Number One in Hardcover Fiction James:,by Percival Everett,
published by St. 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,August 18, 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
- James – Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
- Long Island Compromise – Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Random House, $30, 9780593133491
- All Fours – Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
- The Women – Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633
- The God of the Woods – Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
- Sandwich – Catherine Newman, Harper, $26.99, 9780063345164
- Lady Macbeth – Ava Reid, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780593722565
- Remarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
- The Bright Sword – Lev Grossman, Viking, $35, 9780735224049
- All the Colors of the Dark – Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30, 9780593798874
- The Paris Novel – Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29, 9780812996302
- The Ministry of Time – Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145
- A Sorceress Comes to Call – T. Kingfisher, Tor Books, $27.99, 9781250244079
- Martyr! – Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28, 9780593537619
- The Frozen River – Ariel Lawhon, Doubleday, $28, 9780385546874
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- The Creative Act: A Way of Being – Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
- The Art of Power: My Story as America’s First Woman Speaker of the House – Nancy Pelosi, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668048047
- On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything – Nate Silver, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594204128
- The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir – Griffin Dunne, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593652824
- The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness – Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
- Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir – Anna Marie Tendler, Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668032343
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones – James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
- How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen – David Brooks, Random House, $30, 9780593230060
- The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War – Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
- Shameless: Republicans’ Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy – Brian Tyler Cohen, Harper, $27.99, 9780063392885
- Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World – Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $27, 9780385549936
- Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity – Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
- On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service – Anthony Fauci, M.D., Viking, $36, 9780593657478
- The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook – Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764
- Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius – Carrie Courogen, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250279224
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow – Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
- It Ends with Us – Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781668055960
- The Pairing – Casey McQuiston, St. Martin’s Griffin, $20, 9781250862747
- A Court of Thorns and Roses – Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
- Just for the Summer – Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431
- The Secret History – Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18, 9781400031702
- The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007
- The Midnight Library – Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
- The Exchange – John Grisham, Vintage, $18, 9780593685280
- Not in Love – Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $19, 9780593550427
- Circe – Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
- The Song of Achilles – Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
- Apprentice to the Villain – Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $19.99, 9781649377173
- A Court of Mist and Fury – Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575583
- My Year of Rest and Relaxation – Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin, $18, 9780525522133
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- Hillbilly Elegy – J. D. Vance, Harper, $18.99, 9780062300553
- The Backyard Bird Chronicles – Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
- The Truths We Hold – Kamala Harris, Penguin, $20, 9780525560739
- The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession – Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
- The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom – Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
- All About Love: New Visions – bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
- The Year of Magical Thinking – Joan Didion, Vintage, $17, 9781400078431
- Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays – Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386
- Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence – Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $20, 9781524746742
- Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know – Adam Grant, Penguin, $20, 9781984878120
- The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017 – Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
- Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics) – Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11, 9780812968255
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma – Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
- Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir – Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
- The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition – Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20, 9780143129257
MASS MARKET
- Slaughterhouse-Five – Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
- 1984 – George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
- A Game of Thrones – George R. R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
- The Shining – Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657
- Mistborn: The Final Empire – Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
- Dune – Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
- The Fall of Hyperion – Dan Simmons, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553288209
- The Way of Kings – Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765365279
- Animal Farm – George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- The Yellow Bus – Loren Long, Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250903136
- Goodnight Moon – Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
- Hey! Look at You! – Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $9.99, 9781665953160
- We Are Definitely Human – X. Fang, Tundra Books, $18.99, 9781774882023
- Hello Hello Colors – Brendan Wenzel (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $9.99, 9781797219950
- Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography – Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
- Ambitious Girl – Meena Harris, Marissa Valdez (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316229692
- A Is for Ambitious – Meena Harris, Marissa Valdez (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316354493
- Knight Owl – Christopher Denise, Christopher Denise (Illus.), Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
- Bluey: Barky Boats – Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593750469
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- Unico: Awakening (Volume 1): An Original Manga – Tezuka Osamu, Samuel Sattin, Gurihiru (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781339036335
- Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon) – Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
- The Eyes and the Impossible – Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203
- The Tryout: A Graphic Novel – Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741261
- Kisses, Codes, and Conspiracies – Abigail Hing Wen, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250883230
- Such Charming Liars – Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593485057
- The Grandest Game – Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316481014
- Hatchet – Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
- Pizza Face: A Graphic Novel – Rex Ogle, Dave Valeza (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338574999
- Orris and Timble: The Beginning – Kate DiCamillo, Carmen Mok (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536222791
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Wild Robot – Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Dog Man – Dav Pilkey, Graphix
- A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder – Holly Jackson, Ember
- The Bad Guys – Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians – Rick Riordan, Hyperion
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Jeff Kinney, Amulet
- Magic Tree House – Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
- Spy School – Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Who Was/Is…? – Kirsten Anderson, Gregory Copeland (Illus.), Penguin Workshop
- The Princess in Black – Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Leuyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick
