The Northern California Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, February 22, 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. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
4. Half His Age
Jennette McCurdy, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593723739
5. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
6. Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter
Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $29, 9780593973257
7. The Astral Library (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Kate Quinn, William Morrow, $32, 9780063244788
8. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
9. Operation Bounce House
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $32, 9780593820308
10. Dog Show: Poems
Billy Collins, Pamela Sztybel (Illus.), Random House, $20, 9780593979419
11. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
12. This Is Not About Us: Fiction
Allegra Goodman, The Dial Press, $29, 9780593447840
13. Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30, 9780593820261
14. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715
15. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280
2. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $20, 9781982181314
3. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
4. American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology
Jon Meacham, Random House, $38, 9780593597552
5. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318
6. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
7. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
8. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
9. Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $30, 9781668094716
10. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
11. A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides
Gisèle Pelicot, Penguin Press, $32, 9798217181322
12. On Morrison
Namwali Serpell, Hogarth, $32, 9780593732915
13. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
14. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
15. Football
Chuck Klosterman, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593490648
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512
2. Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637
3. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
4. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254
5. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
6. Wuthering Heights (Movie Tie-In)
Emily Brontë, Penguin Books, $18, 9780143139140
7. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
8. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
9. Stone Yard Devotional
Charlotte Wood, Riverhead Books, $19, 9798217047369
10. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
11. The Long Game
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534644
12. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
13. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538742570
14. The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668045152
15. Game Changer
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534620
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
2. Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
Gillian Anderson, Abrams Press, $18, 9781419777301
3. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470
4. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831
5. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780735213623
6. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
7. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
8. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
9. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
10. Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
11. Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Vintage, $21, 9780593315569
12. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
13. Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $19, 9780593498088
14. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $10.95, 9781941529089
15. The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18, 9781400078431
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935
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. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
6. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
7. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
8. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
9. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11, 9780553283686
10. Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877792987
 
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. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams, $15.99, 9781419782695
5. Rumpelstiltskin
Mac Barnett, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Orchard Books, $19.99, 9781338673852
6. Unsettling Salad! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961110
7. Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy)
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665954891
8. Darkstalker: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire: Legends Graphic Novel)
Tui T. Sutherland, Jake Parker (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339001296
9. Hilo Presents: The Mighty: (A Graphic Novel)
Judd Winick, Random House Graphic, $14.99, 9780593305300
10. Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: Sew Much Trouble
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250359469
11. Europa (City Spies, #7)
James Ponti, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665959988
12. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
13. 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
14. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977
15. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
16. Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $19, 9798217043408
17. Claude: The True Story of a White Alligator
Emma Bland Smith, Jennifer M. Potter (Illus.), Little Bigfoot, $10.99, 9781632175335
18. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
19. I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 (I Survived Graphic Novel #13)
Lauren Tarshis, Cassie Anderson (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546137719
20. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
21. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #3
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203938
22. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
23. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #2)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $10.99, 9781368051491
24. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117
25. Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $27.99, 9781546171461