samantha Harvey
7. Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
8. The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine
9. Writers & Lovers by Lily King
10. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
NONFICTION
1. The Gales of November by John U. Bacon
2. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
3. Mutual Aid by Dean Spade
4. How to Love (paperback) by Thich Nhat Hanh
5. Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats by Ursula K. Le Guin
6. The Company of Owls by Polly Atkin
7. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
8. How to Love (hardcover gift edition) by Thich Nhat Hanh
9. P Fkn R by Petra R Rivera-Rideau and Vanessa Díaz
10. We the People by Jill Lepore
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