The Northern California Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, June 1, 2025. Based on reporting from the
independent booksellers of Northern California, the California Independent Booksellers
Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Emperor of Gladness
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593831878
2. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
3. Never Flinch
Stephen King, Scribner, $32, 9781668089330
4. Great Big Beautiful Life
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441299
5. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
6. Nightshade
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $30, 9780316588485
7. Fever Beach
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $30, 9780593320945
8. Spent
Alison Bechdel, Mariner Books, $32, 9780063278929
9. My Name Is Emilia del Valle
Isabel Allende, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593975091
10. Broken Country
Clare Leslie Hall, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668078181
11. Marble Hall Murders
Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $31, 9780063305700
12. Anima Rising
Christopher Moore, William Morrow, $30, 9780062434159
13. Dream Count
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $32, 9780593802724
14. The Doorman
Chris Pavone, MCD, $30, 9780374604790
15. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Abundance
Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668023488
2. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About
Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366
3. Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again
Jake Tapper, Alex Thompson, Penguin Press, $32, 9798217060672
4. Mark Twain
Ron Chernow, Penguin Press, $45, 9780525561729
5. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525556572
6. The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life
Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $30, 9780593734636
7. We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions
Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, Amanda Doyle, The Dial Press, $34, 9780593977644
8. Notes to John
Joan Didion, Knopf, $32, 9780593803677
9. Is a River Alive?
Robert Macfarlane, W. W. Norton & Company, $31.99, 9780393242133
10. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
11. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
12. Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service
Michael Lewis (Ed.), Riverhead Books, $30, 9798217047802
13. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
14. Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
Sarah Wynn-Williams, Flatiron Books, $32.99, 9781250391230
15. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593190272
2. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
3. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
4. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $22, 9780802162731
5. The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668045152
6. Sandwich
Catherine Newman, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780063345171
7. Tom Lake
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $19, 9780063327535
8. The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $19, 9780812986372
9. Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
10. Problematic Summer Romance
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9798217187430
11. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Vintage, $19, 9780593314487
12. Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Penguin Books, $19, 9780593296394
13. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
14. One Golden Summer
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $19, 9780593638910
15. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
2. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
3. No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9798888903636
4. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
5. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
6. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
7. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
8. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
Zoë Schlanger, Harper Perennial, $19.99, 9780063073869
9. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
10. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Vintage, $19, 9780525565703
11. A Dumb Birds Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever
Matt Kracht, Chronicle Books, $15.95, 9781797232751
12. Sociopath: A Memoir
Patric Gagne, Ph.D., Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781668003190
13. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
14. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
15. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
3. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
4. The Shining
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657
5. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
6. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345409874
7. Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Bantam Classics, $5.95, 9780553213102
8. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
9. The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Signet, $8.95, 9780451530608
10. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES 
1. Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $27.99, 9781546171461
2. The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215
3. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274
4. Will the Pigeon Graduate?
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454960430
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. Dog Man: Big Jim Begins
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896459
7. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #2
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203907
8. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316581097
9. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
10. The Wild Robot Protects
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316669443
11. The Wild Robot Escapes
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316479264
12. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
13. All Ears (FunJungle)
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781665956482
14. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $9.99, 9781368051477
15. Odder: An Otter's Story
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250323590
16. My Little Golden Book About San Francisco
Toyo Tyler, Courtney Dawson (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593301180
17. Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896435
18. Stuck (A Click Graphic Novel, #7)
Kayla Miller, Clarion Books, $15.99, 9780063285651
19. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Yearling, $14.99, 9781524764234
20. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
21. Outsider Kids: A Parachute Kids Graphic Novel
Betty C. Tang, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338832716
22. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $10.99, 9781984896391
23. Bluey: The Big Blue Guy's Book of Dad Goals
Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593888919
24. Mr. Boddington's Studio: San Francisco ABCs
Mr.Boddington's Studio, Penguin Workshop, $9.99, 9781524793470
25. Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $11.99, 9781250076960