The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and CALIBA, for the
sales week ended Sunday, February 2, 2025. 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. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
2. Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781649374189
3. Onyx Storm (Standard Edition)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649377159
4. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
5. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $30, 9780593548981
6. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
7. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
8. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
9. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633
10. Water Moon
Samantha Sotto Yambao, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780593724996
11. What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria
Kim Dower, Red Hen Press, $19.95, 9781636282633
12. Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521
13. The Big Empty
Robert Crais, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $30, 9780525535768
14. Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
15. Tartufo
Kira Jane Buxton, Grand Central Publishing, $29, 9781538770818
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About
Mel Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366
2. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
3. The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource
Chris Hayes, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593653111
4. Aflame: Learning from Silence
Pico Iyer, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593420287
5. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
6. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
7. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34, 9780593799895
8. Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life's Purpose
Martha Beck, The Open Field, $30, 9780593656389
9. The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Sharon McMahon, Thesis, $32, 9780593541678
10. Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning
Peter Beinart, Knopf, $26, 9780593803899
11. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
12. Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health
Casey Means, M.D., Calley Means, Avery, $32, 9780593712641
13. The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir
Edmund White, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.99, 9781639733729
14. I Dream of Joni: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell in 53 Snapshots
Henry Alford, Gallery Books, $29.99, 9781668019504
15. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
2. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
3. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
4. Good Material
Dolly Alderton, Vintage, $18, 9780593686959
5. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
6. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
7. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
8. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
9. The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $17.99, 9780060837020
10. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
11. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707
12. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182
13. The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18, 9781400031702
14. Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, William Morrow Paperbacks, $18.99, 9780063250857
15. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $18, 9780525435006
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
2. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
3. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
4. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
5. The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781668065969
6. World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $22, 9780062802767
7. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
8. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20, 9780307279286
9. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
Jonathan Blitzer, Penguin Books, $21, 9781984880826
10. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
11. Meditations
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11, 9780812968255
12. Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807014271
13. The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont
Shawn Levy, Anchor, $18, 9780525435662
14. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
15. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
Eckhart Tolle, Penguin Life, $18, 9780452289963
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
3. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
5. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
6. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
7. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
8. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
9. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
10. Small Gods
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062237378
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Guess How Much I Love You
Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210637
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. Happy Valentine's Day, Curious George!
H. A. Rey, Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780063384903
5. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
6. Chooch Helped
Andrea L. Rogers, Rebecca Lee Kunz (Illus.), Levine Querido, $18.99, 9781646144549
7. Little Blue Truck's Valentine
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780358272441
8. I'll Love You Till the Cows Come Home
Kathryn Cristaldi, Kristyna Litten (Illus.), HarperFestival, $9.99, 9780062574220
9. In My Heart: A Book of Feelings
Jo Witek, Christine Roussey (Illus.), Harry N. Abrams, $18.99, 9781419713101
10. I Am Elphaba (Little Golden Book)
Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896860
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
2. Where the Red Fern Grows
Wilson Rawls, Yearling, $8.99, 9780440412670
3. American Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang, First Second, $14.99, 9781250811899
4. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
5. The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
6. The First State of Being
Erin Entrada Kelly, Greenwillow Books, $19.99, 9780063337312
7. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544340688
8. Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $11.99, 9780735269958
9. The Tryout: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741261
10. Cloud Puppy
Kelly Leigh Miller, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781665932127
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams 
3. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 
4. I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic 
5. Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin 
6. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic 
7. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic 
8. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
9. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion 
10. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion