The Northern California Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, October 26, 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 Widow
John Grisham, Doubleday, $32, 9780385548984
3. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
4. The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
5. The Impossible Fortune
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653258
6. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
7. The Proving Ground
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316563826
8. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
9. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
10. Twice
Mitch Albom, Harper, $26.99, 9780062406682
11. A Guardian and a Thief
Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $29, 9780593804872
12. Alchemised
SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
13. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
14. Katabasis
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $32, 9780063446243
15. Startlement: New and Selected Poems
Ada Limón, Milkweed Editions, $28, 9781639550517
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
2. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
3. Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy
Joyce Vance, Dutton, $28, 9798217178117
4. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
5. We Survived the Night
Julian Brave NoiseCat, Knopf, $30, 9780593320785
6. 107 Days
Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668211656
7. 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
8. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
9. Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America
Robert B. Reich, Knopf, $30, 9780593803288
10. Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $30, 9781668094716
11. The Little Frog's Guide to Life: Love, Advice and Inspiration for Every Day from the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837994731
12. All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $35, 9780593540985
13. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005
14. Finding My Way: A Memoir
Malala Yousafzai, Atria Books, $30, 9781668054277
15. Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats
Ursula K. Le Guin, Library of America, $16.95, 9781598538298
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324123736
2. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $19, 9780593687840
3. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
4. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
5. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
6. The Best American Short Stories 2025
Celeste Ng, Nicole A. Lamy (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063399808
7. Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593446119
8. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
9. The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Penguin, $19, 9780593489291
10. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
11. The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $19, 9781250328151
12. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593190272
13. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
14. Mate
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9780593952580
15. There Are Rivers in the Sky
Elif Shafak, Vintage, $19, 9780593687567
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593230077
2. Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
3. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316581509
4. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
5. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
6. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
7. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
8. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
9. The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781961793682
10. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
11. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257
12. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2025
Susan Orlean, Jaime Green, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063414211
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. Didion and Babitz
Lili Anolik, Scribner, $20, 9781668065495
15. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
3. The Long Walk
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668052013
4. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
5. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
6. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
7. The Catcher in the Rye
J. D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
8. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
9. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
10. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES 
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper
Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books, $15.99, 9781419782695
2. The Rose Field (The Book of Dust, Volume 3)
Philip Pullman, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $29.99, 9780593306635
3. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
4. 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
5. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #3
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203938
6. Richard Scarry's Halloween Cars and Trucks
Richard Scarry, Random House Books for Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593905166
7. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
8. I'll Love You Till the Bats Say Boo
Kathryn Cristaldi, Kristyna Litten (Illus.), HarperCollins, $9.99, 9780063376625
9. Hansel and Gretel
Stephen King, Maurice Sendak (Illus.), HarperCollins, $26.99, 9780062644695
10. Spy School Blackout
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665956512
11. 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
12. Aggie and the Ghost
Matthew Forsythe, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, $19.99, 9781534478206
13. Baby Pumpkin: Finger Puppet Book
Yu-Hsuan Huang (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781797232782
14. Frog and Toad Storybook Favorites
Arnold Lobel, HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780062883124
15. The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Peekaboo Halloween
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $9.99, 9780593890172
16. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
17. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Peanuts)
Charles  M. Schulz, Scott Jeralds (Illus.), Simon Spotlight, $7.99, 9781665972208
18. Ten Little Monsters (Little Squishies)
Priddy Books, Priddy Books US, $12.99, 9781684495214
19. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
20. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
21. Chicka Chicka Tricka Treat
Julien Chung, Beach Lane Books, $19.99, 9781665954785
22. Bluey and Bingo's Book of Scary Things
Charlie Moon, Penguin Young Readers, $10.99, 9780593891254
23. InvestiGators: Case Files
John Patrick Green, Steve Behling, Chris Fenoglio (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250223227
24. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
25. 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