Here Are Current Bestsellers at Southern California’s Independent Bookstores

Published on Sep 16, 2024

Number One in Hardcover Fiction The Life Impossible:by Matt Haig,
published by Viking.

Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday,September 8, 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 Life Impossible
    Matt Haig, Viking, $30, 9780593489277
  2. Creation Lake
    Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521
  3. All Fours
    Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
  4. Colored Television
    Danzy Senna, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593544372
  5. James
    Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
  6. Blue Sisters
    Coco Mellors, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593723760
  7. Death at the Sign of the Rook
    Kate Atkinson, Doubleday, $30, 9780385547994
  8. Long Island Compromise
    Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Random House, $30, 9780593133491
  9. We’ll Prescribe You a Cat
    Syou Ishida, E.Madison Shimoda (Transl.), Berkley, $25, 9780593818749
  10. The Women
    Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633
  11. There Are Rivers in the Sky
    Elif Shafak, Knopf, $30, 9780593801710
  12. Martyr!
    Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28, 9780593537619
  13. The Ministry of Time
    Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145
  14. The Seventh Veil of Salome
    Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780593600269
  15. Small Rain
    Garth Greenwell, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28, 9780374279547

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

  1. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
    Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
  2. Dynamic Drive: The Purpose-Fueled Formula for Sustainable Success
    Molly Fletcher, Hachette Go, $30, 9780306834196
  3. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
    Griffin Dunne, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593652824
  4. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
    Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
  5. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
    David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
  6. The Art of Power: My Story as America’s First Woman Speaker of the House
    Nancy Pelosi, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668048047
  7. The Reset Mindset: Get Unstuck, Focus on What Matters Most, and Reach Your Goals Faster
    Penny Zenker, Amplify Publishing, $19.95, 9798891382299
  8. Lovely One: A Memoir
    Ketanji Brown Jackson, Random House, $35, 9780593729908
  9. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
    Nate Silver, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594204128
  10. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
    Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $22, 9780593714416
  11. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
    Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
  12. Upworthy – GOOD PEOPLE: Stories From the Best of Humanity
    Gabriel Reilich, Lucia Knell, National Geographic, $28, 9781426223464
  13. Rebel: Find Yourself by Not Following the Crowd
    Graham Cochrane, Matt Holt, $25, 9781637745656
  14. Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health
    Casey Means, M.D., Avery, $32, 9780593712641
  15. Experiencing the American Dream: How to Invest Your Time, Energy, and Money to Create an Extraordinary Life
    Mark Matson, Wiley, $29.95, 9781394262045

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

  1. Demon Copperhead
    Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
  2. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
    Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
  3. My Brilliant Friend
    Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609455064
  4. The Midnight Library
    Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
  5. Babel
    R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20, 9780063021433
  6. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
    Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17, 9781501161933
  7. A Little Life
    Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707
  8. The Alchemist
    Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007
  9. Pachinko
    Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781455563920
  10. Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, The Flesh, and L.A.
    Eve Babitz, NYRB Classics, $16.95, 9781681370088
  11. Edge of the Known World
    Sheri T. Joseph, SparkPress, $18.99, 9781684632626
  12. The Bee Sting
    Paul Murray, Picador, $20, 9781250338259
  13. The Secret History
    Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18, 9781400031702
  14. A Court of Thorns and Roses
    Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
  15. Trust
    Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

  1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
    Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
  2. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
    Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
  3. The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
    Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
  4. All About Love: New Visions
    bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
  5. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
    Michael Lewis, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324105817
  6. The Truths We Hold
    Kamala Harris, Penguin, $20, 9780525560739
  7. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
    Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
  8. Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
    Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386
  9. The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
    Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20, 9780143129257
  10. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
    Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
  11. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
    Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
  12. Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being
    Neil Theise, Spiegel & Grau, $20, 9781954118676
  13. Stay True: A Memoir
    Hua Hsu, Vintage, $17, 9780593315200
  14. The Year of Magical Thinking
    Joan Didion, Vintage, $18, 9781400078431
  15. The Warmth of Other Suns
    Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $20, 9780679763888

MASS MARKET

  1. 1984
    George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
  2. Animal Farm
    George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
  3. Hyperion
    Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686
  4. Lord of the Flies
    William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
  5. The Name of the Wind
    Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
  6. It Can’t Happen Here
    Sinclair Lewis, Signet, $9.99, 9780451465641
  7. Dune
    Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
  8. A Raisin in the Sun
    Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $8.95, 9780679755333
  9. The Well of Ascension
    Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318572
  10. The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
    Edgar Allan Poe, Signet, $5.95, 9780451530318

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

  1. Goodnight Moon
    Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
  2. Good Night Thoughts
    Max Greenfield, James Serafino (Illus.), G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593697894
  3. Room on the Broom
    Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
  4. Bluey: Queens
    Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593750872
  5. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
    Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
  6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
    Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
  7. Cookie Time
    Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665936743
  8. The Dictionary Story
    Oliver Jeffers, Sam Winston, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536235500
  9. Corduroy
    Don Freeman, Viking Children’s Books, $7.99, 9780451470799
  10. ABCs of California
    Sandra Magsamen, Hometown World, $12.99, 9781728243283

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

  1. Unico: Awakening (Volume 1): An Original Manga
    Tezuka Osamu, Samuel Sattin, Gurihiru (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781339036335
  2. Celestial Monsters
    Aiden Thomas, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250822086
  3. The Deep Dark: A Graphic Novel
    Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $16.99, 9781338839999
  4. A Banh Mi for Two
    Trinity Nguyen, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $12.99, 9781250910837
  5. Compound Fracture
    Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636121
  6. Finally Seen
    Kelly Yang, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9781534488342
  7. A Wolf Called Wander
    Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $9.99, 9780062895943
  8. The Frindle Files
    Andrew Clements, Random House Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780399557637
  9. A Wrinkle in Time
    Madeleine L’Engle, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250153272
  10. Such Charming Liars
    Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593485057

CHILDREN'S SERIES

  1. The Wild Robot
    Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  2. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
    Rick Riordan, Hyperion
  3. Dog Man
    Dav Pilkey, Graphix
  4. The Bad Guys
    Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
  5. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
    Holly Jackson, Ember
  6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
    Jeff Kinney, Amulet
  7. The Princess in Black
    Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick
  8. Elephant & Piggie
    Mo Willems, Hyperion
  9. Harry Potter
    J. K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
  10. Magic Tree House
    Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers

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