The Northern California Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, February 8, 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. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
4. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
5. Half His Age
Jennette McCurdy, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593723739
6. Buckeye
Patrick Ryan, Random House, $30, 9780593595039
7. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
8. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715
9. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
10. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
11. Flesh
David Szalay, Scribner, $28.99, 9781982122799
12. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
13. My Husband's Wife
Alice Feeney, Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar, $28.99, 9781250337818
14. Dog Show: Poems
Billy Collins, Pamela Sztybel (Illus.), Random House, $20, 9780593979419
15. Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28, 9780374619237
 
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. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
4. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280
5. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318
6. Football
Chuck Klosterman, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593490648
7. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843
8. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124
9. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
10. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
John U. Bacon, Liveright, $35, 9781324094647
11. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
12. Something from Nothing: A Cookbook
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $37.99, 9781984826411
13. The Little Frog's Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837991013
14. The Peanuts Guide to Love (Peanuts Guide to Life)
Charles M. Schulz, Running Press Adult, $14, 9798894141893
15. Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose
Jennifer Breheny Wallace, Portfolio, $30, 9780593850596
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512
2. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
3. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
4. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
5. Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637
6. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254
7. Game Changer
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534620
8. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
9. Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Emily Brontë, Ruben Toledo (Illus.), Penguin Classics, $18, 9780143105435
10. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
11. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
12. Red Rising
Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18, 9780345539809
13. Isola
Allegra Goodman, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $19, 9780593730102
14. Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593446119
15. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
2. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
3. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470
4. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780735213623
5. Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
Gillian Anderson, Abrams Press, $18, 9781419777301
6. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
Amanda Montell, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $19, 9781668007983
7. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831
8. Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
9. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
10. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
11. 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
12. Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $19, 9780593498088
13. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593230077
14. No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9798888903636
15. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
3. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
4. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
5. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
6. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
7. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
8. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
9. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11, 9780553283686
10. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296
 
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. Rumpelstiltskin
Mac Barnett, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Orchard Books, $19.99, 9781338673852
4. Smooches!
Sandra Boynton, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780316574686
5. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper
Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books, $15.99, 9781419782695
7. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977
8. Hilo Presents: The Mighty: (A Graphic Novel)
Judd Winick, Random House Graphic, $14.99, 9780593305300
9. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
10. Chicka Chicka I Love You
Bill Martin Jr, John Archambault, Julien Chung (Illus.), Little Simon, $9.99, 9781665980876
11. The Lions' Run
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9781250392817
12. 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
13. Unsettling Salad! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961110
14. Little Blue Truck's Valentine
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780358272441
15. Darkstalker: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire: Legends Graphic Novel)
Tui T. Sutherland, Jake Parker (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339001296
16. The Wildest Thing
Emily Winfield Martin, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217023981
17. Love from Clifford the Big Red Dog
Norman Bridwell, Scholastic, $9.99, 9781546175933
18. Troubling Tonsils! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961080
19. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
20. Crouton: One Cat's Adoption Tale
Kristine A. Lombardi, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9798217029167
21. Corduroy
Don Freeman, Viking Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780451470799
22. My Little Golden Book About San Francisco (My Little Golden Book About...)
Toyo Tyler, Courtney Dawson (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593301180
23. A Blood Moon
Morr Meroz, Collin Fogel (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546171737
24. Winnie-the-Pooh: 100th Anniversary Edition
A. A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard (Illus.), Aladdin, $10.99, 9781665984126
25. Frog and Toad Storybook Favorites
Arnold Lobel, HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780062883124