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,February 1, 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
- The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430 - Vigil
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780525509622 - Half His Age
Jennette McCurdy, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593723739 - Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176 - Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951 - My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820 - Crucible
John Sayles, Melville House, $32.99, 9781685892272 - The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155 - The First Time I Saw Him
Laura Dave, Scribner, $29, 9781668002964 - Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28, 9780374619237 - Escape!
Stephen Fishbach, Dutton, $30, 9798217048151 - Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715 - Departure(s)
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $27, 9780593804506 - This Is Where the Serpent Lives
Daniyal Mueenuddin, Knopf, $29, 9780525655152 - Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148 - A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280 - Football
Chuck Klosterman, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593490648 - Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318 - 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 - 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 - Something from Nothing: A Cookbook
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $37.99, 9781984826411 - Life Is Lifey: The A to Z’s of Navigating Life’s Messy Middle
Sarah Shahi, Regalo Press, $28.99, 9798895650288 - The Uncool: A Memoir
Cameron Crowe, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781668059432 - The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886 - Surrender to Lead: The Counterintuitive Approach to Driving Extraordinary Results
Jessica Kriegel, Joe Terry, Amplify Publishing, $29.99, 9798891384880 - The Epic IEP: A Powerful Playbook for Parents, Educators, and Advocates Navigating the Special Education Process
Karen Mayer Cunningham, Mission Driven Press, $28, 9781637635124 - Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love
Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512 - Hamnet
Maggie O’Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876 - Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637 - Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228 - The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925 - Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254 - The Long Game
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534644 - Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë, Penguin Classics, $9, 9780141439556 - Game Changer
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534620 - I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600 - Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $20, 9780593685778 - The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594 - People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758 - 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
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114 - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560 - Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386 - The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
Amanda Montell, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $19, 9781668007983 - All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470 - The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456 - Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676 - American Carnage: How Trump, Musk and Doge Butchered the Us Government
Sasha Abramsky, OR Books, $17.95, 9781682196762 - I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831 - The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
Larry Mitchell, Ned Asta (Illus.), Nightboat Books, $16.95, 9781643620060 - Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
Jonathan Blitzer, Penguin, $21, 9781984880826 - Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780735213623 - The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $18.95, 9781572245372 - The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257 - Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Adam Grant, Penguin, $20, 9780593653661
MASS MARKET
- 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935 - The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 - Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342 - The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129 - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803 - Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 - Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487 - Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $10, 9780553293357 - Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11, 9780553283686 - And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books (Illus.), Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977 - Smooches!
Sandra Boynton, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780316574686 - Pat the Bunny Board Book
Dorothy Kunhardt, Random House Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9798217120949 - 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 - Construction Site: You’re Just Right: A Valentine Lift-the-Flap Book
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797204307 - Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007 - Firefly Song: Lynn Frierson Faust and the Great Smoky Mountain Discovery
Colleen Paeff, Ji-Hyuk Kim (Illus.), Margaret K. McElderry Books, $19.99, 9781665931847 - Grumpy Monkey Valentine Gross-Out
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $12.99, 9780593486924 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891 - Dragonborn
Struan Murray, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217113217 - Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $19, 9798217043408 - Lost Girls of Hollow Lake
Rebekah Faubion, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593900437 - Pax
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), HarperCollins, $10.99, 9780062377029 - Cabin Head and Tree Head
Scott Campbell, Tundra Books, $9.99, 9781774885079 - Montgomery Bonbon: Murder at the Museum
Alasdair Beckett-King, Claire Powell (Illus.), Candlewick, $9.99, 9781536241679 - A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $9.99, 9780062895943 - Pocket Bear
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362 - The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby: Color Edition
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338687859
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams - Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic - Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix - Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers - Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic - I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Corey Egbert (Illus.), Scholastic - Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Valeria Tenaga Romanazzi (Illus.), Aladdin - Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion - The Bad Guys
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
