Number One in Hardcover Fiction The God of the Woods:,by Liz Moore,
published by Riverhead Books.
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
- The God of the Woods – Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
- James – Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
- All Fours – Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
- Long Island Compromise – Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Random House, $30, 9780593133491
- The Women – Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633
- Sandwich – Catherine Newman, Harper, $26.99, 9780063345164
- The Bright Sword – Lev Grossman, Viking, $35, 9780735224049
- The Ministry of Time – Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145
- Table for Two: Fictions – Amor Towles, Viking, $32, 9780593296370
- The Paris Novel – Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29, 9780812996302
- The Book of Elsewhere – Keanu Reeves, China Miéville, Del Rey, $30, 9780593446591
- Fourth Wing – Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
- All the Colors of the Dark – Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30, 9780593798874
- A Psalm for the Wild-Built – Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250236210
- The Wedding People – Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- 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 Creative Act: A Way of Being – Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder – David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
- Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity – Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
- Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir – Anna Marie Tendler, Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668032343
- The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War – Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
- Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs – Luis Elizondo, William Morrow, $29.99, 9780063235564
- What’s Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service – Melissa Fitzgerald, Mary McCormack, Dutton, $35, 9780593184547
- On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service – Anthony Fauci, M.D., Viking, $36, 9780593657478
- Somehow: Thoughts on Love – Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $22, 9780593714416
- Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World – Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $27, 9780385549936
- Places We Swim California: The Best Beaches, Rock Pools, Waterfalls, Rivers, Gorges, Lakes, and Hot Springs – Caroline Clements, Dillon Seitchik-Reardon, Hardie Grant Explore, $35, 9781741178296
- The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness – Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow – Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
- It Ends with Us – Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781668055960
- The Midnight Library – Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
- A Court of Thorns and Roses – Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
- The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
- My Brilliant Friend – Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609455064
- Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $17, 9781400078776
- Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20, 9780593135228
- Trust – Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324
- The Iliad – Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324076148
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17, 9781501161933
- The Pairing – Casey McQuiston, St. Martin’s Griffin, $20, 9781250862747
- Circe – Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
- The Housemaid – Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
- Five Days in Bogotá – Linda Moore, She Writes Press, $18.95, 9781647426125
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession – Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
- The Backyard Bird Chronicles – Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
- The Truths We Hold – Kamala Harris, Penguin, $20, 9780525560739
- Crying in H Mart: A Memoir – Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
- All About Love: New Visions – bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
- Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays – Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386
- The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017 – Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
- The White Album: Essays – Joan Didion, FSG, $18, 9780374532079
- The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition – Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20, 9780143129257
- Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals – Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250849359
- Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics) – Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11, 9780812968255
- Poverty, by America – Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20, 9780593239933
- The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom – Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
- A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy – Nathan Thrall, Metropolitan Books, $18.99, 9781250854964
- I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: Conversations with My Psychiatrist – Baek Sehee, Anton Hur (Transl.), Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.99, 9781639732043
MASS MARKET
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
- Fire & Blood – George R. R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780593598016
- 1984 – George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
- Jurassic Park – Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345538987
- Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $9.99, 9781451621709
- Hyperion – Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686
- Slaughterhouse-Five – Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
- And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
- The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
- True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart – Thich Nhat Hanh, Shambhala, $6.99, 9781590304044
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- Good Night California – Adam Gamble, Harvey Stevenson (Illus.), Good Night Books, $9.95, 9781602190214
- Goodnight Moon – Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
- Guess How Much I Love You – Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210637
- Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography – Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
- The Dictionary Story – Oliver Jeffers, Sam Winston, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536235500
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
- Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
- The Octopus Escapes – Maile Meloy, Felicita Sala (Illus.), G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593533970
- Bluey: The Beach – Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593226094
- The Yellow Bus – Loren Long, Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250903136
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- The Grandest Game – Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316481014
- Five Survive – Holly Jackson, Ember, $14.99, 9780593374191
- Because of Winn-Dixie – Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536214352
- Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 – Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
- Powerless – Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
- The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues – Beth Lincoln, Claire Powell (Illus.), Dutton Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780593533260
- The Lost Library – Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810
- The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Clarion Books, $12.99, 9780156012195
- Cloud Puppy – Kelly Leigh Miller, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781665932127
- Such Charming Liars – Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593485057
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Jeff Kinney, Amulet
- 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
- Who Was/Is…? – Kirsten Anderson, Manuel Gutierrez (Illus.), Penguin Workshop
- InvestiGators – John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
- The Bad Guys – Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
- Cat Kid Comic Club – Dav Pilkey, Graphix
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians – Rick Riordan, Hyperion
- Belladonna – Adalyn Grace, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
