Number One in Hardcover Fiction: Intermezzo:by Sally Rooney,
published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday,November 3rd, 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
- Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635 - The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328137 - Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031 - The Waiting
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $30, 9780316563796 - James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369 - Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521 - Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30, 9780593446096 - All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265 - Karla’s Choice: A John le Carré Novel
Nick Harkaway, Viking, $30, 9780593833490 - Colored Television
Danzy Senna, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593544372 - In Too Deep
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $30, 9780593725801 - The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918 - The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Viking, $30, 9780593489277 - The Blue Hour
Paula Hawkins, Mariner Books, $30, 9780063396524 - The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29, 9780812996302
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34, 9780593799895 - The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30, 9780593230381 - Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35, 9780593320969 - Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805 - Sonny Boy: A Memoir
Al Pacino, Penguin Press, $35, 9780593655115 - War
Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster, $32, 9781668052273 - Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35, 9780593734223 - Brothers
Alex Van Halen, Harper, $32, 9780063265707 - Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27, 9780374611996 - The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Sharon McMahon, Thesis, $32, 9780593541678 - The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886 - Ottolenghi Comfort: A Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi, Ten Speed Press, $37.99, 9780399581779 - Start Thinking Rich: 21 Harsh Truths to Take You from Broke to Financial Freedom
Brad Klontz, Adrian Brambila, Wiley, $29.95, 9781394276523 - A Few Words in Defense of Our Country: The Biography of Randy Newman
Robert Hilburn, Hachette Books, $34, 9780306834691 - From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir
Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough, Random House, $32, 9780593733875
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $17, 9781101906118 - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490 - Blackouts
Justin Torres, Picador, $20, 9781250338068 - My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609455064 - North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040 - Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984 - The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987 - The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18, 9781400031702 - On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin, $18, 9780525562047 - The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007 - Conclave
Robert Harris, Vintage, $18, 9780593689585 - The Nightmare Before Kissmas
Sara Raasch, Bramble, $19.99, 9781250333193 - The Best American Short Stories 2024
Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063275959 - A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569 - The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456 - The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741 - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780062316110 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131 - STEM for All: How to Connect, Create, and Cultivate STEM Education for All Learners
Leena Bakshi McLean, Jossey-Bass, $30, 9781394221448 - Sinéad O’Connor: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
Melville House, $19.99, 9781685891855 - The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20, 9780143129257 - All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 - Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $21.99, 9780063394230 - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560 - The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651 - They Called Us Enemy
George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, Harmony Becker (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $19.99, 9781603094504 - Driving Marilyn: The Life and Times of Legendary Hollywood Agent Norman Brokaw
Joel Brokaw, Lyons Press, $24.95, 9781493085934 - All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310 - Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
MASS MARKET
- Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 - Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 - 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 - The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488 - Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Plata Publishing, $9.99, 9781612681139 - Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345337665 - Carrie
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743664 - Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293 - The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories
Oscar Wilde, Signet, $6.95, 9780451530455 - ‘Salem’s Lot
Stephen King, Anchor, $10.99, 9780307743671
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- Knight Owl and Early Bird
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526 - Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409 - The Bakery Dragon
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968 - The Most Boring Book Ever
Brandon Sanderson, Kazu Kibuishi (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250843661 - Construction Site: A Thankful Night
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Helen Morgan (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797226729 - Five Silly Turkeys
Salina Yoon, Price Stern Sloan, $8.99, 9780843114164 - The Octopus Escapes
Maile Meloy, Felicita Sala (Illus.), G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593533970 - Creepy Pair of Underwear!
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781442402980 - Thanksgiving Is for Giving Thanks!
Margaret Sutherland, Sonja Lamut, Grosset & Dunlap, $5.99, 9780448422862 - Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860 - Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665947138 - The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332 - Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877 - The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542 - Spy School Entrance Exam: A Spy School Book of Devious Word Searches, Clever
Crosswords, Sly Sudoku, and Other Top Secret Puzzles!
Stuart Gibbs, Jeff Chen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9781665951364 - The Frindle Files
Andrew Clements, Random House Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780399557637 - For She Is Wrath
Emily Varga, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250877383 - Refugee
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9780545880831 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Abrams - Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Gabriella Chianello (Illus.), Aladdin - Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix - The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion - The Bad Guys
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic - Dork Diaries
Rachel Renée Russell, Aladdin - Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic - Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Graphix
