The Northern California Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, June 8, 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. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715
4. Great Big Beautiful Life
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441299
5. Never Flinch
Stephen King, Scribner, $32, 9781668089330
6. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
7. Fever Beach
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $30, 9780593320945
8. Nightshade
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $30, 9780316588485
9. Anima Rising
Christopher Moore, William Morrow, $30, 9780062434159
10. Spent
Alison Bechdel, Mariner Books, $32, 9780063278929
11. My Name Is Emilia del Valle
Isabel Allende, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593975091
12. We'll Prescribe You a Cat
Syou Ishida, E.Madison Shimoda (Transl.), Berkley, $25, 9780593818749
13. The Devils
Joe Abercrombie, Tor Books, $29.99, 9781250880055
14. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
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. Is a River Alive?
Robert Macfarlane, W. W. Norton & Company, $31.99, 9780393242133
4. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
5. Mark Twain
Ron Chernow, Penguin Press, $45, 9780525561729
6. Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again
Jake Tapper, Alex Thompson, Penguin Press, $32, 9798217060672
7. A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir
Jacinda Ardern, Crown, $32, 9780593728697
8. The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life
Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $30, 9780593734636
9. The Little Frog's Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837991013
10. Steve Martin Writes the Written Word: Collected Written Word Works by Steve 
MartinSteve Martin, Grand Central Publishing, $30, 9780306835735
11. The #1 Dad Book: Be the Best Dad You Can Be in 1 Hour
James Patterson, Little, Brown and Company, $25, 9780316585071
12. Notes to John
Joan Didion, Knopf, $32, 9780593803677
13. Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service
Michael Lewis (Ed.), Riverhead Books, $30, 9798217047802
14. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525556572
15. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
2. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
3. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593190272
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. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
7. Sandwich
Catherine Newman, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780063345171
8. Problematic Summer Romance
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9798217187430
9. The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $19, 9780812986372
10. Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
11. Tom Lake
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $19, 9780063327535
12. Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Penguin Books, $19, 9780593296394
13. One Golden Summer
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $19, 9780593638910
14. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
15. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Vintage, $19, 9780525565703
2. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
3. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
4. 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
5. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
6. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
7. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
8. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
9. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
10. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $20, 9780593444535
11. Sociopath: A Memoir
Patric Gagne, Ph.D., Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781668003190
12. No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9798888903636
13. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $19, 9780593472682
14. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
15. Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593449240
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
2. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
3. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
4. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
5. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
6. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
7. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
8. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
9. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
10. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES 
1. Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $27.99, 9781546171461
2. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274
3. The Day the Crayons Made Friends
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $19.99, 9780593622360
4. Dog Man: Big Jim Begins
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896459
5. Chef's Secret (Front Desk, #6)
Kelly Yang, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781546138662
6. Will the Pigeon Graduate?
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454960430
7. The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215
8. Outsider Kids: A Parachute Kids Graphic Novel
Betty C. Tang, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338832716
9. The Wild Robot Protects
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316669443
10. Karen's Ghost: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister, #11)
Ann M. Martin, DK Yingst (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781339005102
11. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316581097
12. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
13. Stuck (A Click Graphic Novel, #7)
Kayla Miller, Clarion Books, $15.99, 9780063285651
14. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
15. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Yearling, $14.99, 9781524764234
16. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
17. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $10.99, 9781984896391
18. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117
19. Mallory and the Trouble with Twins: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix)
Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338835618
20. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams, $14.99, 9781419766954
21. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
22. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #2
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203907
23. J vs. K
Kwame Alexander, Jerry Craft, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780316582681
24. Bluey: The Big Blue Guy's Book of Dad Goals
Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593888919
25. Karen's Prize: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister, #10)
Ann M. Martin, Shauna J. Grant (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781339005072