The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and CALIBA, for the
sales week ended Sunday, December 7, 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 Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
2. The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
3. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
4. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
5. Flesh
David Szalay, Scribner, $28.99, 9781982122799
6. The Black Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328175
7. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
8. The Widow
John Grisham, Doubleday, $32, 9780385548984
9. House of Day, House of Night
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593716380
10. Katabasis
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $32, 9780063446243
11. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
12. Audition
Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593852323
13. Shadow Ticket
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $30, 9781594206108
14. The Proving Ground
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316563826
15. The Strength of the Few
James Islington, S&S/Saga Press, $34, 9781982141233
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124
2. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280
3. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005
4. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
5. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
6. The Uncool: A Memoir
Cameron Crowe, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781668059432
7. 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
8. Something from Nothing: A Cookbook
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $37.99, 9781984826411
9. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $20, 9781982181314
10. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This: National Book Award
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
11. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
12. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
13. 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
14. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843
15. The Look
Michelle Obama, Crown, $50, 9780593800706
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
2. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
3. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
4. Train Dreams
Denis Johnson, Picador, $17, 9781250007650
5. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
6. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
7. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
8. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
9. Isola
Allegra Goodman, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $19, 9780593730102
10. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
11. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
12. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $19, 9780593687840
13. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538742570
14. The Princess Bride Deluxe Limited Edition
William Goldman, Harper Perennial, $22, 9780063458154
15. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
2. Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue
Sonia Purnell, Penguin Books, $22, 9780593297827
3. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831
4. The Best American Essays 2025
Jia Tolentino, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351592
5. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
6. Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity: 10th Anniversary Edition
David Lynch, Tarcher, $20, 9780143130147
7. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
8. Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386
9. Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
10. Meditations
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11, 9780812968255
11. The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689
12. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
13. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316581509
14. The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781961793682
15. City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (Essential Mike Davis)
Mike Davis, Verso, $21.95, 9781786635891
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
3. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
4. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
5. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11, 9780553283686
6. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
7. The Fall of Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Bantam, $11, 9780553288209
8. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
9. Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Bantam Classics, $5.95, 9780553213102
10. Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
2. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
4. Knight Owl's Little Christmas
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $8.99, 9780316587501
5. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
6. If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone
Gideon Sterer, Emily Hughes (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063375222
7. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780544580145
8. The Christmas Sweater
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593533918
9. Smooches!
Sandra Boynton, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780316574686
10. Little Blue Truck's Christmas
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780544320413
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
2. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
3. Pocket Bear
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362
4. The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science
Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316554831
5. Xolo
Donna Barba Higuera, Mariana Ruiz Johnson (Illus.), Levine Querido, $19.99, 9781646147021
6. Dragonborn
Struan Murray, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217113217
7. Jingle Bell Jokes for Funny Kids
Gary Panton, Andrew Pinder (Illus.), Running Press Kids, $7.99, 9798894140476
8. Sisters: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880
9. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
10. Detective Beans: Adventures in Cat Town
Li Chen, Andrews McMeel Publishing, $12.99, 9798881602215
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin 
2. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams 
4. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press 
5. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
6. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Jake Parker (Illus.), Scholastic 
7. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers 
8. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion 
9. Dork Diaries
Rachel Renée Russell, Aladdin 
10. Harry Potter
J. K. Rowling, Scholastic