Number One in Hardcover Fiction Alchemised:,by SenLinYu,
published by Del Rey.
Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday,September 28, 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
- Alchemised — SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
- What We Can Know — Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
- The Secret of Secrets — Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
- The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny — Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
- Katabasis (Deluxe Limited Edition) — R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $35, 9780063021471
- This Inevitable Ruin — Matt Dinniman, Ace, $39, 9798217190041
- We Love You, Bunny — Mona Awad, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $30, 9781668059869
- My Friends — Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
- The Wedding People — Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
- Culpability — Bruce Holsinger, Spiegel & Grau, $30, 9781954118966
- Circle of Days — Ken Follett, Grand Central Publishing, $40, 9781538772775
- Will There Ever Be Another You — Patricia Lockwood, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593718551
- Dungeon Crawler Carl — Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30, 9780593820247
- Broken Country — Clare Leslie Hall, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668078181
- Atmosphere — Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- 107 Days — Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668211656
- All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation — Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $35, 9780593540985
- Faithonomics: The Wealth is in the Kingdom, the Legacy is in the Story — Jerry Lopez, Jerry Lopez, $28.99, 9798218762360
- Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love — Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
- Poems & Prayers — Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $29, 9781984862105
- Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism — Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005
- Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy — Mary Roach, W. W. Norton & Company, $28.99, 9781324050629
- Art Work: On the Creative Life — Sally Mann, Abrams Press, $35, 9781419780714
- When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows…: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life — Steven Pinker, Scribner, $30, 9781668011577
- Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person’s Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds — John Fugelsang, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668066898
- 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
- Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit — Brené Brown, Random House, $32, 9781984855749
- The Biology of Trauma: How the Body Holds Fear, Pain, and Overwhelm, and How to Heal It — Aimie Apigian, MD, BenBella Books, $29.95, 9781637746233
- History Matters — David McCullough, Simon & Schuster, $27, 9781668098998
- Night People: How to Be a DJ in ’90s New York City — Mark Ronson, Grand Central Publishing, $29, 9781538741115
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Project Hail Mary — Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
- The City and Its Uncertain Walls — Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $19, 9780593687840
- Remarkably Bright Creatures — Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
- I Who Have Never Known Men — Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
- All Fours — Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593190272
- The Best Short Stories 2025: The O. Henry Prize Winners — Edward P. Jones (Ed.), Vintage, $19, 9780593689608
- The Life Impossible — Matt Haig, Penguin, $19, 9780593489291
- Martyr! — Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
- The Frozen River — Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
- The Midnight Library — Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
- Babel — R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20, 9780063021433
- Intermezzo — Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
- The Lion Women of Tehran — Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
- The Ministry of Time — Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668045152
- The Trees — Percival Everett, Graywolf Press, $17, 9781644450642
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- Alignment: A Montessori Approach to Reimagining Work-Life Balance — Katie Keller Wood, Page Two, $18.95, 9781774584859
- All About Love: New Visions — bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
- The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition — Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257
- Didion and Babitz — Lili Anolik, Scribner, $20, 9781668065495
- Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World — Anne Applebaum, Vintage, $18, 9780593471203
- The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession — Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
- The White Album: Essays — Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374532079
- Greenlights — Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158
- The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir — Griffin Dunne, Penguin Books, $21, 9780593652848
- Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity: 10th Anniversary Edition — David Lynch, Tarcher, $20, 9780143130147
- The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom — Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $18, 9781878424310
- The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness — Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781668065969
- The Year of Magical Thinking — Joan Didion, Vintage, $18, 9781400078431
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
- Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI — Yuval Noah Harari, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $25, 9780593734230
MASS MARKET
- 1984 — George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
- Jurassic Park — Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
- Lord of the Flies — William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
- The Diary of a Young Girl — Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
- The Way of Kings — Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
- Interview with the Vampire — Anne Rice, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345337665
- Slaughterhouse-Five — Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296
- Oathbringer — Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293
- Rhythm of War — Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365309
- Mistborn: The Final Empire — Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- Goodnight Moon — Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
- Bluey and Bingo’s Book of Scary Things — Charlie Moon, Penguin Young Readers, $10.99, 9780593891254
- If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone — Gideon Sterer, Emily Hughes (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063375222
- Chicka Chicka Tricka Treat — Julien Chung, Beach Lane Books, $19.99, 9781665954785
- Peekaboo: Pumpkin — Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536229813
- Room on the Broom — Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
- Luna and the Witch Throw a Halloween Party — Aubrey Plaza, Dan Murphy, Hannah Peck (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593693018
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar — Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
- Guess How Much I Love You — Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210637
- Hansel and Gretel — Stephen King, Maurice Sendak (Illus.), HarperCollins, $26.99, 9780062644695
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
- Troubling Tonsils! (Jasper Rabbit’s Creepy Tales!) — Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961080
- The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2) — Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
- Scarlet Morning — ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780063210349
- Impossible Creatures — Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
- Howl’s Moving Castle Deluxe Limited Edition — Diana Wynne Jones, Greenwillow Books, $24.99, 9780063416468
- The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale — Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
- The Vale — Abigail Hing Wen, Yuna Cheong (Illus.), Brandon Wu (Illus.), Third State Books, $19.95, 9798890130310
- Unico: Hunted (Volume 2): An Original Manga — Samuel Sattin, Gurihiru (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781546110460
- Pocket Bear — Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid — Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
- The Hunger Games — Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press
- I Survived — Lauren Tarshis, Chris Chalik (Illus.), Scholastic
- Dog Man — Dav Pilkey, Graphix
- Spy School — Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians — Rick Riordan, Disney Hyperion
- InvestiGators — John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
- Wings of Fire — Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
- Elephant & Piggie — Mo Willems, Hyperion
- Who Would Win? — Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illus.), Scholastic
