The SoCal 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 Southern 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. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
3. The Widow
John Grisham, Doubleday, $32, 9780385548984
4. The Proving Ground
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316563826
5. Twice
Mitch Albom, Harper, $26.99, 9780062406682
6. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
7. Shadow Ticket
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $30, 9781594206108
8. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
9. Culpability
Bruce Holsinger, Spiegel & Grau, $30, 9781954118966
10. Alchemised
SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
11. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
12. The Impossible Fortune
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653258
13. The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
14. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
15. Tom's Crossing
Mark Z. Danielewski, Pantheon, $40, 9781524747718
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. The Uncool: A Memoir
Cameron Crowe, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781668059432
2. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
3. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
4. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
5. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005
6. All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $35, 9780593540985
7. Finding My Way: A Memoir
Malala Yousafzai, Atria Books, $30, 9781668054277
8. 107 Days
Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668211656
9. Dead and Alive: Essays
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593834688
10. It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin
Marisa Meltzer, Atria Books, $28, 9781668060285
11. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
12. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
13. Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
Cory Doctorow, MCD, $30, 9780374619329
14. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843
15. Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
Karen Hao, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593657508
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
2. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007
3. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
4. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
5. The Princess Bride Deluxe Limited Edition
William Goldman, Harper Perennial, $22, 9780063458154
6. Mate
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9780593952580
7. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $19, 9780593687840
8. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
9. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
10. The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $19, 9781250328151
11. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
12. Still Life
Sarah Winman, Putnam, $19, 9780593330760
13. Annihilation
Jeff VanderMeer, Picador, $18, 9781250824042
14. The Best Short Stories 2025: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Edward P. Jones (Ed.), Vintage, $19, 9780593689608
15. The Best American Short Stories 2025
Celeste Ng, Nicole A. Lamy (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063399808
 
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. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $18, 9781878424310
4. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
5. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
6. Understanding Comics
Scott McCloud, William Morrow Paperbacks, $28.99, 9780060976255
7. On Freedom
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $20, 9780593728741
8. Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
9. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
10. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $18.95, 9781572245372
11. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
12. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Pema Chödrön, Shambhala, $19.95, 9781611803433
13. The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781961793682
14. The Best American Essays 2025
Jia Tolentino, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351592
15. Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Anne Applebaum, Vintage, $18, 9780593471203
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
2. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
3. Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
4. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296
5. The Vampire Lestat
Anne Rice, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345313867
6. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
7. Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Plata Publishing, $9.99, 9781612681139
8. In the Company of Witches
Auralee Wallace, Berkley, $9.99, 9780593335833
9. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
10. The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
3. Baby Turkey: Finger Puppet Book
Yu-Hsuan Huang (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781797232799
4. If We Were Dogs
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316581721
5. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
6. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
7. Corduroy Gives Thanks
Don Freeman, John Joseph (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780593694152
8. Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo (A Buffalo Fluffalo Story)
Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593810309
9. Fire Truck (Wheelie Books)
DK, DK Children, $8.99, 9780789497123
10. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Facing Feelings: Inside the World of Raina Telgemeier
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $26.99, 9781338885484
2. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
3. The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215
4. War Games
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338736106
5. Troubling Tonsils! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961080
6. 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
7. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
8. Howl's Moving Castle Deluxe Limited Edition
Diana Wynne Jones, Greenwillow Books, $24.99, 9780063416468
9. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
10. Dragonborn
Struan Murray, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217113217
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams 
2. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic 
3. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
4. The Book of Dust
Philip Pullman, Knopf Books for Young Readers 
5. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
6. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion 
7. Warriors Graphic Novels
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley 
8. Dory Fantasmagory
Abby Hanlon, Puffin 
9. InvestiGators
John Patrick Green, Steve Behling, Chris Fenoglio (Illus.), First Second 
10. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic