“While there were more than 1,600 independent bookstores in all 50 states and beyond participating in Independent Bookstore Day 2025—large stores, small stores, mobile stores, pop-up stores, and everything in between—a handful of titles saw standout sales across the board. Among the titles that sold well on IBD, according to PW‘s bookseller sources, are Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar (Knopf), Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (Avid Reader), Murder by Cheesecake: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery by Rachel Ekstrom Courage (Hyperion Avenue), Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Scribner), and Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson (Avid Reader)…”
