Today November 12, 2025, 02:20 AM

This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores

Published: November 12, 2025, 02:20 AM
This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores

The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended Nov. 9 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.

1. The Black Wolf: Louise Penny

2. The Correspondent: Virginia Evans

3. What We Can Know: Ian McEwan

4. The Proving Ground: Michael Connelly

5. The Secret of Secrets: Dan Brown

6. Alchemised: SenLinYu

7. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: Kiran Desai

8. Heart the Lover: Lily King

9. Queen Esther: John Irving

10. The Widow: John Grisham

1. Bread of Angels: A Memoir: Patti Smith

2. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History — and How It Shattered a Nation: Andrew Ross Sorkin

3. Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice: Virginia Roberts Giuffre

4. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism: Stewart Reynolds

5. Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts: Margaret Atwood

6. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm: Charlie Mackesy

7. The Uncool: A Memoir: Cameron Crowe

8. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About: Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins

9. Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy: Joyce Vance

10. Notes on Being a Man: Scott Galloway

1. 1984: George Orwell

2. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson

3. Animal Farm: George Orwell

4. A Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin

5. Rich Dad Poor Dad: Robert T. Kiyosaki

6. The Name of the Wind: Patrick Rothfuss

7. And Then There Were None: Agatha Christie

8. The Well of Ascension: Brandon Sanderson

9. The Hero of Ages: Brandon Sanderson

10. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams

1. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore

2. How About Now: Poems: Kate Baer

3. The Frozen River: Ariel Lawhon

4. Project Hail Mary: Andy Weir

5. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman

6. The City and Its Uncertain Walls: Haruki Murakami

7. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar

8. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt

9. The Housemaid: Freida McFadden

10. The Bell Jar: Sylvia Plath