The Northern California Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, November 30, 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 Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
2. Dog Show: Poems
Billy Collins, Pamela Sztybel (Illus.), Random House, $20, 9780593979419
3. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
4. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
5. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
6. The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
7. The Black Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328175
8. Flesh
David Szalay, Scribner, $28.99, 9781982122799
9. The Strength of the Few
James Islington, S&S/Saga Press, $34, 9781982141233
10. Katabasis
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $32, 9780063446243
11. The Widow
John Grisham, Doubleday, $32, 9780385548984
12. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
13. Alchemised
SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
14. A Guardian and a Thief
Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $29, 9780593804872
15. Shadow Ticket
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $30, 9781594206108
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
2. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124
3. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
4. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
5. Something from Nothing: A Cookbook
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $37.99, 9781984826411
6. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
7. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This: National Book Award
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
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. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005
10. The Look
Michelle Obama, Crown, $50, 9780593800706
11. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843
12. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
13. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $20, 9781982181314
14. Shot Ready
Stephen Curry, One World, $50, 9780593597293
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. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
4. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324123736
5. Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593446119
6. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
7. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
8. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
9. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
10. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
11. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
12. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $19, 9780593687840
13. The Best American Short Stories 2025
Celeste Ng, Nicole A. Lamy (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063399808
14. The Princess Bride Deluxe Limited Edition
William Goldman, Harper Perennial, $22, 9780063458154
15. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781961793682
2. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
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. Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
5. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
6. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
7. All That the Rain Promises and More
David Arora, Ten Speed Press, $17.99, 9780898153880
8. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831
9. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
10. The Best American Essays 2025
Jia Tolentino, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351592
11. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
12. Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue
Sonia Purnell, Penguin Books, $22, 9780593297827
13. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
14. A Place Called Yellowstone: The Epic History of the World's First National Park
Randall K. Wilson, Counterpoint, $19.95, 9781640097339
15. 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
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
3. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
4. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
5. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296
6. Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
7. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
8. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345514400
9. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
10. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES 
1. Dog Man: Big Jim Believes
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $15.99, 9781546176183
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper
Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books, $15.99, 9781419782695
3. Darkstalker: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire: Legends Graphic Novel)
Tui T. Sutherland, Jake Parker (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339001296
4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
5. The Humble Pie
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063469730
6. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #3
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203938
7. The Christmas Sweater
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593533918
8. Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $27.99, 9781546171461
9. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
10. The First Cat in Space and the Baby Pirate's Revenge: A Graphic Novel
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), HarperAlley, $16.99, 9780063415508
11. 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
12. Sunrise on the Reaping: Collector's Gift Edition (The Hunger Games)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $32.99, 9798225019280
13. Dragonborn
Struan Murray, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217113217
14. Knight Owl's Little Christmas
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $8.99, 9780316587501
15. Spy School Blackout
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665956512
16. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
17. The Rose Field (The Book of Dust, Volume 3)
Philip Pullman, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $29.99, 9780593306635
18. Fake Skating
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665921268
19. Steam Train, Dream Train: Next Stop, Christmas!
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781797227030
20. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
21. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
22. If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone
Gideon Sterer, Emily Hughes (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063375222
23. Where's Waldo? The Perfect Present Hunt
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $6.99, 9781536250251
24. The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215
25. Home: A Peek-Through Board Book
Britta Teckentrup, Doubleday Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593518953