The SoCal 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 Southern California, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance and
IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
2. The Widow
John Grisham, Doubleday, $32, 9780385548984
3. The Proving Ground
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316563826
4. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
5. Shadow Ticket
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $30, 9781594206108
6. King Sorrow
Joe Hill, William Morrow, $40, 9780062200600
7. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
8. Twice
Mitch Albom, Harper, $26.99, 9780062406682
9. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
10. Katabasis
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $32, 9780063446243
11. A Guardian and a Thief
Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $29, 9780593804872
12. The Impossible Fortune
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653258
13. Alchemised
SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
14. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715
15. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
2. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
3. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005
4. 107 Days
Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668211656
5. Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy
Joyce Vance, Dutton, $28, 9798217178117
6. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
7. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843
8. To Rescue the American Spirit: Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower
Bret Baier, Mariner Books, $32.99, 9780063360754
9. Finding My Way: A Memoir
Malala Yousafzai, Atria Books, $30, 9781668054277
10. I Wrote This for Attention
Lukas Gage, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668080078
11. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
12. 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
13. Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
Cory Doctorow, MCD, $30, 9780374619329
14. Bring Me the Head of Joaquin Murrieta: The Bandit Chief Who Terrorized California and Launched the Legend of Zorro
John Boessenecker, Hanover Square Press, $32, 9781335007032
15. Six Seasons of Pasta: A New Way with Everyone's Favorite Food
Joshua McFadden, Artisan, $40, 9781648291920
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
2. Mate
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9780593952580
3. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
4. Bunny
Mona Awad, Penguin, $17, 9780525559757
5. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
6. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324123736
7. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $18, 9780525435006
8. Annihilation
Jeff VanderMeer, Picador, $18, 9781250824042
9. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593190272
10. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
11. Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593446119
12. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
13. Witches of Honeysuckle House
Liz Parker, Alcove Press, $19.99, 9798892421997
14. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
15. My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin, $19, 9780525522133
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
2. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
3. Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
4. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593230077
5. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257
6. The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World
Noam Chomsky, Nathan J. Robinson, Penguin Books, $20, 9780593656341
7. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
8. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316581509
9. Then Again
Diane Keaton, Random House, $18, 9780812980950
10. The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689
11. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
12. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
Charles Duhigg, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593243923
13. The Myth of Sisyphus
Albert Camus, Vintage, $16, 9780525564454
14. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
15. Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
4. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
5. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
6. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
7. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
8. Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Bantam Classics, $8.95, 9780553211757
9. The Catcher in the Rye
J. D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
10. The Great Gatsby: The Only Authorized Edition
F.Scott Fitzgerald, Pocket, $9.99, 9781982146702
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
3. Hansel and Gretel
Stephen King, Maurice Sendak (Illus.), HarperCollins, $26.99, 9780062644695
4. Glitter Kittens
William Joyce, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $19.99, 9781665959902
5. Corduroy Gives Thanks
Don Freeman, John Joseph (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780593694152
6. Archibald and the Furry Dinosaurs
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593811962
7. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
8. If We Were Dogs
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316581721
9. Baby Turkey: Finger Puppet Book
Yu-Hsuan Huang (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781797232799
10. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Peanuts)
Charles  M. Schulz, Scott Jeralds (Illus.), Simon Spotlight, $7.99, 9781665972208
 
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. Scarlet Morning
ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780063210349
3. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
4. Fake Skating
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665921268
5. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
6. Troubling Tonsils! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961080
7. The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215
8. A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez
María Dolores Águila, Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250342614
9. 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
10. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Storytide, $10.99, 9780062991324
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams 
2. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
3. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
4. The Book of Dust
Philip Pullman, Knopf Books for Young Readers 
5. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic 
6. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Graphix 
7. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick 
8. I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Chris Chalik (Illus.), Scholastic 
9. Warriors Graphic Novels
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley 
10. InvestiGators
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second