The Northern California Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, November 9, 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. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
4. The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
5. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
6. The Impossible Fortune
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653258
7. The Proving Ground
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316563826
8. Shadow Ticket
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $30, 9781594206108
9. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
10. Alchemised
SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
11. The Widow
John Grisham, Doubleday, $32, 9780385548984
12. Queen Esther
John Irving, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781501189449
13. Wreck
Catherine Newman, Harper, $26.99, 9780063453913
14. Twice
Mitch Albom, Harper, $26.99, 9780062406682
15. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124
2. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
3. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
4. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
5. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
6. 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
7. We Survived the Night
Julian Brave NoiseCat, Knopf, $30, 9780593320785
8. Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy
Joyce Vance, Dutton, $28, 9798217178117
9. Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts
Margaret Atwood, Doubleday, $35, 9780385547512
10. 107 Days
Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668211656
11. Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department
Carol Leonnig, Aaron C. Davis, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593831373
12. The Look
Michelle Obama, Crown, $50, 9780593800706
13. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005
14. Notes on Being a Man
Scott Galloway, Simon & Schuster, $29, 9781668084359
15. Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy
Mary Roach, W. W. Norton & Company, $28.99, 9781324050629
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
2. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324123736
3. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
4. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $19, 9780593687840
5. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
6. Days at the Torunka Café
Satoshi Yagisawa, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780063445857
7. Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593446119
8. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
9. How About Now: Poems
Kate Baer, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780063306080
10. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
11. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
12. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
13. The Best American Short Stories 2025
Celeste Ng, Nicole A. Lamy (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063399808
14. The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $19, 9781250328151
15. Mate
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9780593952580
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
2. Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
3. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593230077
4. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $25, 9780593734230
5. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
6. The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781961793682
7. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
8. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
9. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
10. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
11. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316581509
12. All That the Rain Promises and More
David Arora, Ten Speed Press, $17.99, 9780898153880
13. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
Zoë Schlanger, Harper Perennial, $19.99, 9780063073869
14. On Freedom
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $20, 9780593728741
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. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
4. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
5. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
6. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
7. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
8. The Great Gatsby
F.Scott Fitzgerald, Vintage, $8, 9780593312919
9. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
10. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345409874
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES 
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams, $15.99, 9781419782695
2. Darkstalker: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire: Legends Graphic Novel)
Tui T. Sutherland, Jake Parker (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339001296
3. The First Cat in Space and the Baby Pirate's Revenge: A Graphic Novel
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), HarperAlley, $16.99, 9780063415508
4. The Rose Field (The Book of Dust, Volume 3)
Philip Pullman, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $29.99, 9780593306635
5. The Humble Pie
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063469730
6. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
7. 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
8. Baby Turkey: Finger Puppet Book
Yu-Hsuan Huang (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781797232799
9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
10. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #3
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203938
11. Spy School Blackout
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665956512
12. The Bakery Dragon and the Fairy Cake
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710999
13. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
14. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
15. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316581097
16. 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
17. If We Were Dogs
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316581721
18. A Snow Day for Amos McGee
Philip C. Stead, Erin E. Stead (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250324733
19. Frog and Toad Storybook Favorites
Arnold Lobel, HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780062883124
20. The Wild Robot Escapes
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316479264
21. Winging It: A Graphic Novel
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781338818529
22. Trash Truck's Christmas
Max Keane, HarperCollins, $9.99, 9780063429222
23. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Storytide, $10.99, 9780062991324
24. Peekaboo: Dog
Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536241341
25. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926