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,December 22, 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 - Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635 - All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265 - Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741 - The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35, 9780593801970 - The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633 - The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918 - Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28, 9780593537619 - Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031 - The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576 - Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30, 9780593446096 - Wind and Truth
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $39.99, 9781250319180 - Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521 - The Waiting
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $30, 9780316563796 - The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328137
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34, 9780593799895 - Cher: The Memoir, Part One
Cher, Dey Street Books, $36, 9780062863102 - The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240 - Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35, 9780593320969 - The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30, 9780593230381 - Didion and Babitz
Lili Anolik, Scribner, $29.99, 9781668065488 - Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805 - Carson the Magnificent
Bill Zehme, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781451645279 - The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260 - The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764 - Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35, 9780593734223 - The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886 - What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts)
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $35, 9781668055687 - The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
Griffin Dunne, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593652824 - Sonny Boy: A Memoir
Al Pacino, Penguin Press, $35, 9780593655115
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622 - Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984 - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490 - North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040 - Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20, 9780593135228 - The Best American Short Stories 2024
Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063275959 - My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609455064 - The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384 - The Hunter
Tana French, Penguin, $19, 9780593493458 - Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371 - The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17, 9781501161933 - A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569 - The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070 - Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593243756
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131 - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114 - The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456 - Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20, 9780307279286 - All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310 - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560 - All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 - World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $22, 9780062802767 - The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20, 9780143129257 - Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158 - The Eater Guide to Los Angeles (Eater City Guide)
Eater, Abrams Image, $19.99, 9781419765827 - The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741 - How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9780984627110 - What the Bears Know: How I Found Truth and Magic in America’s Most Misunderstood Creatures—A Memoir by Animal Planet’s “The Bear Whisperer”
Steve Searles, Chris Erskine, Pegasus Books, $19.95, 9781639367832 - Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
MASS MARKET
- The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 - The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741 - Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 - 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935 - Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296 - Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686 - Small Gods: A Novel of Discworld
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062237378 - The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125 - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803 - God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383 - The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780544580145 - How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767 - The Bakery Dragon
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968 - Santa’s First Christmas
Mac Barnett, Sydney Smith (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593524978 - Jan Brett’s The Nutcracker
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593109823 - Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801 - Knight Owl and Early Bird
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526 - Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926 - A Mouse Called Julian
Joe Todd-Stanton, Flying Eye Books, $9.99, 9781838742140
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860 - The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542 - Stella & Marigold
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $15.99, 9781797219707 - How to Fool Your Parents: 25 Brain-Breaking Magic Tricks
David Kwong, Michael Korfhage (Illus.), HarperCollins, $12.99, 9780063140585 - Orris and Timble: The Beginning
Kate DiCamillo, Carmen Mok (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536222791 - Charlotte’s Web
E. B. White, HarperCollins, $10.99, 9780064400558 - The Sherlock Society
James Ponti, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665932530 - A Rover’s Story
Jasmine Warga, Balzer + Bray, $9.99, 9780063113930 - The Squad: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315 - The Last Dragon on Mars
Scott Reintgen, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665946513
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin - Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams - Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix - The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion - Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic - Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Graphix - Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers - The First Cat in Space
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), HarperAlley - Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
