The Northern California Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, January 4, 2026. 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. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
3. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
4. Dog Show: Poems
Billy Collins, Pamela Sztybel (Illus.), Random House, $20, 9780593979419
5. Flesh
David Szalay, Scribner, $28.99, 9781982122799
6. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
7. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
8. Buckeye
Patrick Ryan, Random House, $30, 9780593595039
9. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
10. A Guardian and a Thief
Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $29, 9780593804872
11. The Black Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328175
12. House of Day, House of Night
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593716380
13. Katabasis
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $32, 9780063446243
14. The Emperor of Gladness
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593831878
15. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
 
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. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
3. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
4. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
5. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280
6. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
7. Something from Nothing: A Cookbook
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $37.99, 9781984826411
8. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
9. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124
10. 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
11. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
12. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843
13. The Look
Michelle Obama, Crown, $50, 9780593800706
14. Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $30, 9781668094716
15. The Little Frog's Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837991013
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637
2. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254
3. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
4. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
5. Isola
Allegra Goodman, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $19, 9780593730102
6. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
7. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538742570
8. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
9. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
10. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
11. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
12. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
13. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $19, 9780593687840
14. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324123736
15. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780735213623
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
3. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831
4. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
5. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470
6. Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
7. All That the Rain Promises and More
David Arora, Ten Speed Press, $17.99, 9780898153880
8. The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781961793682
9. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
10. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593230077
11. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
12. On Freedom
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $20, 9780593728741
13. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2025
Susan Orlean, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063414211
14. The Best American Essays 2025
Jia Tolentino, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351592
15. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Adam Grant, Penguin, $20, 9780593653661
 
MASS MARKET
1. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935
3. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11, 9780553283686
4. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
5. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
6. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
7. Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345337665
8. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
9. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345514400
10. Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES 
1. Dog Man: Big Jim Believes
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $15.99, 9781546176183
2. Talons of Power: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #9)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339001265
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams, $15.99, 9781419782695
4. Darkstalker: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire: Legends Graphic Novel)
Tui T. Sutherland, Jake Parker (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339001296
5. If We Were Dogs
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316581721
6. Vortex of the Chaos Dragon (Dragon Masters, #30)
Tracey West, Graham Howells (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99, 9781339022499
7. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books (Illus.), Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977
8. The First Cat in Space and the Baby Pirate's Revenge: A Graphic Novel
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), HarperAlley, $16.99, 9780063415508
9. Spy School Blackout
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665956512
10. Keeper of the Lost Cities The Graphic Novel Part 2: Volume 1
Shannon Messenger, Valeria Tenaga Romanazzi (Illus.), Aladdin, $17.99, 9781534463394
11. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
12. My Little Golden Book About San Francisco 
Toyo Tyler, Courtney Dawson (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593301180
13. Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $27.99, 9781546171461
14. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
15. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams, $14.99, 9781419766954
16. Jamberry
Bruce Degen, HarperCollins, $9.99, 9780694006519
17. Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy)
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665954891
18. Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896435
19. The Rose Field (The Book of Dust, Volume 3)
Philip Pullman, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $29.99, 9780593306635
20. Frog and Toad Storybook Favorites
Arnold Lobel, HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780062883124
21. 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
22. A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250153272
23. 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
24. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
25. InvestiGators: Case Files
John Patrick Green, Steve Behling, Chris Fenoglio (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250223227