Local bestsellers for the week ended May 25
Doubleday
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Knopf
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Berkley
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Little, Brown and Company
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Simon & Schuster
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Mariner Books
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Riverhead Books
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Orbit
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
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Penguin Press
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W. W. Norton & Company
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Mel Robbins
Hay House LL
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Crown
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Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster
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Random House
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Penguin Press
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John Green
Crash Course Books
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Scribner
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The Dial Press
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Ecco
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Berkley
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Vintage
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Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster
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Riverhead Books
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Vintage
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Poisoned Pen Press
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Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Penguin Books
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Harper Perennial
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
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Crown
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Michael Finkel
Vintage
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Vintage
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Harper Perennial
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Milkweed Editions
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Haymarket Books
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Holt Paperbacks
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Matt Kracht
Chronicle Book
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TarcherPerigee
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Knopf
The New England Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NEIBA, for the week ended Sunday, May 25, 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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