The Northern California Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, October 12, 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. Shadow Ticket
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $30, 9781594206108
2. The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
3. The Impossible Fortune
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653258
4. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
5. Alchemised
SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
6. Katabasis
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $32, 9780063446243
7. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
8. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
9. Startlement: New and Selected Poems
Ada Limón, Milkweed Editions, $28, 9781639550517
10. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
11. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
12. Twice
Mitch Albom, Harper, $26.99, 9780062406682
13. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
14. Buckeye
Patrick Ryan, Random House, $30, 9780593595039
15. The Emperor of Gladness
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593831878
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. 107 Days
Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668211656
2. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
3. 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
4. Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America
Robert B. Reich, Knopf, $30, 9780593803288
5. Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $30, 9781668094716
6. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution
Jill Lepore, Liveright, $39.99, 9781631496080
7. All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $35, 9780593540985
8. Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America
Beth Macy, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593656730
9. Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy
Mary Roach, W. W. Norton & Company, $28.99, 9781324050629
10. Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit
Brené Brown, Random House, $32, 9781984855749
11. Poems & Prayers
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $29, 9781984862105
12. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280
13. Shot Ready
Stephen Curry, One World, $50, 9780593597293
14. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843
15. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Mate
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9780593952580
2. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324123736
3. Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593446119
4. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
5. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
6. The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Penguin, $19, 9780593489291
7. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
8. The Empusium
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780593712955
9. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
10. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $19, 9780593687840
11. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593190272
12. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
13. There Are Rivers in the Sky
Elif Shafak, Vintage, $19, 9780593687567
14. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
15. The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668045152
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
3. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316581509
4. Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Anne Applebaum, Vintage, $18, 9780593471203
5. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
6. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $25, 9780593734230
7. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
8. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
9. The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781961793682
10. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
11. Surviving the 21st Century
Noam Chomsky, José Mujica, Saúl Alvídrez, Verso, $19.95, 9781804299517
12. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
13. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
14. Bay Curious: Exploring the Hidden True Stories of the San Francisco Bay Area
Olivia Allen-Price, Chronicle Books, $15.95, 9781797214368
15. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $18, 9781878424310
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
4. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $10, 9780553293357
5. Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
6. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
7. The Long Walk
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668052013
8. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
9. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
10. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES 
1. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #3
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203938
2. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
3. Spy School Blackout
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665956512
4. Richard Scarry's Halloween Cars and Trucks
Richard Scarry, Random House Books for Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593905166
5. 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
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
7. Billie Jean Peet, Athlete: A Picture Book (The Questioneers)
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781419775741
8. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
9. Jessi Ramsey, Pet-Sitter: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club #18) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix)
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338835656
10. Baby Pumpkin: Finger Puppet Book
Yu-Hsuan Huang (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781797232782
11. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Peanuts)
Charles  M. Schulz, Scott Jeralds (Illus.), Simon Spotlight, $7.99, 9781665972208
12. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316581097
13. Bluey and Bingo's Book of Scary Things
Charlie Moon, Penguin Young Readers, $10.99, 9780593891254
14. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
15. Bones and Berserkers (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #13): 13 True Tales of Terror from American History
Nathan Hale, Abrams Fanfare, $15.99, 9781419773204
16. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
17. I'll Love You Till the Bats Say Boo
Kathryn Cristaldi, Kristyna Litten (Illus.), HarperCollins, $9.99, 9780063376625
18. Dory Fantasmagory: Center of the Universe
Abby Hanlon, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780593857564
19. Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo (A Buffalo Fluffalo Story)
Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593810309
20. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $10.99, 9781984896391
21. Luna and the Witch Throw a Halloween Party
Aubrey Plaza, Dan Murphy, Hannah Peck (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593693018
22. Dog Man: Big Jim Begins
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896459
23. The Runaway Bunny
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780061074295
24. Hansel and Gretel
Stephen King, Maurice Sendak (Illus.), HarperCollins, $26.99, 9780062644695
25. Chicka Chicka Tricka Treat
Julien Chung, Beach Lane Books, $19.99, 9781665954785