The SoCal 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 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. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
3. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
4. The Proving Ground
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316563826
5. The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
6. Alchemised
SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
7. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
8. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
9. Queen Esther
John Irving, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781501189449
10. The Widow
John Grisham, Doubleday, $32, 9780385548984
11. Shadow Ticket
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $30, 9781594206108
12. A Guardian and a Thief
Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $29, 9780593804872
13. The Impossible Fortune
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653258
14. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715
15. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124
2. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
3. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
4. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005
5. Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts
Margaret Atwood, Doubleday, $35, 9780385547512
6. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
7. The Uncool: A Memoir
Cameron Crowe, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781668059432
8. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About
Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366
9. Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy
Joyce Vance, Dutton, $28, 9798217178117
10. Notes on Being a Man
Scott Galloway, Simon & Schuster, $29, 9781668084359
11. 107 Days
Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668211656
12. Finding My Way: A Memoir
Malala Yousafzai, Atria Books, $30, 9781668054277
13. Look Again: Recognize Your Worth. Renew Your Hope. Run with Confidence.
Tim Tebow, Thomas Nelson, $29.99, 9781400254200
14. Forever Fly Free: One Woman's Story of Resilience and the Power of Hope and Love
Jenny Brandemuehl, Regalo Press, $30, 9798895650301
15. The Look
Michelle Obama, Crown, $50, 9780593800706
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
2. How About Now: Poems
Kate Baer, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780063306080
3. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
4. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
5. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
6. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $19, 9780593687840
7. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
8. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
9. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538742570
10. The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $17.99, 9780060837020
11. The Princess Bride Deluxe Limited Edition
William Goldman, Harper Perennial, $22, 9780063458154
12. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
13. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
14. Mate
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9780593952580
15. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
2. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
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. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
6. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
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. Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe
Laura Lynne Jackson, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $22, 9780399591617
10. The Best American Essays 2025
Jia Tolentino, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351592
11. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
12. The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689
13. The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781961793682
14. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2025
Susan Orlean, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063414211
15. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $25, 9780593734230
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
2. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
3. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
4. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
5. Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Plata Publishing, $9.99, 9781612681139
6. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
7. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
8. The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572
9. The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626
10. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. The Humble Pie
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063469730
2. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
3. Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo (A Buffalo Fluffalo Story)
Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593810309
4. Kat and Brandy
Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt, Petra Brown (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $18.99, 9780593385838
5. I Am Ingrid: The Adventures of the World's Greatest Guide Dog
Aria Mia Loberti, Vivienne To (Illus.), Scholastic, $18.99, 9781546147558
6. If We Were Dogs
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316581721
7. The Night Before Christmas
Clement C. Moore, Corinne Malvern (Illus.), Golden Books, $7.99, 9780385384742
8. That's Not Funny, David!
David Shannon, Orchard Books, $18.99, 9781546123187
9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
10. Holly Jolly Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Harry N. Abrams, $19.99, 9781419768798
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. No Sam! and the Meow of Deception
Drew Daywalt, Mike Lowery (Illus.), Storytide, $15.99, 9780063450059
2. Troubling Tonsils! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961080
3. The House Saphir
Marissa Meyer, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250320957
4. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
5. 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
6. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
7. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Penguin Books, $12.99, 9780593109069
8. Pocket Bear
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362
9. Dream On
Shannon Hale, Marcela Cespedes (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $14.99, 9781250843074
10. Scarlet Morning
ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780063210349
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams 
2. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Jake Parker (Illus.), Scholastic 
3. The First Cat in Space
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), HarperAlley 
4. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
5. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press 
6. The Book of Dust
Philip Pullman, Knopf Books for Young Readers 
7. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
8. Who Would Win?
Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illus.), Scholastic 
9. I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Chris Chalik (Illus.), Scholastic 
10. The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers