The SoCal 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 Southern 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 Impossible Fortune
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653258
3. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
4. Alchemised
SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
5. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
6. Katabasis
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $32, 9780063446243
7. Twice
Mitch Albom, Harper, $26.99, 9780062406682
8. The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
9. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
10. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
11. Culpability
Bruce Holsinger, Spiegel & Grau, $30, 9781954118966
12. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
13. Audition
Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593852323
14. Alchemy of Secrets
Stephanie Garber, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250789150
15. Circle of Days
Ken Follett, Grand Central Publishing, $40, 9781538772775
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. 107 Days
Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668211656
2. Perseverance Principles: How to Unlock Confidence, Consistency, and Wealth Under Pressure
J.J. Mazzo, Wiley, $26, 9781394377527
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. All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $35, 9780593540985
5. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843
6. Poems & Prayers
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $29, 9781984862105
7. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
8. Last Rites
Ozzy Osbourne, Grand Central Publishing, $30, 9781538775417
9. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
10. The Devil Emails at Midnight: What Good Leaders Can Learn from Bad Bosses
Mita Mallick, Wiley, $28, 9781394316489
11. It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin
Marisa Meltzer, Atria Books, $28, 9781668060285
12. The Promise of Heaven: 31 Reasons to Get Excited about Your Eternal Home
David Jeremiah, Thomas Nelson, $29.99, 9781400345212
13. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005
14. The Upside of Down: A Survivor's Guide to Turning Setbacks into Success
John D. Ulsh, Mission Driven Press, $28, 9781637634714
15. Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit
Brené Brown, Random House, $32, 9781984855749
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Mate
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9780593952580
2. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
3. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
4. Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593446119
5. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
6. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
7. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $17, 9781451673319
8. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
9. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
10. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
11. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $19, 9780593687840
12. The Best Short Stories 2025: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Edward P. Jones (Ed.), Vintage, $19, 9780593689608
13. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
14. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
15. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324123736
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
2. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
3. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
4. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
5. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316581509
6. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
7. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $25, 9780593734230
8. Girl in a Band (10th Anniversary Edition): A Memoir
Kim Gordon, Dey Street Books, $19.99, 9780063450318
9. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
10. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257
11. On Our Best Behavior: The Price Women Pay to Be Good
Elise Loehnen, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $20, 9780593243053
12. A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $23.99, 9780062397348
13. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
Charles Duhigg, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593243923
14. Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807014271
15. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060899226
 
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. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
5. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
6. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345350688
7. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
8. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $10, 9780553293357
9. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
10. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
2. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780544772533
3. Hansel and Gretel
Stephen King, Maurice Sendak (Illus.), HarperCollins, $26.99, 9780062644695
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
5. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Peanuts)
Charles  M. Schulz, Scott Jeralds (Illus.), Simon Spotlight, $7.99, 9781665972208
6. Luna and the Witch Throw a Halloween Party
Aubrey Plaza, Dan Murphy, Hannah Peck (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593693018
7. Billie Jean Peet, Athlete: A Picture Book (The Questioneers)
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781419775741
8. Little Ghostie: Finger Puppet Book
Emily Dove (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $8.99, 9781797212883
9. Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo (A Buffalo Fluffalo Story)
Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593810309
10. Baby Pumpkin: Finger Puppet Book
Yu-Hsuan Huang (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781797232782
 
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. Fake Skating
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665921268
3. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
4. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
5. Troubling Tonsils! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961080
6. Scarlet Morning
ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780063210349
7. Secrets of the Purple Pearl (The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science)
Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316555296
8. Brume, Volume 1: The Dragon Awakens
Jérôme Pélissier, Carine Hinder (Illus.), Hippo Park, $12.99, 9781662641244
9. Outside
Jennifer L. Holm, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781546138143
10. Space Case The Graphic Novel
Stuart Gibbs, Ward Jenkins (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665934817 

CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
2. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
3. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic 
4. Warriors Graphic Novels
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley 
5. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Disney Hyperion 
6. Dory Fantasmagory
Abby Hanlon, Puffin 
7. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 
8. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Scholastic 
9. The Twilight Saga
Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 
10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams