The Northern California Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, November 2, 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. The Black Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328175
2. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
3. Shadow Ticket
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $30, 9781594206108
4. The Impossible Fortune
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653258
5. The Proving Ground
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316563826
6. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
7. The Widow
John Grisham, Doubleday, $32, 9780385548984
8. The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
9. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
10. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
11. Alchemised
SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
12. Katabasis
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $32, 9780063446243
13. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
14. A Guardian and a Thief
Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $29, 9780593804872
15. Twice
Mitch Albom, Harper, $26.99, 9780062406682
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
2. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
3. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
4. Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy
Joyce Vance, Dutton, $28, 9798217178117
5. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
6. The Uncool: A Memoir
Cameron Crowe, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781668059432
7. Dead and Alive: Essays
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593834688
8. 107 Days
Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668211656
9. Finding My Way: A Memoir
Malala Yousafzai, Atria Books, $30, 9781668054277
10. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843
11. Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America
Robert B. Reich, Knopf, $30, 9780593803288
12. All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $35, 9780593540985
13. We Survived the Night
Julian Brave NoiseCat, Knopf, $30, 9780593320785
14. 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
15. Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats
Ursula K. Le Guin, Library of America, $16.95, 9781598538298
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
2. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
3. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324123736
4. Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593446119
5. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
6. The Best American Short Stories 2025
Celeste Ng, Nicole A. Lamy (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063399808
7. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $19, 9780593687840
8. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
9. The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Penguin, $19, 9780593489291
10. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
11. The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668045152
12. Sandwich
Catherine Newman, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780063345171
13. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
14. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007
15. The Empusium
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780593712955
 
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. Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue
Sonia Purnell, Penguin Books, $22, 9780593297827
3. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
4. Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
5. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $25, 9780593734230
6. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
7. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
8. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2025
Susan Orlean, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063414211
9. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
10. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
11. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
12. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
13. Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Anne Applebaum, Vintage, $18, 9780593471203
14. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $18, 9781878424310
15. The Best American Essays 2025
Jia Tolentino, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351592
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
3. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296
4. Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
5. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
6. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
7. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11, 9780553283686
8. The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States
Bantam Classics, $5.95, 9780553214826
9. Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary
Merriam-Webster (Ed.), Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877792987
10. The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones, S&S/Saga Press, $10.99, 9781668082737
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES 
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams, $15.99, 9781419782695
2. The Rose Field (The Book of Dust, Volume 3)
Philip Pullman, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $29.99, 9780593306635
3. 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
4. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #3
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203938
5. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
6. Spy School Blackout
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665956512
7. 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
8. I Am Elphaba (Little Golden Book)
Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896860
9. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
10. Richard Scarry's Halloween Cars and Trucks
Richard Scarry, Random House Books for Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593905166
11. Ten Little Monsters (Little Squishies)
Priddy Books, Priddy Books US, $12.99, 9781684495214
12. Andy: A Dog's Tale
John Kelly, The Collective Book Studio, $19.95, 9781685553432
13. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316581097
14. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
15. Bluey and Bingo's Book of Scary Things
Charlie Moon, Penguin Young Readers, $10.99, 9780593891254
16. Baby Turkey: Finger Puppet Book
Yu-Hsuan Huang (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781797232799
17. If We Were Dogs
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316581721
18. Little Blue Truck Padded Board Book
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780358211785
19. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
20. Dory Fantasmagory: Center of the Universe
Abby Hanlon, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780593857564
21. The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215
22. Hansel and Gretel
Stephen King, Maurice Sendak (Illus.), HarperCollins, $26.99, 9780062644695
23. Troubling Tonsils! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961080
24. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
25. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419741852