The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and CALIBA, for the
sales week ended Sunday, November 16, 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 Strength of the Few
James Islington, S&S/Saga Press, $34, 9781982141233
2. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
3. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
4. The Proving Ground
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316563826
5. Brigands & Breadknives
Travis Baldree, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250334886
6. The Black Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328175
7. Shadow Ticket
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $30, 9781594206108
8. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
9. Gone Before Goodbye
Harlan Coben, Reese Witherspoon, Grand Central Publishing, $32, 9781538774700
10. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
11. Alchemised
SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
12. The Land in Winter
Andrew Miller, Europa Editions, $27, 9798889661566
13. Katabasis
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $32, 9780063446243
14. Flesh
David Szalay, Scribner, $28.99, 9781982122799
15. Twice
Mitch Albom, Harper, $26.99, 9780062406682
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124
2. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005
3. The Uncool: A Memoir
Cameron Crowe, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781668059432
4. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
5. Something from Nothing: A Cookbook
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $37.99, 9781984826411
6. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
7. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
8. The Look
Michelle Obama, Crown, $50, 9780593800706
9. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
10. Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts
Margaret Atwood, Doubleday, $35, 9780385547512
11. Notes on Being a Man
Scott Galloway, Simon & Schuster, $29, 9781668084359
12. Joyride: A Memoir
Susan Orlean, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $32, 9781982135164
13. Finding My Way: A Memoir
Malala Yousafzai, Atria Books, $30, 9781668054277
14. Dead and Alive: Essays
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593834688
15. Insomnia
Robbie Robertson, Crown, $32, 9781524763107
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $19, 9780593687840
2. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
3. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
4. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
5. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
6. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Mary Shelley, Penguin Classics, $11, 9780143131847
7. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
8. How About Now: Poems
Kate Baer, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780063306080
9. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
10. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
11. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593190272
12. The Princess Bride Deluxe Limited Edition
William Goldman, Harper Perennial, $22, 9780063458154
13. The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18, 9781400031702
14. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.99, 9781635577808
15. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
2. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
3. Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386
4. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
5. Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity: 10th Anniversary Edition
David Lynch, Tarcher, $20, 9780143130147
6. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316581509
7. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007
8. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257
9. The Best American Essays 2025
Jia Tolentino, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351592
10. Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles
Rosecrans Baldwin, Picador, $19, 9781250849199
11. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
12. Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue
Sonia Purnell, Penguin Books, $22, 9780593297827
13. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
14. Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe
Laura Lynne Jackson, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $22, 9780399591617
15. Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807014271
 
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. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
5. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
6. Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293
7. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
8. Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
9. The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas, Bantam, $7.95, 9780553213508
10. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. The Humble Pie
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063469730
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
3. Knight Owl's Little Christmas
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $8.99, 9780316587501
4. The Digger and the Christmas Tree
Joseph Kuefler, HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063427396
5. Grumpy Monkey Board Book
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $8.99, 9780593123997
6. A Snow Day for Amos McGee
Philip C. Stead, Erin E. Stead (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250324733
7. Steam Train, Dream Train: Next Stop, Christmas!
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781797227030
8. Bluey's Night Before Christmas
Lauren Holowaty, Kiara Hankinson (Illus.), Jemma Bayley (Illus.), Penguin Young Readers, $18.99, 9798217050864
9. Billie Jean Peet, Athlete: A Picture Book (The Questioneers)
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Harry N. Abrams, $19.99, 9781419775741
10. The Bakery Dragon and the Fairy Cake
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710999
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Winging It: A Graphic Novel
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781338818529
2. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
3. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Special Edition)
Stephen Chbosky, Simon Pulse, $15.99, 9781665982412
5. Hekate: The Witch (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Nikita Gill, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316581820
6. A Heart for Christmas: Advent Romance
Sophie Jomain, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $22.99, 9781665990394
7. Pocket Bear
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362
8. Witchycakes #1: Sweet Magic
Kara LaReau, Ariane Moreira (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $6.99, 9780593812266
9. The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215
10. 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
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams 
3. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic 
4. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
5. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Graphix 
6. Dory Fantasmagory
Abby Hanlon, Puffin 
7. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press 
8. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers 
9. I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Chris Chalik (Illus.), Scholastic 
10. The First Cat in Space
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), HarperAlley