Number One in Hardcover Fiction:The Correspondent:Virginia Evans,
published by Crown.
Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday,November 16, 2025. This list is 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
The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
Brimstone (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Callie Hart, Forever, $33, 9781538774229
Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
Queen Esther
John Irving, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781501189449
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
Audition
Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593852323
Shadow Ticket
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $30, 9781594206108
The Black Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328175
Dog Show: Poems
Billy Collins, Pamela Sztybel (Illus.), Random House, $20, 9780593979419
The Proving Ground
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316563826
Alchemised
SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
The Widow
John Grisham, Doubleday, $32, 9780385548984
My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
Buckeye
Patrick Ryan, Random House, $30, 9780593595039
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124
Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
Something from Nothing: A Cookbook
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $37.99, 9781984826411
The Uncool: A Memoir
Cameron Crowe, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781668059432
Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005
Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts
Margaret Atwood, Doubleday, $35, 9780385547512
Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
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
All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $35, 9780593540985
Guided: The Secret Path to an Illuminated Life
Laura Lynne Jackson, The Dial Press, $32, 9780593729571
Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Cats
Ursula K. Le Guin, Library of America, $16.95, 9781598538298
Dead and Alive: Essays
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593834688
Insomnia
Robbie Robertson, Crown, $32, 9781524763107
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
Solvej Balle, Sophia Hersi Smith (Transl.), Jennifer Russell (Transl.), New Directions, $15.95, 9780811238397
Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
Hamnet
Maggie O’Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
On the Calculation of Volume (Book I)
Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.), New Directions, $15.95, 9780811237253
The Princess Bride Deluxe Limited Edition
William Goldman, Harper Perennial, $22, 9780063458154
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
Baby Driver
Jan Kerouac, NYRB Classics, $17.95, 9781681379739
The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $22, 9780802162731
The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Penguin, $19, 9780593489291
How About Now: Poems
Kate Baer, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780063306080
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257
The White Album: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374532079
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
The Most Human: Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy
Adam Nimoy, Chicago Review Press, $19.99, 9780897335553
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
The Best American Essays 2025
Jia Tolentino, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351592
Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast
S.H. Fernando, Jr., Astra House, $21, 9781662603242
The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18, 9781400078431
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007
I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831
Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity: 10th Anniversary Edition
David Lynch, Tarcher, $20, 9780143130147
MASS MARKET
1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296
The Bhagavad-Gita: Krishna’s Counsel in Time of War
Barbara Stoler Miller, Bantam Classics, $7.95, 9780553213652
The Great Gatsby: The Only Authorized Edition
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Pocket, $9.99, 9781982146702
Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone
Gideon Sterer, Emily Hughes (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063375222
Shibu’s Tail
Tess Thomas, Kamwei Fong (Illus.), Levine Querido, $19.99, 9781646145737
How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767
Knight Owl’s Little Christmas
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $8.99, 9780316587501
Zip Zap Wickety Wack: A Story About Sharing
Matthew Diffee, Neal Porter Books, $18.99, 9780823458714
The Humble Pie
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063469730
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
Holly Jolly Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Harry N. Abrams, $19.99, 9781419768798
CHILDREN’S INTEREST
From the World of Percy Jackson: The Court of the Dead: A Nico di Angelo Adventure
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $21.99, 9781368109116
The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $8.99, 9780394820378
Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
The House Saphir
Marissa Meyer, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250320957
James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780142410363
The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215
By Invitation Only
Alexandra Brown Chang, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $19.99, 9781665972437
The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
Bunns Rabbit
Alan Barillaro, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536214673
Orris and Timble: The Beginning
Kate DiCamillo, Carmen Mok (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536222791
CHILDREN’S SERIES
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press
Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Jake Parker (Illus.), Scholastic
Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Warriors Graphic Novels
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley
Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Graphix
Arc of a Scythe
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Dork Diaries
Rachel Renée Russell, Aladdin