The Northern California Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, February 1, 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. Vigil
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780525509622
3. Half His Age
Jennette McCurdy, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593723739
4. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
5. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
6. Dog Show: Poems
Billy Collins, Pamela Sztybel (Illus.), Random House, $20, 9780593979419
7. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
8. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
9. Buckeye
Patrick Ryan, Random House, $30, 9780593595039
10. A Guardian and a Thief
Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $29, 9780593804872
11. Crux
Gabriel Tallent, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593714188
12. Flesh
David Szalay, Scribner, $28.99, 9781982122799
13. Departure(s)
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $27, 9780593804506
14. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
15. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715
 
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. 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
3. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
4. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318
5. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
6. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280
7. Something from Nothing: A Cookbook
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $37.99, 9781984826411
8. Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $30, 9781668094716
9. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525556572
10. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
11. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
12. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $20, 9781982181314
13. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843
14. Football
Chuck Klosterman, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593490648
15. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512
2. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
3. Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637
4. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
5. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
6. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254
7. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
8. The Long Game
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534644
9. Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë, Penguin Classics, $9, 9780141439556
10. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
11. Dear Debbie
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464249624
12. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
13. Game Changer
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534620
14. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
15. Heartwood
Amity Gaige, Simon & Schuster, $19, 9781668063613
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
2. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
3. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470
4. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
5. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780735213623
6. Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
7. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257
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. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Adam Grant, Penguin, $20, 9780593653661
11. Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
Gillian Anderson, Harry N. Abrams, $18, 9781419777301
12. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
13. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
Amanda Montell, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $19, 9781668007983
14. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
15. Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807014271
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
3. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
5. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
6. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories
Oscar Wilde, Signet, $6.95, 9780451530455
7. Walden and Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreau, Signet, $5.95, 9780451532169
8. The Fall of Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Bantam, $11, 9780553288209
9. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
10. The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas, Bantam, $7.95, 9780553213508
 
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, Amulet Books, $15.99, 9781419782695
4. Smooches!
Sandra Boynton, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780316574686
5. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books (Illus.), Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977
6. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
7. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
8. Darkstalker: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire: Legends Graphic Novel)
Tui T. Sutherland, Jake Parker (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339001296
9. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316581097
10. Vortex of the Chaos Dragon (Dragon Masters, #30)
Tracey West, Graham Howells (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99, 9781339022499
11. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
12. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
13. Dragonborn
Struan Murray, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217113217
14. The Moon Without Stars
Chanel Miller, Philomel Books, $17.99, 9780593624555
15. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #3
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203938
16. Construction Site: You're Just Right: A Valentine Lift-the-Flap Book
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797204307
17. The Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World
Jonathan Haidt, Catherine Price, Cynthia Yuan Cheng (Illus.), Rocky Pond Books, $14.99, 9798217111916
18. 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
19. Will You Be My Valentine?
Cristina Petit, Candlewick, $7.99, 9781536241921
20. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117
21. Love from Clifford the Big Red Dog
Norman Bridwell, Scholastic, $9.99, 9781546175933
22. The First Cat in Space and the Baby Pirate's Revenge: A Graphic Novel
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), HarperAlley, $16.99, 9780063415508
23. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Yearling, $14.99, 9781524764234
24. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Random House Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9798217120949
25. Dog Loves Baby: A Board Book
Natalie Nelson, Quirk Books, $9.99, 9781683694526