The SoCal 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 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. Vigil
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780525509622
3. Half His Age
Jennette McCurdy, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593723739
4. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
5. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
6. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
7. Crucible
John Sayles, Melville House, $32.99, 9781685892272
8. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
9. The First Time I Saw Him
Laura Dave, Scribner, $29, 9781668002964
10. Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28, 9780374619237
11. Escape!
Stephen Fishbach, Dutton, $30, 9798217048151
12. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715
13. Departure(s)
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $27, 9780593804506
14. This Is Where the Serpent Lives
Daniyal Mueenuddin, Knopf, $29, 9780525655152
15. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
2. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280
3. Football
Chuck Klosterman, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593490648
4. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318
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. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005
7. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
8. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124
9. Something from Nothing: A Cookbook
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $37.99, 9781984826411
10. Life Is Lifey: The A to Z's of Navigating Life's Messy Middle
Sarah Shahi, Regalo Press, $28.99, 9798895650288
11. The Uncool: A Memoir
Cameron Crowe, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781668059432
12. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
13. Surrender to Lead: The Counterintuitive Approach to Driving Extraordinary Results
Jessica Kriegel, Joe Terry, Amplify Publishing, $29.99, 9798891384880
14. The Epic IEP: A Powerful Playbook for Parents, Educators, and Advocates Navigating the Special Education Process
Karen Mayer Cunningham, Mission Driven Press, $28, 9781637635124
15. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
 
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. The Long Game
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534644
8. Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë, Penguin Classics, $9, 9780141439556
9. Game Changer
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534620
10. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
11. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $20, 9780593685778
12. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
13. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
14. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
15. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I)
Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.), New Directions, $15.95, 9780811237253
 
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. Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386
4. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
Amanda Montell, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $19, 9781668007983
5. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470
6. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
7. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
8. American Carnage: How Trump, Musk and Doge Butchered the Us Government
Sasha Abramsky, OR Books, $17.95, 9781682196762
9. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831
10. The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
Larry Mitchell, Ned Asta (Illus.), Nightboat Books, $16.95, 9781643620060
11. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
Jonathan Blitzer, Penguin, $21, 9781984880826
12. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780735213623
13. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $18.95, 9781572245372
14. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257
15. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Adam Grant, Penguin, $20, 9780593653661
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935
2. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
3. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
4. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
6. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
7. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
8. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $10, 9780553293357
9. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11, 9780553283686
10. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books (Illus.), Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977
2. Smooches!
Sandra Boynton, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780316574686
3. Pat the Bunny Board Book
Dorothy Kunhardt, Random House Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9798217120949
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
5. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
6. Construction Site: You're Just Right: A Valentine Lift-the-Flap Book
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797204307
7. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
8. Firefly Song: Lynn Frierson Faust and the Great Smoky Mountain Discovery
Colleen Paeff, Ji-Hyuk Kim (Illus.), Margaret K. McElderry Books, $19.99, 9781665931847
9. Grumpy Monkey Valentine Gross-Out
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $12.99, 9780593486924
10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
2. Dragonborn
Struan Murray, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217113217
3. Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $19, 9798217043408
4. Lost Girls of Hollow Lake
Rebekah Faubion, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593900437
5. Pax
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), HarperCollins, $10.99, 9780062377029
6. Cabin Head and Tree Head
Scott Campbell, Tundra Books, $9.99, 9781774885079
7. Montgomery Bonbon: Murder at the Museum
Alasdair Beckett-King, Claire Powell (Illus.), Candlewick, $9.99, 9781536241679
8. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $9.99, 9780062895943
9. Pocket Bear
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362
10. The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby: Color Edition
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338687859
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams 
2. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic 
3. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
4. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers 
5. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
6. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic 
7. I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Corey Egbert (Illus.), Scholastic 
8. Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Valeria Tenaga Romanazzi (Illus.), Aladdin 
9. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion 
10. The Bad Guys
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic