The Northern California Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, January 11, 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. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
4. Dog Show: Poems
Billy Collins, Pamela Sztybel (Illus.), Random House, $20, 9780593979419
5. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
6. Buckeye
Patrick Ryan, Random House, $30, 9780593595039
7. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
8. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
9. The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
10. Flesh
David Szalay, Scribner, $28.99, 9781982122799
11. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715
12. The First Time I Saw Him
Laura Dave, Scribner, $29, 9781668002964
13. The Antidote
Karen Russell, Knopf, $30, 9780593802250
14. The Black Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328175
15. A Guardian and a Thief
Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $29, 9780593804872
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280
2. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
3. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124
4. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
5. 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
6. Something from Nothing: A Cookbook
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $37.99, 9781984826411
7. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843
8. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
9. Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America’s New Age of Disaster
Jacob Soboroff, Mariner Books, $30, 9780063467965
10. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
11. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
John U. Bacon, Liveright, $35, 9781324094647
12. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525556572
13. Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $30, 9781668094716
14. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
15. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637
2. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
3. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
4. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
5. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254
6. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
7. Game Changer
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534620
8. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $20, 9780593685778
9. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512
10. The Long Game
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534644
11. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
12. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
13. The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668045152
14. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
15. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593422953
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780735213623
2. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831
3. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
Amanda Montell, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $19, 9781668007983
4. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
5. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
6. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
7. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470
8. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
9. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
10. On Freedom
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $20, 9780593728741
11. Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
12. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593230077
13. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
14. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
15. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
4. Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Bantam Classics, $8.95, 9780553211757
5. Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
6. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
7. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
8. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
9. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
10. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11, 9780553283686

CHILDREN'S TITLES 
1. Talons of Power: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #9)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339001265
2. Dog Man: Big Jim Believes
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $15.99, 9781546176183
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper
Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books, $15.99, 9781419782695
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
5. Vortex of the Chaos Dragon (Dragon Masters, #30)
Tracey West, Graham Howells (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99, 9781339022499
6. If We Were Dogs
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316581721
7. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
8. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books (Illus.), Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977
9. Darkstalker: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire: Legends Graphic Novel)
Tui T. Sutherland, Jake Parker (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339001296
10. Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy)
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665954891
11. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
12. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
13. Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $27.99, 9781546171461
14. The First Cat in Space and the Baby Pirate's Revenge: A Graphic Novel
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), HarperAlley, $16.99, 9780063415508
15. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
16. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
17. The Rose Field (The Book of Dust, Volume 3)
Philip Pullman, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $29.99, 9780593306635
18. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117
19. If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone
Gideon Sterer, Emily Hughes (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063375222
20. Your Truck
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536248227
21. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $9.99, 9780140501698
22. Home: A Peek-Through Board Book
Britta Teckentrup, Doubleday Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593518953
23. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
24. Don't Trust Fish
Neil Sharpson, Dan Santat (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780593616673
25. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #1)
Rick Riordan, Disney Hyperion, $10.99, 9781368051477