The Northern California Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, January 25, 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. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
3. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
4. Half His Age
Jennette McCurdy, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593723739
5. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
6. Buckeye
Patrick Ryan, Random House, $30, 9780593595039
7. Flesh
David Szalay, Scribner, $28.99, 9781982122799
8. Crux
Gabriel Tallent, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593714188
9. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
10. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
11. Twelve Months
Jim Butcher, Ace, $30, 9780593199336
12. Dog Show: Poems
Billy Collins, Pamela Sztybel (Illus.), Random House, $20, 9780593979419
13. The Emperor of Gladness
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593831878
14. Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28, 9780374619237
15. Alchemised
SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
 
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. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280
3. 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
4. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
5. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124
6. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
7. Something from Nothing: A Cookbook
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $37.99, 9781984826411
8. Football
Chuck Klosterman, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593490648
9. Abundance
Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668023488
10. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843
11. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
12. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
13. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318
14. The Uncool: A Memoir
Cameron Crowe, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781668059432
15. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
2. Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637
3. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
4. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512
5. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
6. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
7. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254
8. Game Changer
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534620
9. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538742570
10. The Long Game
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534644
11. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
12. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
13. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
14. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $20, 9780593685778
15. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
3. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
4. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831
5. Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
Gillian Anderson, Harry N. Abrams, $18, 9781419777301
6. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780735213623
7. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470
8. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
9. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
10. Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
11. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
12. The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781961793682
13. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257
14. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593230077
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. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
4. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11, 9780553283686
5. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296
6. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
7. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
8. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
9. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
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. 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. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977
5. If We Were Dogs
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316581721
6. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
7. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
8. Darkstalker: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire: Legends Graphic Novel)
Tui T. Sutherland, Jake Parker (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339001296
9. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
10. The Moon Without Stars
Chanel Miller, Philomel Books, $17.99, 9780593624555
11. If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone
Gideon Sterer, Emily Hughes (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063375222
12. Claude: The True Story of a White Alligator
Emma Bland Smith, Jennifer M. Potter (Illus.), Little Bigfoot, $10.99, 9781632175335
13. Vortex of the Chaos Dragon (Dragon Masters, #30)
Tracey West, Graham Howells (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99, 9781339022499
14. Aggie and the Ghost
Matthew Forsythe, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, $19.99, 9781534478206
15. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
16. Don't Trust Fish
Neil Sharpson, Dan Santat (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780593616673
17. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #1)
Rick Riordan, Disney Hyperion, $10.99, 9781368051477
18. Rise of the Earth Dragon (Dragon Masters, #1)
Tracey West, Graham Howells (Illus.), Scholastic, $5.99, 9780545646239
19. Your Truck
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536248227
20. The Wildest Thing
Emily Winfield Martin, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217023981
21. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117
22. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
23. My Little Golden Book About San Francisco (My Little Golden Book About...)
Toyo Tyler, Courtney Dawson (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593301180
24. Chicka Chicka I Love You
Bill Martin Jr, John Archambault, Julien Chung (Illus.), Little Simon, $9.99, 9781665980876
25. The First Cat in Space and the Baby Pirate's Revenge: A Graphic Novel
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), HarperAlley, $16.99, 9780063415508