The most popular books New Yorkers are reading now, according to 9 indie booksellers

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Few people know books better than local booksellers, and the nine interviewed for this story said right now, New Yorkers are drawn to a diverse list of titles: from classics by James Baldwin, to “Killers of the Flower Moon” to “The Woman in Me” by Britney Spears.

And, despite the much-heralded decline of independent brick-and-mortar booksellers – there are many new places to buy books, too. The number of indie shops across the country is actually growing, with the total of independent bookstores outpacing those closing.

Below is a list of books that are popular among New Yorkers right now, according to nine book experts.

Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower”

Sister’s Uptown in Harlem is one of 149 Black owned bookstores in the United States.

The owner, Janifer Wilson said readers are coming to the store to buy a range of titles that includes memoirs like Malcom X’s autobiography, any James Baldwin book, Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower,” and “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” by David Grann.

“I think there’s an energy that’s going on in the universe in terms of how to heal,” said Wilson. “A lot of folk are trying to heal through literacy.”

“The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone” by Olivia Laing

Over at Strand Book Store, communications director Paul Colarusso said they get tons of foot traffic from teenaged tourists, to native New Yorkers who’ve been shopping there for decades.

Colarusso said the store has a table display that showcases what’s called the “Strand 90,” a section of 90 books that are selling.

This list includes evergreen hits and new titles, including Rick Rubin’s “The Creative Act: A Way of Being,” “The Lonely City: Adventures in the…