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
