The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
1. The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman Members of the Thursday Murder Club plunge back into action after a wedding guest disappears. 2. What We Can Know by Ian McEwan A genre-bending love story about people and the words they leave behind.
3. Katabasis by R. F. Kuang Two rival graduate students journey to hell to save their professor's soul. 4. The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown Symbologist Robert Langdon takes on a mystery involving human consciousness and ancient mythology. 5. Alchemised by SenLinYu A woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy. 6. Heart the Lover by Lily King A woman reflects on a youthful love triangle and its consequences. 7. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans A lifelong letter writer reckons with a painful period in her past. 8. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai The fates of two young people intersect and diverge across continents and years. 9. We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad The follow-up to the campus satire 'Bunny' goes on a journey into the heart of dark academia. 10. Culpability by Bruce Holsinger A family drama about moral responsibility in the age of artificial intelligence. …1. 107 Days by Kamala Harris The former vice president tells her story of one of the wildest and most consequential presidential campaigns in American history. 2. Good Things by Samin Nosrat The celebrated chef shares 125 meticulously tested recipes. 3. We the People by Jill Lepore The historian offers a wholly new history of the Constitution. 4. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins How to stop wasting energy on things you can't control. 5. Poems & Prayers by Matthew McConaughey The Oscar-winning actor shares his writings and reflections. 6. Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy The acclaimed novelist's first memoir takes on the complex relationship with her mother. 7. I'm Just a Little Guy by Charlie James, Paige Tompkins The comedian offers a softer, sillier, sunnier way to walk through life. 8. All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert The bestselling author's memoir about an intense and ultimately tragic love. 9. Lessons From Cats for Surviving Fascism by Stewart Reynolds A guide to channeling feline wisdom in the face of authoritarian nonsense. 10. Truly by Lionel Richie The music legend tells his story. …1. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman 2. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 3. Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar 4. The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali 5. Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout 6. The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon 7. Intermezzo by Sally Rooney 8. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver 9. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 10. All Fours by Miranda July …1. On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder 2. The Art Thief by Michael Finkel 3. Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell 4. The Body Keeps the Score by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk 5. The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides 6. The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron 7. The White Album by Joan Didion 8. All About Love by bell hooks 9. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 10. All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley
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