Number One in Hardcover Fiction:What We Can Know:Ian McEwan,
published by Knopf.
Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday,January 11, 2026. 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
- What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728 - Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176 - The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430 - James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369 - The First Time I Saw Him
Laura Dave, Scribner, $29, 9781668002964 - Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951 - Flesh
David Szalay, Scribner, $28.99, 9781982122799 - Buckeye
Patrick Ryan, Random House, $30, 9780593595039 - Audition
Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593852323 - Mona’s Eyes
Thomas Schlesser, Europa Editions, $30, 9798889661115 - House of Day, House of Night
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593716380 - My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820 - The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898 - The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
Stephen Graham Jones, S&S/Saga Press, $29.99, 9781668075081 - The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280 - Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124 - One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148 - Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America’s New Age of Disaster
Jacob Soboroff, Mariner Books, $30, 9780063467965 - 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 - Hush: How to Radiate Power and Confidence Without Saying a Word
Linda Clemons, Legacy Lit, $28, 9781538767887 - The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886 - Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781 - Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $30, 9781668094716 - 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 - Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825 - Something from Nothing: A Cookbook
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $37.99, 9781984826411 - Notes on Being a Man
Scott Galloway, Simon & Schuster, $29, 9781668084359 - The Anthony Bourdain Reader: New, Classic, and Rediscovered Writing
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $40, 9780062863959 - Dead and Alive: Essays
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593834688
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637 - Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254 - Hamnet
Maggie O’Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876 - Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228 - Game Changer
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534620 - The Long Game
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534644 - Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164 - Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $20, 9780593685778 - The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070 - I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600 - Train Dreams
Denis Johnson, Picador, $17, 9781250007650 - Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512 - The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925 - The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538742570 - The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
Amanda Montell, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $19, 9781668007983 - I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831 - Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161 - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114 - How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593230077 - Reimagining Government: Achieving the Promise of AI
Faisal Hoque, Erik Nelson, Thomas H. Davenport, Post Hill Press, $21.99, 9798895654354 - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560 - The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490 - Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228 - The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741 - All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470 - The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689 - Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780735213623 - The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456 - Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316581509
MASS MARKET
- 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935 - Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342 - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803 - Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987 - Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 - The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 - The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626 - Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11, 9780553283686 - The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488 - Hamlet
William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $9.99, 9781451669411
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 - For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books (Illus.), Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977 - Your Truck
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536248227 - Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 - The Wildest Thing
Emily Winfield Martin, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217023981 - KPop Demon Hunters: The Official Poster Book
Random House, Random House Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9798217233960 - Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035 - Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926 - Love from Clifford the Big Red Dog
Scholastic, $9.99, 9781546175933 - Creepy Pair of Underwear!
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781442402980
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264 - Dragonborn
Struan Murray, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217113217 - Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897 - Winnie-the-Pooh: 100th Anniversary Edition
A. A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard (Illus.), Aladdin, $10.99, 9781665984126 - 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 - Sisters: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880 - Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Special Edition)
Stephen Chbosky, Simon Pulse, $15.99, 9781665982412 - Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891 - The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix - Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic - Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams - Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers - Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion - The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic - Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic - Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Graphix - Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Valeria Tenaga Romanazzi (Illus.), Aladdin - Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
