Here Are Current Bestsellers at Southern California’s Independent Bookstores

Published on Jun 3, 2024

Number One in Hardcover Fiction:James,by Percival Everett, published by Doubleday.

Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday, May 26, 2024. This list 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. James

Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369

  1. Funny Story

Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441282

  1. All Fours

Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265

  1. Table for Two: Fictions

Amor Towles, Viking, $32, 9780593296370

  1. The Women

Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633

  1. Lies and Weddings

Kevin Kwan, Doubleday, $29, 9780385546294

  1. The Paris Novel

Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29, 9780812996302

  1. You Like It Darker: Stories

Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781668037713

  1. Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28, 9780593537619

  1. Long Island

Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $28, 9781476785110

  1. The Familiar

Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250884251

  1. Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922

  1. The Guncle Abroad

Steven Rowley, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, $29, 9780593540459

  1. The Ministry of Time

Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145

  1. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

  1. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744

  1. The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886

  1. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Kathleen Hanna, Ecco, $29.99, 9780062825230

  1. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

Bill Maher, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668051351

  1. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260

  1. Somehow: Thoughts on Love

Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $22, 9780593714416

  1. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis

George Stephanopoulos, Lisa Dickey, Grand Central, $35, 9781538740767

  1. Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts)

Serj Tankian, Hachette Books, $30, 9780306831928

  1. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982108663

  1. Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

Elizabeth Beller, Gallery Books, $29.99, 9781982178963

  1. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764

  1. Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

Ed Zwick, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781668046999

  1. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030

  1. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

Sebastian Junger, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781668050835

  1. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

  1. A Court of Thorns and Roses

Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569

  1. The Guest

Emma Cline, Random House, $18, 9780812988031

  1. The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007

  1. Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck, Michael Hofmann (Transl.), New Directions, $16.95, 9780811238533

  1. The Midnight Library

Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498

  1. The Postcard

Anne Berest, Europa Editions, $18.95, 9798889660354

  1. Happy Place

Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441190

  1. Big Swiss

Jen Beagin, Scribner, $17, 9781982153090

  1. This Summer Will Be Different

Carley Fortune, Berkley, $19, 9780593638880

  1. The Three-Body Problem

Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (Transl.), Tor, $18.99, 9780765382030

  1. The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624

  1. Circe

Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323

  1. Trust

Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324

  1. A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707

  1. Bunny

Mona Awad, Penguin, $17, 9780525559757

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

  1. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir

Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791

  1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131

  1. All About Love: New Visions

bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470

  1. The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017

Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651

  1. Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice

Cristina Rivera Garza, Hogarth, $18, 9780593244111

  1. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310

  1. Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles

Rosecrans Baldwin, Picador, $19, 9781250849199

  1. The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition

Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19, 9780143129257

  1. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741

  1. The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man

David Von Drehle, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781476773933

  1. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

Ilyon Woo, 37 Ink, $19.99, 9781501191060

  1. Just Kids

Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228

  1. The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion, Vintage, $17, 9781400078431

  1. Meditations: A New Translation

Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11, 9780812968255

  1. The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont

Shawn Levy, Anchor, $18, 9780525435662

MASS MARKET

  1. Dune

Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340

  1. 1984

George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

  1. Dune Messiah

Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233

  1. Mistborn: The Final Empire

Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541

  1. Neverwhere

Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062476371

  1. Animal Farm

George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342

  1. The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129

  1. The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125

  1. Moby-Dick

Herman Melville, Bantam Classics, $5.95, 9780553213119

  1. Children of Dune

Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

  1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908

  1. Dalmartian: A Mars Rover’s Story

Lucy Ruth Cummins, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665911955

  1. Dragons Love Tacos

Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801

  1. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905

  1. Built to Last

Minh Lę, Dan Santat (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593569177

  1. The Octopus Escapes

Maile Meloy, Felicita Sala (Illus.), G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593533970

  1. Corduroy

Don Freeman, Viking Children’s Books, $7.99, 9780451470799

  1. Goodnight Moon

Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617

  1. The Rainbow Parade: A Celebration of LGBTQIA+ Identities and Allies

Shane Jordan, Rick Hendrix, Jieting Chen (Illus.), Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, $18.99, 9781464224188

  1. After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again)

Dan Santat, Roaring Brook Press, $18.99, 9781626726826

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

  1. The One and Only Family

Katherine Applegate, Harper, $19.99, 9780063221123

  1. Road Home

Rex Ogle, Norton Young Readers, $18.99, 9781324019923

  1. The Misfits #1: A Royal Conundrum

Lisa Yee, Dan Santat (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781984830296

  1. Anatomy: A Love Story

Dana Schwartz, Wednesday Books, $14, 9781250342898

  1. The Worst Ronin

Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Faith Schaffer (Illus.), HarperAlley, $18.99, 9780358464938

  1. Divine Rivals

Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439

  1. The Reappearance of Rachel Price

Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207

  1. Charlotte’s Web

E.B. White, Harper, $10.99, 9780064400558

  1. Immortality: A Love Story

Dana Schwartz, Wednesday Books, $14, 9781250343192

  1. The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel

Dan Santat, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545497619

CHILDREN'S SERIES

  1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Jeff Kinney, Amulet 

  1. Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novels

Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina (Illus.), Graphix 

  1. Dog Man

Dav Pilkey, Graphix 

  1. Magic Tree House

Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers 

 

  1. Elephant & Piggie

Mo Willems, Hyperion 

  1. FunJungle

Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 

  1. I Survived

Lauren Tarshis, Brian Churilla (Illus.), Scholastic 

  1. InvestiGators

John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second 

  1. Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Rick Riordan, Hyperion 

  1. Spy School

Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

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