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 30, 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 - Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176 - What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728 - Shadow Ticket
Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $30, 9781594206108 - Dog Show: Poems
Billy Collins, Pamela Sztybel (Illus.), Random House, $20, 9780593979419 - The Widow
John Grisham, Doubleday, $32, 9780385548984 - Katabasis
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $32, 9780063446243 - The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155 - The Strength of the Few
James Islington, S&S/Saga Press, $34, 9781982141233 - The Proving Ground
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316563826 - The Black Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328175 - A Guardian and a Thief
Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $29, 9780593804872 - Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715 - Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951 - The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124 - 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967 - One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This: National Book Award
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148 - 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 - 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 - The Uncool: A Memoir
Cameron Crowe, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781668059432 - Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781 - Something from Nothing: A Cookbook
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $37.99, 9781984826411 - Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts
Margaret Atwood, Doubleday, $35, 9780385547512 - The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $20, 9781982181314 - Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy
Mary Roach, W. W. Norton & Company, $28.99, 9781324050629 - Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843 - The Little Frog’s Guide to Life: Love, Advice and Inspiration for Every Day from the Internet’s Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837994731 - Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525556572
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778 - Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228 - The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594 - The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925 - Hamnet
Maggie O’Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876 - Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164 - The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668045152 - Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324123736 - The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $19, 9780593687840 - The Princess Bride Deluxe Limited Edition
William Goldman, Harper Perennial, $22, 9780063458154 - The Best American Short Stories 2025
Celeste Ng, Nicole A. Lamy (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063399808 - Red Rising
Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18, 9780345539809 - Mate
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9780593952580 - I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600 - Train Dreams
Denis Johnson, Picador, $17, 9781250007650
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386 - How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593230077 - The Best American Essays 2025
Jia Tolentino, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351592 - 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 - Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe
Laura Lynne Jackson, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $22, 9780399591617 - The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007 - The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257 - Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161 - Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman’s Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue
Sonia Purnell, Penguin Books, $22, 9780593297827 - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114 - Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316581509 - The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490 - The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651 - All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
MASS MARKET
- 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935 - Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 - Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342 - The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572 - Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987 - The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 - Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11, 9780553283686 - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345514400 - The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741 - The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- Knight Owl’s Little Christmas
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $8.99, 9780316587501 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383 - Bluey’s Night Before Christmas
Lauren Holowaty, Kiara Hankinson (Illus.), Jemma Bayley (Illus.), Penguin Young Readers, $18.99, 9798217050864 - How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767 - The Humble Pie
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063469730 - Hansel and Gretel
Stephen King, Maurice Sendak (Illus.), HarperCollins, $26.99, 9780062644695 - The Gift of Everything
Patrick McDonnell, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316583305 - If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone
Gideon Sterer, Emily Hughes (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063375222 - Jan Brett’s The Nutcracker
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217005048 - Little Blue Truck’s Christmas
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780544320413
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907 - Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891 - Fake Skating
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665921268 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Special Edition)
Stephen Chbosky, Simon Pulse, $15.99, 9781665982412 - The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215 - 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 - Cabin Head and Tree Head
Scott Campbell, Tundra Books, $9.99, 9781774885079 - Xolo
Donna Barba Higuera, Mariana Ruiz Johnson (Illus.), Levine Querido, $19.99, 9781646147021 - Pocket Bear
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362 - War Games
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338736106
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams - Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix - The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press - Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin - 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 - Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion - Who Would Win?
Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illus.), Scholastic - Dory Fantasmagory
Abby Hanlon, Puffin
