Number One in Hardcover Fiction:The Black Wolf:Louise Penny, published by Minotaur Books.
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 6, 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 Black Wolf Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328175
- Heart the Lover Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
- The Widow John Grisham, Doubleday, $32, 9780385548984
- The Proving Ground Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316563826
- Twice Mitch Albom, Harper, $26.99, 9780062406682
- What We Can Know Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
- Shadow Ticket Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $30, 9781594206108
- The Correspondent Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
- Culpability Bruce Holsinger, Spiegel & Grau, $30, 9781954118966
- Alchemised SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
- My Friends Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
- The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653258
- The Secret of Secrets Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
- Wild Dark Shore Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
- Tom’s Crossing Mark Z. Danielewski, Pantheon, $40, 9781524747718
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- The Uncool: A Memoir Cameron Crowe, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781668059432
- Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
- Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
- 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
- Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005
- All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $35, 9780593540985
- Finding My Way: A Memoir Malala Yousafzai, Atria Books, $30, 9781668054277
- 107 Days Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668211656
- Dead and Alive: Essays Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593834688
- It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin Marisa Meltzer, Atria Books, $28, 9781668060285
- Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity Peter Attia M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
- The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
- Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It Cory Doctorow, MCD, $30, 9780374619329
- Raising Hare: A Memoir Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843
- Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI Karen Hao, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593657508
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Project Hail Mary Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
- The Alchemist Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007
- The God of the Woods Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
- The Frozen River Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
- The Princess Bride Deluxe Limited Edition William Goldman, Harper Perennial, $22, 9780063458154
- Mate Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9780593952580
- The City and Its Uncertain Walls Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $19, 9780593687840
- Martyr! Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
- Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
- The Grey Wolf Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $19, 9781250328151
- Intermezzo Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
- Still Life Sarah Winman, Putnam, $19, 9780593330760
- Annihilation Jeff VanderMeer, Picador, $18, 9781250824042
- The Best Short Stories 2025: The O. Henry Prize Winners Edward P. Jones (Ed.), Vintage, $19, 9780593689608
- The Best American Short Stories 2025 Celeste Ng, Nicole A. Lamy (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063399808
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen David Brooks, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593230077
- Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman’s Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue Sonia Purnell, Penguin Books, $22, 9780593297827
- The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $18, 9781878424310
- On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
- The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
- Understanding Comics Scott McCloud, William Morrow Paperbacks, $28.99, 9780060976255
- On Freedom Timothy Snyder, Crown, $20, 9780593728741
- Fight Oligarchy Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
- All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
- The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $18.95, 9781572245372
- All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
- When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times Pema Chödrön, Shambhala, $19.95, 9781611803433
- The 2026 Old Farmer’s Almanac Old Farmer’s Almanac, $10.95, 9781961793682
- The Best American Essays 2025 Jia Tolentino, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351592
- Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World Anne Applebaum, Vintage, $18, 9780593471203
MASS MARKET
- 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
- Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
- Jurassic Park Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
- Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296
- The Vampire Lestat Anne Rice, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345313867
- Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
- Rich Dad Poor Dad Robert T. Kiyosaki, Plata Publishing, $9.99, 9781612681139
- In the Company of Witches Auralee Wallace, Berkley, $9.99, 9780593335833
- The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
- The Well of Ascension Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
- Baby Turkey: Finger Puppet Book Yu-Hsuan Huang (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781797232799
- If We Were Dogs Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316581721
- Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
- Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
- Corduroy Gives Thanks Don Freeman, John Joseph (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780593694152
- Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo (A Buffalo Fluffalo Story) Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593810309
- Fire Truck (Wheelie Books) DK, DK Children, $8.99, 9780789497123
- Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- Facing Feelings: Inside the World of Raina Telgemeier Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $26.99, 9781338885484
- The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2) Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
- The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215
- War Games Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338736106
- Troubling Tonsils! (Jasper Rabbit’s Creepy Tales!) Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961080
- 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
- Smile: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
- Howl’s Moving Castle Deluxe Limited Edition Diana Wynne Jones, Greenwillow Books, $24.99, 9780063416468
- Impossible Creatures Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
- Dragonborn Struan Murray, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217113217
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
- Wings of Fire Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
- Spy School Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- The Book of Dust Philip Pullman, Knopf Books for Young Readers
- Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Graphix
- Elephant & Piggie Mo Willems, Hyperion
- Warriors Graphic Novels Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley
- Dory Fantasmagory Abby Hanlon, Puffin
- InvestiGators John Patrick Green, Steve Behling, Chris Fenoglio (Illus.), First Second
- The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
