The Northern California Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, June 15, 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. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
V. E. Schwab, Tor Books, $29.99, 9781250320520
3. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715
4. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
5. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
6. Fever Beach
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $30, 9780593320945
7. Great Big Beautiful Life
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441299
8. The River Is Waiting
Wally Lamb, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $29.99, 9781668006399
9. Nightshade
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $30, 9780316588485
10. My Name Is Emilia del Valle
Isabel Allende, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593975091
11. So Far Gone
Jess Walter, Harper, $30, 9780062868145
12. The First Gentleman
James Patterson, Bill Clinton, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316565103
13. Anima Rising
Christopher Moore, William Morrow, $30, 9780062434159
14. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
15. Never Flinch
Stephen King, Scribner, $32, 9781668089330
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Abundance
Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668023488
2. Mark Twain
Ron Chernow, Penguin Press, $45, 9780525561729
3. A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir
Jacinda Ardern, Crown, $32, 9780593728697
4. 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
5. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
6. How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Memoir
Molly Jong-Fast, Viking, $28, 9780593656471
7. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525556572
8. Is a River Alive?
Robert Macfarlane, W. W. Norton & Company, $31.99, 9780393242133
9. Steve Martin Writes the Written Word: Collected Written Word Works by Steve Martin
Steve Martin, Grand Central Publishing, $30, 9780306835735
10. We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions
Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, Amanda Doyle, The Dial Press, $34, 9780593977644
11. The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life
Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $30, 9780593734636
12. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
13. Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service
Michael Lewis (Ed.), Riverhead Books, $30, 9798217047802
14. Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again
Jake Tapper, Alex Thompson, Penguin Press, $32, 9798217060672
15. 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
 
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 Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668045152
5. Sandwich
Catherine Newman, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780063345171
6. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $22, 9780802162731
7. Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
8. Tom Lake
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $19, 9780063327535
9. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
10. The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $19, 9780812986372
11. One Golden Summer
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $19, 9780593638910
12. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
13. The Safekeep
Yael van der Wouden, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668034354
14. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
15. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20, 9780593135228
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
2. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Vintage, $19, 9780525565703
3. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
4. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
5. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
6. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
7. 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
8. No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9798888903636
9. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
Griffin Dunne, Penguin Books, $21, 9780593652848
10. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18, 9780593652985
11. Sociopath: A Memoir
Patric Gagne, Ph.D., Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781668003190
12. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20, 9780143129257
13. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
14. Native Nations: A Millennium in North America
Kathleen DuVal, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $25, 9780525511052
15. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
Bill Maher, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781668051399
 
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. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
5. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
6. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
7. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
8. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
9. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
10. Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES 
1. Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $27.99, 9781546171461
2. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316581097
3. Karen's Ghost: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister, #11)
Ann M. Martin, DK Yingst (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781339005102
4. The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215
5. Outsider Kids: A Parachute Kids Graphic Novel
Betty C. Tang, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338832716
6. Will the Pigeon Graduate?
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454960430
7. The Wild Robot Protects
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316669443
8. The Wild Robot Escapes
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316479264
9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
10. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
11. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274
12. Dog Man: Big Jim Begins
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896459
13. The Day the Crayons Made Friends
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $19.99, 9780593622360
14. Chef's Secret (Front Desk, #6)
Kelly Yang, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781546138662
15. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $9.99, 9781368051477
16. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #2
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203907
17. Hilo Book 11: The Great Space Iguana
Judd Winick, Random House Graphic, $14.99, 9780593807095
18. Becoming Boba
Joanna Ho, Amber Ren (Illus.), Orchard Books, $18.99, 9781339005546
19. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams, $14.99, 9781419766954
20. My Little Golden Book About San Francisco
Toyo Tyler, Courtney Dawson (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593301180
21. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Yearling, $14.99, 9781524764234
22. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
23. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
24. Mallory and the Trouble with Twins: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix)
Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338835618
25. Happy Father's Day from the Crayons
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593624616