The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and CALIBA, for the
sales week ended Sunday, March 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. Vigil
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780525509622
2. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
3. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
4. Brawler: Stories
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593418420
5. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
6. Operation Bounce House
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $32, 9780593820308
7. Half His Age
Jennette McCurdy, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593723739
8. Kin
Tayari Jones, Knopf, $32, 9780525659181
9. Flesh
David Szalay, Scribner, $28.99, 9781982122799
10. Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28, 9780374619237
11. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
12. So Old, So Young
Grant Ginder, Gallery/Scout Press, $30, 9781668051771
13. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
14. This Is Not About Us: Fiction
Allegra Goodman, The Dial Press, $29, 9780593447840
15. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $32, 9781984881991
2. Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery
Gavin Newsom, Penguin Press, $30, 9781984881939
3. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318
4. American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology
Jon Meacham, Random House, $38, 9780593597552
5. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
6. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005
7. We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America
Norah O'Donnell, Kate Andersen Brower, Ballantine Books, $35, 9780593727027
8. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280
9. 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
10. Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124
11. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
12. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
13. A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides
Gisèle Pelicot, Penguin Press, $32, 9798217181322
14. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
15. Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats
Ursula K. Le Guin, Library of America, $16.95, 9781598538298
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Wuthering Heights (Movie Tie-In)
Emily Brontë, Penguin Books, $18, 9780143139140
2. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
3. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512
4. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254
5. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
6. Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637
7. Lonesome Dove
Larry McMurtry, Simon & Schuster, $24.99, 9781439195260
8. Game Changer
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534620
9. The Long Game
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534644
10. Stone Yard Devotional
Charlotte Wood, Riverhead Books, $19, 9798217047369
11. Train Dreams
Denis Johnson, Picador, $17, 9781250007650
12. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
13. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
14. And Now, Back to You
B.K. Borison, Berkley, $19, 9780593953143
15. Red Rising
Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18, 9780345539809
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831
2. Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
3. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21, 9780593689004
4. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
5. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
6. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
7. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
Amanda Montell, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $19, 9781668007983
8. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
9. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
10. Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles
Rosecrans Baldwin, Picador, $19, 9781250849199
11. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470
12. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
13. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
14. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
15. The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18, 9781400078431
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
2. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935
4. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
5. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
6. The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $10.99, 9781668094853
7. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
8. Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë, Bantam Classics, $6.99, 9780553211405
9. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345514400
10. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
3. Broken
X. Fang, Tundra Books, $18.99, 9781774882009
4. Decoy Saves Opening Day
Shohei Ohtani, Michael Blank, Fanny Liem (Illus.), HarperCollins, $21.99, 9780063460775
5. Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $20.99, 9780399167898
6. Rumpelstiltskin
Mac Barnett, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Orchard Books, $19.99, 9781338673852
7. KPop Demon Hunters: The Official Poster Book
Random House, Random House Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9798217233960
8. Whirby
Molly Harris, Jacob Souva (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063385474
9. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
10. Richard Scarry's Easter Cars and Trucks
Richard Scarry, Random House Books for Young Readers, $4.99, 9798217115921
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Unsettling Salad! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961110
2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Special Edition)
Stephen Chbosky, Simon Pulse, $15.99, 9781665982412
3. The Lions' Run
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9781250392817
4. Cabin Head and Tree Head
Scott Campbell, Tundra Books, $9.99, 9781774885079
5. Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $18, 9780593622452
6. 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
7. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
8. Pocket Bear
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362
9. Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $19, 9798217043408
10. An Unofficial Guided Journal for Fans of KPop Demon Hunters: Besties Forever!
Editors of Media Lab Books, Media Lab Books, $12.99, 9781964487663
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
2. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic 
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams 
4. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press 
5. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
6. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers 
7. Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Valeria Tenaga Romanazzi (Illus.), Aladdin 
8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion 
9. The First Cat in Space
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), HarperAlley 
10. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Graphix