Number One in Hardcover Fiction:Whistler:Ann Patchett,
published by Harper.
Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday,August 2, 2026. 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
- Whistler
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063511637 - Yesteryear (Indies Introduce)
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593804216 - The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812 - Cool Machine (The Harlem Trilogy #3)
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385550505 - Land
Maggie O’Farrell, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593320648 - The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28.00, 9780593798430 - Country People
Daniel Mason, Random House, $30.00, 9798217197453 - The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $29.00, 9798217154746 - John of John
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802167194 - Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802165176 - Beginning Middle End
Valeria Luiselli, Knopf, $35.00, 9798217208319 - The Kings of Vegas
Karen Mack, Jennifer Kaufman, William Morrow, $30.00, 9780063435612 - Daughters of the Sun and Moon
Lisa See, Scribner, $29.00, 9781982117054 - Carl’s Doomsday Scenario
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820261 - Ransom
Daniel Silva, Harper, $32.00, 9780063384224
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30.00, 9780593733318 - Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Simon & Schuster, $34.00, 9781668067246 - The Land and Its People: Essays
David Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316264839 - Famesick: A Memoir
Lena Dunham, Random House, $32.00, 9780593129326 - London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533 - The Power of Caring: Who Cares, Why It Matters, and How Conscious Caring Creates a Fulfilling and Connected Life
Dr. Tony Nader, Hay House LLC, $27.99, 9798318617461 - Biological War: A Scenario
Annie Jacobsen, Dutton, $33.00, 9798217046034 - The Little Frog’s Guide to Life: Love, Advice and Inspiration for Every Day from the Internet’s Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837994731 - This Is The Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy
Ben Wikler, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324131434 - The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593652886 - Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13.00, 9781538778005 - When Breath Becomes Air: Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $27.00, 9780812988406 - The Frenchmen: Or, My Life in Theory
Emily Eakin, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9781594206320 - Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children
Mac Barnett, Little, Brown and Company, $20.00, 9780316601122 - The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love
Alice Hoffman (Ed.), Scribner, $22.00, 9781668209028
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781668236512 - The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), Norton, $18.95, 9780393356250 - The Emperor of Gladness
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780593831892 - I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600 - Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20.00, 9780593820254 - East of Eden
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $25.00, 9780142004234 - Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $19.99, 9780316556323 - Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9798217299461 - Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $20.00, 9780593685778 - Loved One
Aisha Muharrar, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780593655863 - My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781982112837 - The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Holt Paperbacks, $18.99, 9781250899552 - The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624 - The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594 - The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
Stephen Graham Jones, S&S/Saga Press, $20.00, 9781668075098
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- The Wisdom of the Odyssey: Twenty-Four Life Lessons from Homer’s Epic
Phil Cousineau, New World Library, $19.95, 9781955831277 - Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI
Karen Hao, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780593657522 - All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060959470 - The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456 - A Marriage at Sea (Indies Introduce)
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $20.00, 9780593854297 - Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles
Rosecrans Baldwin, Picador, $19.00, 9781250849199 - Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21.00, 9780593689004 - Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18.00, 9780374531386 - Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $22.00, 9780593800027 - The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490 - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22.00, 9781571313560 - Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951 - The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence—Before It’s Too Late
Cory Doctorow, MCD, $18.00, 9780374621568 - 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 - The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin Books, $19.00, 9780143127741
MASS MARKET
- 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935 - Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $12.99, 9780345538987 - Mythology
Edith Hamilton, Grand Central, $10.99, 9780446574754 - The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 - Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553208849 - Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451526342 - Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 - The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125 - A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716 - The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553577129
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 - The Skeleton and the Cat
Brandon James Scott, HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063455887 - Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 - Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007 - Summer Pops Up!
Aurore Petit, Phaidon Press, $9.95, 9781837292073 - Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926 - Grumpy Monkey Board Book
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $8.99, 9780593123997 - Trash Truck
Max Keane, Harper, $9.99, 9780063344273 - Chirri & Chirra, Among the Cherry Blossoms
Kaya Doi, David Boyd (Transl.), Enchanted Lion, $16.99, 9781592704828
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel
Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763642686 - KPop Demon Hunters: The Movie in Comics
Random House Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9798217234301 - Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891 - The Gilded Blade (The Grandest Game #3)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780316593083 - The Iliad: A Graphic Novel
Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763696634 - A Fishboy Named…Sashimi
Dan Santat, Roaring Brook Press, $8.99, 9781250360007 - Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637 - The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $15.99, 9780062662811 - The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel: Deluxe Edition
Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $29.99, 9781536254525 - How to Survive a Slasher
Justine Pucella Winans, Bloomsbury YA, $14.99, 9781547621125
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Heartstopper
Alice Oseman, Graphix - Warriors Graphic Novels
Erin Hunter, Gibson Twist, Sammy Savos (Illus.), HarperAlley - Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix - Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams - The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Nico Delort (Illus.), Scholastic Press - Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic - Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Graphix - My First I Can Read
James Dean, Kimberly Dean (Illus.), HarperTrophy - Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion - I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Brian Churilla (Illus.), Scholastic
