The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended Sept. 28 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
1. Alchemised: SenLinYu
2. What We Can Know: Ian McEwan
3. The Secret of Secrets: Dan Brown
4. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: Kiran Desai
5. Katabasis (Deluxe Limited Edition): R. F. Kuang
6. This Inevitable Ruin: Matt Dinniman
7. We Love You, Bunny: Mona Awad
8. My Friends: Fredrik Backman
9. The Wedding People: Alison Espach
10. Culpability: Bruce Holsinger
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. 107 Days: Kamala Harris
2. All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation: Elizabeth Gilbert
3. Faithonomics: The Wealth is in the Kingdom, the Legacy is in the Story: Jerry Lopez
4. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love: Samin Nosrat
5. Poems & Prayers: Matthew McConaughey
6. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism: Stewart Reynolds
7. Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy: Mary Roach
8. Art Work: On the Creative Life: Sally Mann
9. When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows…: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life: Steven Pinker
10. Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person’s Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds: John Fugelsang
MASS MARKET
1. 1984: George Orwell
2. Jurassic Park: Michael Crichton
3. Lord of the Flies: William Golding
4. The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank
5. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson
6. Interview with the Vampire: Anne Rice
7. Slaughterhouse-Five: Kurt Vonnegut
8. Oathbringer: Brandon Sanderson
9. Rhythm of War: Brandon Sanderson
10. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Project Hail Mary: Andy Weir
2. The City and Its Uncertain Walls: Haruki Murakami
3. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt
4. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman
5. All Fours: Miranda July
6. The Best Short Stories 2025: The O. Henry Prize Winners: Edward P. Jones (Ed.)
7. The Life Impossible: Matt Haig
8. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar
9. The Frozen River: Ariel Lawhon
10. The Midnight Library: Matt Haig