Local bestsellers for the week ended May 4

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Clare Leslie Hall
Simon & Schuster
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Liz Moore
Riverhead Books
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Ballantine Books
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Simon & Schuster
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Henry Holt and Co
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Flatiron Books
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David Baldacci
Grand Central Publishing
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Riverhead Books
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
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Crown
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Scribner
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Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster
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Random House
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Mel Robbins
Hay House LL
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Knopf
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John Green
Crash Course Books
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Pantheon
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Riverhead Books
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Knopf
PAPERBACK FICTION
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Ecco
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Harper Perennial
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Vintage
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Catapult
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Kaliane Bradley
Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster
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Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Vintage
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Emily Henry
Berkley
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Amor Towles
Penguin Books
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Transit Books
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
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Crown
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Vintage
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Matt Kracht
Chronicle Book
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Milkweed Editions
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Michael Finkel
Vintage
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Knopf
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Penguin
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Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Vintage
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Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
Penguin
The New England Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NEIBA, for the week ended Sunday, May 4, 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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