The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and CALIBA, for the
sales week ended Sunday, September 28, 2025. Based on reporting from the independent
booksellers of Southern California, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance and
IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Alchemised
SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
2. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
3. The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
4. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
5. Katabasis (Deluxe Limited Edition)
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $35, 9780063021471
6. This Inevitable Ruin
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $39, 9798217190041
7. We Love You, Bunny
Mona Awad, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $30, 9781668059869
8. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
9. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
10. Culpability
Bruce Holsinger, Spiegel & Grau, $30, 9781954118966
11. Circle of Days
Ken Follett, Grand Central Publishing, $40, 9781538772775
12. Will There Ever Be Another You
Patricia Lockwood, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593718551
13. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30, 9780593820247
14. Broken Country
Clare Leslie Hall, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668078181
15. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. 107 Days
Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668211656
2. All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $35, 9780593540985
3. Faithonomics: The Wealth is in the Kingdom, the Legacy is in the Story
Jerry Lopez, Jerry Lopez, $28.99, 9798218762360
4. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
5. Poems & Prayers
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $29, 9781984862105
6. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005
7. Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy
Mary Roach, W. W. Norton & Company, $28.99, 9781324050629
8. Art Work: On the Creative Life
Sally Mann, Abrams Press, $35, 9781419780714
9. When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows…: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
Steven Pinker, Scribner, $30, 9781668011577
10. Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds
John Fugelsang, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668066898
11. 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
12. Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit
Brené Brown, Random House, $32, 9781984855749
13. The Biology of Trauma : How the Body Holds Fear, Pain, and Overwhelm, and How to Heal It
Aimie Apigian, MD, BenBella Books, $29.95, 9781637746233
14. History Matters
David McCullough, Simon & Schuster, $27, 9781668098998
15. Night People: How to Be a DJ in '90s New York City
Mark Ronson, Grand Central Publishing, $29, 9781538741115
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
2. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $19, 9780593687840
3. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
4. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
5. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593190272
6. The Best Short Stories 2025: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Edward P. Jones (Ed.), Vintage, $19, 9780593689608
7. The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Penguin, $19, 9780593489291
8. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
9. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
10. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
11. Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20, 9780063021433
12. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
13. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
14. The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668045152
15. The Trees
Percival Everett, Graywolf Press, $17, 9781644450642
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Alignment: A Montessori Approach to Reimagining Work-Life Balance
Katie Keller Wood, Page Two, $18.95, 9781774584859
2. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
3. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257
4. Didion and Babitz
Lili Anolik, Scribner, $20, 9781668065495
5. Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Anne Applebaum, Vintage, $18, 9780593471203
6. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
7. The White Album: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374532079
8. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158
9. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
Griffin Dunne, Penguin Books, $21, 9780593652848
10. Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity: 10th Anniversary Edition
David Lynch, Tarcher, $20, 9780143130147
11. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $18, 9781878424310
12. The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781668065969
13. The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18, 9781400078431
14. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
15. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $25, 9780593734230
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
2. Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
3. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
4. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
5. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
6. Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345337665
7. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296
8. Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293
9. Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365309
10. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
2. Bluey and Bingo's Book of Scary Things
Charlie Moon, Penguin Young Readers, $10.99, 9780593891254
3. If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone
Gideon Sterer, Emily Hughes (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063375222
4. Chicka Chicka Tricka Treat
Julien Chung, Beach Lane Books, $19.99, 9781665954785
5. Peekaboo: Pumpkin
Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536229813
6. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
7. Luna and the Witch Throw a Halloween Party
Aubrey Plaza, Dan Murphy, Hannah Peck (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593693018
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
9. Guess How Much I Love You
Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210637
10. Hansel and Gretel
Stephen King, Maurice Sendak (Illus.), HarperCollins, $26.99, 9780062644695
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. From the World of Percy Jackson: The Court of the Dead: A Nico di Angelo Adventure
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $21.99, 9781368109116
2. Troubling Tonsils! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961080
3. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
4. Scarlet Morning
ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780063210349
5. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
6. Howl's Moving Castle Deluxe Limited Edition
Diana Wynne Jones, Greenwillow Books, $24.99, 9780063416468
7. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
8. The Vale
Abigail Hing Wen, Yuna Cheong (Illus.), Brandon Wu (Illus.), Third State Books, $19.95, 9798890130310
9. Unico: Hunted (Volume 2): An Original Manga
Samuel Sattin, Gurihiru (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781546110460
10. Pocket Bear
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams 
2. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press 
3. I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Chris Chalik (Illus.), Scholastic 
4. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
5. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Disney Hyperion 
7. InvestiGators
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second 
8. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic 
9. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion 
10. Who Would Win?
Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illus.), Scholastic