The Northern California Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, October 19, 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. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
2. Shadow Ticket
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $30, 9781594206108
3. The Impossible Fortune
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653258
4. Alchemised
SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
5. The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
6. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
7. Twice
Mitch Albom, Harper, $26.99, 9780062406682
8. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
9. Gone Before Goodbye
Harlan Coben, Reese Witherspoon, Grand Central Publishing, $32, 9781538774700
10. The Wayfinder
Adam Johnson, MCD, $30, 9780374619572
11. Startlement: New and Selected Poems
Ada Limón, Milkweed Editions, $28, 9781639550517
12. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
13. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
14. A Guardian and a Thief
Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $29, 9780593804872
15. Katabasis
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $32, 9780063446243
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
2. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
3. 107 Days
Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668211656
4. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
5. Poems & Prayers
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $29, 9781984862105
6. Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy
Mary Roach, W. W. Norton & Company, $28.99, 9781324050629
7. 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
8. We Survived the Night
Julian Brave NoiseCat, Knopf, $30, 9780593320785
9. 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
10. Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America
Robert B. Reich, Knopf, $30, 9780593803288
11. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution
Jill Lepore, Liveright, $39.99, 9781631496080
12. All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $35, 9780593540985
13. Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit
Brené Brown, Random House, $32, 9781984855749
14. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
15. Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $30, 9781668094716
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $19, 9780593687840
2. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324123736
3. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
4. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
5. Mate
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9780593952580
6. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
7. The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Penguin, $19, 9780593489291
8. Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593446119
9. The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668045152
10. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
11. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593190272
12. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
13. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
14. The Empusium
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780593712955
15. The Best Short Stories 2025: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Edward P. Jones (Ed.), Vintage, $19, 9780593689608
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
2. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316581509
3. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
4. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
5. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
6. A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $23.99, 9780062397348
7. The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience
Plestia Alaqad, Little, Brown and Company, $18.99, 9780316597456
8. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
9. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
10. Didion and Babitz
Lili Anolik, Scribner, $20, 9781668065495
11. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
Charles Duhigg, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593243923
12. Sapiens (Tenth Anniversary Edition): A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $27.99, 9780063422001
13. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
14. The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781961793682
15. This Wild and Precious Life: A Journal
Mary Oliver, Clarkson Potter, $16.99, 9780593580288
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
3. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
4. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296
5. Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345337665
6. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
7. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
8. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
9. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
10. Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES 
1. 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
2. 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
3. Spy School Blackout
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665956512
4. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
5. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
6. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
7. Richard Scarry's Halloween Cars and Trucks
Richard Scarry, Random House Books for Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593905166
8. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Yearling, $14.99, 9781524764234
9. Hansel and Gretel
Stephen King, Maurice Sendak (Illus.), HarperCollins, $26.99, 9780062644695
10. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Peanuts)
Charles  M. Schulz, Scott Jeralds (Illus.), Simon Spotlight, $7.99, 9781665972208
11. Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo (A Buffalo Fluffalo Story)
Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593810309
12. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
13. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #3
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203938
14. I'll Love You Till the Bats Say Boo
Kathryn Cristaldi, Kristyna Litten (Illus.), HarperCollins, $9.99, 9780063376625
15. Billie Jean Peet, Athlete: A Picture Book (The Questioneers)
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Harry N. Abrams, $19.99, 9781419775741
16. Ten Little Monsters
Priddy Books, Priddy Books US, $12.99, 9781684495214
17. The Great Big Halloween Hunt
Ekaterina Trukhan (Illus.), Nosy Crow, $8.99, 9798887771632
18. I Am Glinda (Little Golden Book)
Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896884
19. The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Peekaboo Halloween
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $9.99, 9780593890172
20. Bluey and Bingo's Book of Scary Things
Charlie Moon, Penguin Young Readers, $10.99, 9780593891254
21. Aggie and the Ghost
Matthew Forsythe, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, $19.99, 9781534478206
22. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
23. The Bakery Dragon and the Fairy Cake
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710999
24. Troubling Tonsils! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961080
25. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617