The SoCal 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 Southern 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. Half His Age
Jennette McCurdy, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593723739
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. Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28, 9780374619237
7. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
8. The First Time I Saw Him
Laura Dave, Scribner, $29, 9781668002964
9. Crucible
John Sayles, Melville House, $32.99, 9781685892272
10. Twelve Months
Jim Butcher, Ace, $30, 9780593199336
11. The Elsewhere Express
Samantha Sotto Yambao, Del Rey, $32.99, 9780593725023
12. Anatomy of an Alibi
Ashley Elston, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593834459
13. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
14. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
15. This Is Where the Serpent Lives
Daniyal Mueenuddin, Knopf, $29, 9780525655152
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America’s New Age of Disaster
Jacob Soboroff, Mariner Books, $30, 9780063467965
2. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280
3. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
4. Football
Chuck Klosterman, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593490648
5. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124
6. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
7. 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
8. 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
9. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318
10. The Uncool: A Memoir
Cameron Crowe, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781668059432
11. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
12. Your Roots Don't Define You: Transform Your Life. Create Your Comeback.
Chris Appleton, Hanover Square Press, $30, 9781335001429
13. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
14. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
15. The Little Frog's Guide to Life: Love, Advice and Inspiration for Every Day from the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837994731
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637
2. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
3. The Long Game
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534644
4. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512
5. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
6. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254
7. Game Changer
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534620
8. Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte, Penguin, $9, 9780141439556
9. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
10. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
11. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
12. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I)
Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.), New Directions, $15.95, 9780811237253
13. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593190272
14. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538742570
15. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470
2. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
3. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
4. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780735213623
5. Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386
6. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
George Saunders, Random House, $20, 9781984856036
7. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
Amanda Montell, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $19, 9781668007983
8. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831
9. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
10. Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
William Finnegan, Penguin, $20, 9780143109396
11. Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
12. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
13. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257
14. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
15. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
 
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. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345350688
5. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
6. Storm Front
Jim Butcher, Ace, $10.99, 9780451457813
7. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345409874
8. Moby-Dick
Herman Melville, Bantam Classics, $6.95, 9780553213119
9. Hamlet
William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $6.99, 9780743477123
10. Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte, Bantam Classics, $6.99, 9780553211405
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
2. Don't Trust Fish
Neil Sharpson, Dan Santat (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780593616673
3. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books (Illus.), Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977
4. Smooches!
Sandra Boynton, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780316574686
5. Your Truck
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536248227
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
7. If We Were Dogs
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316581721
8. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
9. If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone
Gideon Sterer, Emily Hughes (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063375222
10. Madeline
Ludwig Bemelmans, Viking, $9.99, 9780670014071
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
2. Alice with a Why
Anna James, Matthew Land (Illus.), Flamingo Books, $18.99, 9780593691991
3. Troubling Tonsils! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961080
4. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
5. A Copycat Conundrum (The Misfits)
Lisa Yee, Dan Santat (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593564226
6. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Special Edition)
Stephen Chbosky, Simon Pulse, $15.99, 9781665982412
7. Witchycakes #1: Sweet Magic
Kara LaReau, Ariane Moreira (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $6.99, 9780593812266
8. A Tale of Plagues and Perfumes
Jake Halpern, Peter Kujawinski, Roaring Brook Press, $18.99, 9781250911087
9. Pocket Bear
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362
10. The Moon Without Stars
Chanel Miller, Philomel Books, $17.99, 9780593624555
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams 
2. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press 
3. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
4. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic 
5. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers 
6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion 
7. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
8. I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Chris Chalik (Illus.), Scholastic 
9. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion 
10. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Graphix