Here Are Current Bestsellers at Southern California’s Independent Bookstores

Published on Jul 1, 2024

Number One in Hardcover Fiction The Women:,by Kristin Hannah,
published by St. Martin’s Press.

Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday,June 23, 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. The Women Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633
  2. James Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
  3. All Fours Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
  4. Table for Two: Fictions Amor Towles, Viking, $32, 9780593296370
  5. Funny Story Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441282
  6. The Paris Novel Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29, 9780812996302
  7. Swan Song Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown and Company, $30, 9780316258876
  8. Martyr! Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28, 9780593537619
  9. The Midnight Feast Lucy Foley, William Morrow, $30, 9780063003101
  10. Parade Rachel Cusk, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27, 9780374610043
  11. Middle of the Night Riley Sager, Dutton, $30, 9780593472378
  12. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946
  13. Eruption Michael Crichton, James Patterson, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316565073
  14. Real Americans Rachel Khong, Knopf, $29, 9780593537251
  15. Long Island Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $28, 9781476785110

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

  1. On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service Anthony Fauci, M.D., Viking, $36, 9780593657478
  2. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
  3. The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
  4. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir Griffin Dunne, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593652824
  5. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
  6. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
  7. Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones: A Memoir Priyanka Mattoo, Knopf, $29, 9780593320389
  8. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982108663
  9. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764
  10. Inventing Paradise: The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles Paul Haddad, Santa Monica Press, $29.95, 9781595801272
  11. Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius Carrie Courogen, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250279224
  12. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
  13. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder Salman Rushdie, Random House, $28, 9780593730249
  14. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You Bill Maher, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668051351
  15. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife Sebastian Junger, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781668050835

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

  1. A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
  2. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women Lisa See, Scribner, $18.99, 9781982117092
  3. Not in Love Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $19, 9780593550427
  4. The Guest Emma Cline, Random House, $18, 9780812988031
  5. Just for the Summer Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431
  6. The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
  7. This Summer Will Be Different Carley Fortune, Berkley, $19, 9780593638880
  8. Happy Place Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441190
  9. The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
  10. Trust Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324
  11. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17, 9781501161933
  12. Horse Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $19, 9780399562976
  13. Beach Read Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
  14. Open Throat Henry Hoke, Picador, $17, 9781250335807
  15. Circe Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

  1. The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017 Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
  2. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
  3. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
  4. All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
  5. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
  6. Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386
  7. Stay True: A Memoir Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17, 9780593315200
  8. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $18.95, 9781572245372
  9. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $19, 9780593298909
  10. The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19, 9780143129257
  11. World Travel: An Irreverent Guide Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $22, 9780062802767
  12. The Year of Magical Thinking Joan Didion, Vintage, $17, 9781400078431
  13. Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice Cristina Rivera Garza, Hogarth, $18, 9780593244111
  14. The Eater Guide to Los Angeles (Eater City Guide) Eater, Abrams Image, $19.99, 9781419765827
  15. 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

MASS MARKET

  1. The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765365279
  2. Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
  3. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
  4. The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
  5. Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card, Tor, $9.99, 9781250773012
  6. And Then There Were None Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
  7. Gardens of the Moon Steven Erikson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765348784
  8. The Hero of Ages Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626
  9. Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
  10. The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062459367

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

  1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
  2. The Runaway Bunny Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780061074295
  3. Grumpy Monkey Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $8.99, 9780593123997
  4. A Day at the Beach with The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $7.99, 9780593750650
  5. Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
  6. Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
  7. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
  8. Ocean: A Peek-Through Board Book Britta Teckentrup, Doubleday Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593806722
  9. Bluey: The Creek Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593224571
  10. Hello Hello Colors Brendan Wenzel (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $9.99, 9781797219950

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

  1. Five Survive Holly Jackson, Ember, $14.99, 9780593374191
  2. The Deep Dark: A Graphic Novel Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $16.99, 9781338839999
  3. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
  4. Powerless Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
  5. The One and Only Family Katherine Applegate, Harper, $19.99, 9780063221123
  6. Plain Jane and the Mermaid Vera Brosgol, First Second, $14.99, 9781250314857
  7. Mexikid Pedro Martín, Dial Books, $14.99, 9780593462294
  8. Hoops: A Graphic Novel Matt Tavares, Candlewick, $12.99, 9781536231953
  9. The Outsiders S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780142407332
  10. We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279

CHILDREN'S SERIES

  1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney, Amulet
  2. Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Graphix
  3. Percy Jackson and the Olympians Rick Riordan, Hyperion
  4. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder Holly Jackson, Ember
  5. Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novels Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina (Illus.), Graphix
  6. InvestiGators John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
  7. The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
  8. Wild Robot Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  9. Harry Potter J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
  10. I Survived Lauren Tarshis, Brian Churilla (Illus.), Scholastic

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