{"id":486986,"date":"2025-10-10T00:24:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T00:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/486986\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T00:24:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T00:24:20","slug":"bestselling-books-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/486986\/","title":{"rendered":"Bestselling Books in California"},"content":{"rendered":"

W<\/strong>ith reporting from the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Alta Journal brings you a list of the bestselling titles at independent bookstores across Northern and Southern California for the week ending October 5, 2025. <\/p>\n

Check out two recent releases featured on this week\u2019s bestseller list. Richard Osman returns with The Impossible Fortune, the latest installment in his Thursday Murder Club series. When a guest goes missing at a wedding, returning characters Joyce, Elizabeth, Ron, and Ibrahim reunite to solve another mystery. In Heart the Lover, author Lily King tells an unconventional story. Decades after leaving a college love triangle, narrator Jordan is forced to reckon with the choices she made and the people she left behind.<\/p>\n

For a full list of titles and categories, visit the California Independent Booksellers Alliance<\/a>.\u2022<\/p>\n

Southern California<\/strong>HARDCOVER FICTION\"books,<\/p>\n

Alta<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. The Impossible Fortune<\/a>, Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30<\/li>\n
  2. What We Can Know<\/a>, Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30<\/li>\n
  3. Katabasis<\/a>, R.F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $32<\/li>\n
  4. The Secret of Secrets<\/a>, Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38<\/li>\n
  5. Alchemised<\/a>, SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    HARDCOVER NONFICTION\"books,<\/p>\n

    Alta<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. 107 Days<\/a>, Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, $30<\/li>\n
    2. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love<\/a>, Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45<\/li>\n
    3. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution<\/a>, Jill Lepore, Liveright, $39.99<\/li>\n
    4. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can\u2019t Stop Talking About<\/a>, Mel Robbins and Sawyer Robbins, Hay House, $29.99<\/li>\n
    5. Poems & Prayers<\/a>, Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $29<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION\"books,<\/p>\n

      Alta<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. I Who Have Never Known Men<\/a>, Jacqueline Harpman and Ros Schwartz (translator), Transit Books, $16.95<\/li>\n
      2. Project Hail Mary<\/a>, Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22<\/li>\n
      3. Martyr!<\/a>, Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18. Watch the author speak at a California Book Club event<\/a>.<\/li>\n
      4. The Lion Women of Tehran<\/a>, Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99<\/li>\n
      5. Tell Me Everything<\/a>, Elizabeth Strout, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION\"books,<\/p>\n

        Alta<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century<\/a>, Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12<\/li>\n
        2. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession<\/a>, Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18<\/li>\n
        3. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering<\/a>, Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, $21.99<\/li>\n
        4. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma<\/a>, Bessel van der Kolk, MD, Penguin Books, $19<\/li>\n
        5. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook<\/a>, Hampton Sides, Vintage, $19<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Northern California<\/strong>HARDCOVER FICTION\"books,<\/p>\n

          Alta<\/p>\n

            \n
          1. The Impossible Fortune<\/a>, Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30<\/li>\n
          2. The Secret of Secrets<\/a>, Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38<\/li>\n
          3. What We Can Know<\/a>, Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30<\/li>\n
          4. Alchemised<\/a>, SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35<\/li>\n
          5. Heart the Lover<\/a>, Lily King, Grove Press, $28<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            HARDCOVER NONFICTION\"books,<\/p>\n

            Alta<\/p>\n

              \n
            1. 107 Days<\/a>, Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, $30<\/li>\n
            2. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love<\/a>, Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45<\/li>\n
            3. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution<\/a>, Jill Lepore, Liveright, $39.99<\/li>\n
            4. All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation<\/a>, Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $35<\/li>\n
            5. Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy<\/a>, Mary Roach, W.W. Norton & Company, $28.99<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION \"books,<\/p>\n

              Alta<\/p>\n

                \n
              1. Remarkably Bright Creatures<\/a>, Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99<\/li>\n
              2. Tell Me Everything<\/a>, Elizabeth Strout, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18<\/li>\n
              3. Project Hail Mary<\/a>, Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22<\/li>\n
              4. The Life Impossible<\/a>, Matt Haig, Penguin, $19<\/li>\n
              5. The City and Its Uncertain Walls<\/a>, Haruki Murakami and Philip Gabriel (translator), Vintage, $19<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION\"books,<\/p>\n

                Alta<\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century<\/a>, Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12<\/li>\n
                2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants<\/a>, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20<\/li>\n
                3. The Backyard Bird Chronicles<\/a>, Amy Tan, Knopf, $36. Read a recap of the California Book Club<\/a> event. <\/li>\n
                4. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering<\/a>, Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, $21.99<\/li>\n
                5. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI<\/a>, Yuval Noah Harari, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $25<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  Source: California Independent Booksellers Alliance<\/a><\/p>\n

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                  Elizabeth Casillas is an assistant editor at Alta Journal. A graduate of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, she has previously written for the Poly Post and Enspire Magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With reporting from the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Alta Journal brings you a list of the bestselling titles…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3938],"tags":[161009,161015,161011,10894,161018,3444,161005,161010,77,161019,161012,161006,161013,161008,161016,161020,161007,161014,161017,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-486986","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-alta-bestseller-list","9":"tag-alta-journal","10":"tag-bestselling-books","11":"tag-book-recommendations","12":"tag-book-roundup","13":"tag-books","14":"tag-california-bestsellers","15":"tag-california-books","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-fiction-bestsellers","18":"tag-independent-bookstores","19":"tag-katabasis-by-rf-kuang","20":"tag-literary-california","21":"tag-martyr-by-kaveh-akbar","22":"tag-new-book-releases","23":"tag-nonfiction-bestsellers","24":"tag-revenge-of-the-tipping-point-by-malcolm-gladwell","25":"tag-southern-california-bestsellers","26":"tag-top-books","27":"tag-uk","28":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115347028165306675","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}