Bestsellers
Book sales: The New York Times recaps what sold in 2025
Of the year’s top 10 bestselling print nonfiction titles, only one was published in 2025; everything else was a backlist title.
On the List: Disciplined Entrepreneurship for Climate and Energy Ventures
The new bestseller discusses how to bring your climate or energy startup to life, using the authors’ 24-step framework.
On the List: Troubling Tonsils by Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown
This is the first book in a spinoff series from the New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Medal–winning Creepy series.
On the List: The Mad Wife by Meagan Church
Meagan Church’s historical fiction chronicles the plight and fight of unheard voices of the past.
On the List: On the First Day of Kindergarten by Tish Rabe & Laura Hughes
The engaging adaptation of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” convinces parents and kids that no place is cooler than a kindergarten classroom.
On the List: All This Could Be Yours by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Ryan is the author of 16 psychological thrillers, winning five Agathas and the Mary Higgins Clark Award. This is her fourth USA Today bestseller.
On the List: She Didn’t See It Coming by Shari Lapena
Shari Lapena is a former lawyer and English teacher whose nine novels have been New York Times, UK Sunday Times, and Globe and Mail bestsellers.
Bottom Line August 2025 Bestseller Lists
Three distinctive monthly bestseller lists: top 50 hidden gems, top 50 self-published ebooks, and top 50 self-published print books.
On the list: The Night Before Kindergarten by Natasha Wing and Julie Durrell
The seasonal theme of the book creates an opportunity for refreshed sales each year as a new set of kindergartners gets ready for the big day.
Bottom Line July 2025 Bestseller Lists
Three distinctive monthly bestseller lists: top 50 hidden gems, top 50 self-published ebooks, and top 50 self-published print books.
On the list: The Farmhouse by Chelsea Conradt
Bestselling, award-winning romance author Carol Ericson has written over 65 books, mostly romantic suspense for Harlequin Intrigue.
On the list: The Farmhouse by Chelsea Conradt
The author attributes the book’s success to support from physical bookstores and painstaking care with the cover design.
Bottom Line June 2025 Bestseller Lists
Three distinctive monthly bestseller lists: top 50 hidden gems, top 50 self-published ebooks, and top 50 self-published print books.
On the List: Assassins Anonymous by Rob Hart
Rob Hart is the former publisher for MysteriousPress.com and was the class director at LitReactor.
On the List: Rancher’s Law by Diana Palmer, with bonus read Dog Days of Summer by Teri Wilson
This edition of Rancher’s Law was a special release to celebrate the publisher’s 75th anniversary. It included two novels: Rancher’s Law by Diana Palmer and a bonus read, Wilson’s Dog Days of Summer.
Bottom Line May 2025 Bestseller Lists
Three distinctive monthly bestseller lists: top 50 hidden gems, top 50 self-published ebooks, and top 50 self-published print books.
On the List: Any Dumb-Ass Can Do It by Garry Ridge and Martha Finney
Title: Any Dumb-Ass Can Do It Author: Garry Ridge and Martha Finney Publisher: Matt Holt Books (BenBella Books) Genre: Business
Bottom Line April 2025 Bestseller Lists
Three distinctive monthly bestseller lists: top 50 hidden gems, top 50 self-published ebooks, and top 50 self-published print books.
On the List: Heat of the Everflame by Penn Cole
Heat of the Everflame is the third novel in Cole’s debut four-part series, with book four yet to release.
On the List: The Win-Win Workplace by Angela Jackson
In The Win-Win Workplace, the key to driving equity and skyrocketing profits is simple: hand over control to your workers.
On the List: Here Be Dragons by Melanie Shankle
Shankle incentivized pre-orders by offering the first three chapters for early reading, a digital discussion guide, and more.
Bottom Line March 2025 Bestseller Lists
Three distinctive monthly bestseller lists: top 50 hidden gems, top 50 self-published ebooks, and top 50 self-published print books.
On the List: Away by Megan E. Freeman
Freeman did a six-month promotion push prior to release, with a focus on school visits, conferences, and pre-order incentives for educators.
On the List: The Case of the Missing Maid by Rob Osler
Author Rob Osler discusses what contributed to his novel landing on the USA Today bestseller list.
Bottom Line February 2025 Bestseller Lists
Three distinctive monthly bestseller lists: top 50 hidden gems, top 50 self-published ebooks, and top 50 self-published print books.
