Here Are Current Bestsellers at Southern California’s Independent Bookstores

Published on Jan 20, 2025

Number One in Hardcover Fiction Small Things Like These:,by Claire Keegan,
published by Grove Press.

Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday,January 12, 2025. 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. Small Things Like These
    Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
  2. Intermezzo
    Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635
  3. All Fours
    Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
  4. James
    Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
  5. The God of the Woods
    Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
  6. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
    Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35, 9780593801970
  7. The Women
    Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633
  8. The Ministry of Time
    Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145
  9. The Wedding People
    Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
  10. Creation Lake
    Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521
  11. Playground
    Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031
  12. Playworld
    Adam Ross, Knopf, $29, 9780385351294
  13. Wind and Truth
    Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $39.99, 9781250319180
  14. All the Colors of the Dark
    Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30, 9780593798874
  15. Dungeon Crawler Carl
    Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30, 9780593820247

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

  1. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
    Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764
  2. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
    Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
  3. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
    James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
  4. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
    Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
  5. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
    Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27, 9780374611996
  6. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About
    Mel Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366
  7. Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life’s Purpose
    Martha Beck, The Open Field, $30, 9780593656389
  8. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
    Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35, 9780593734223
  9. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
    Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
  10. Brothers
    Alex Van Halen, Harper, $32, 9780063265707
  11. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
    Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805
  12. Postmortem: What Survives the John Wayne Gacy Murders
    Courtney Lund O’Neil, Citadel, $29, 9780806542997
  13. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
    Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
  14. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
    David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
  15. We All Shine On: John, Yoko, and Me
    Elliot Mintz, Dutton, $32, 9780593475553

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

  1. Orbital
    Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
  2. Martyr!
    Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
  3. You Dreamed of Empires
    Álvaro Enrigue, Riverhead Books, $18, 9780593544808
  4. The Vegetarian
    Han Kang, Hogarth, $17, 9781101906118
  5. The Alchemist
    Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007
  6. The Frozen River
    Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
  7. My Brilliant Friend
    Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $18, 9781609450786
  8. The Midnight Library
    Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
  9. Hello Beautiful
    Ann Napolitano, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593243756
  10. Fourth Wing
    Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
  11. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
    Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
  12. Circe
    Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
  13. A Little Life
    Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707
  14. The Housemaid
    Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
  15. North Woods
    Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

  1. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
    Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
  2. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
    Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
  3. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
    Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
  4. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
    Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
  5. Greenlights
    Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158
  6. All About Love: New Visions
    bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
  7. The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
    Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20, 9780143129257
  8. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
    Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
  9. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
    Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
  10. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
    Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
  11. Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
    Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386
  12. Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
    Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593449240
  13. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose
    Eckhart Tolle, Penguin Life, $18, 9780452289963
  14. How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11)
    Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9780984627110
  15. What the Bears Know: How I Found Truth and Magic in America’s Most Misunderstood Creatures
    Steve Searles, Chris Erskine, Pegasus Books, $19.95, 9781639367832

MASS MARKET

  1. Animal Farm
    George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
  2. Dune
    Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
  3. The Great Gatsby
    F.Scott Fitzgerald, Pocket, $9.99, 9781982146702
  4. The Name of the Wind
    Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
  5. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
  6. Pride and Prejudice
    Jane Austen, Bantam Classics, $5.95, 9780553213102
  7. 1984
    George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
  8. Mistborn: The Final Empire
    Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
  9. The Well of Ascension
    Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572
  10. Hyperion
    Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

  1. Girls on the Rise
    Amanda Gorman, Loveis Wise (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593624180
  2. Goodnight Moon
    Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
  3. Grumpy Monkey
    Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $8.99, 9780593123997
  4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
    Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
  5. Dragon’s First Taco
    Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178
  6. I Am Glinda (Universal Pictures Wicked) (Little Golden Book)
    Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896884
  7. Knight Owl and Early Bird
    Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526
  8. I Like Your Chutzpah: And Other Yiddish Words You’ll Like
    Suzy Ultman, Rise x Penguin Workshop, $9.99, 9780593751916
  9. All the World
    Liz Garton Scanlon, Marla Frazee (Illus.), Little Simon, $8.99, 9781481431217
  10. Good Night, Gorilla
    Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

  1. Heavenly Tyrant
    Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $20.99, 9780735269989
  2. Impossible Creatures
    Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
  3. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
    Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
  4. The Bletchley Riddle
    Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
  5. Breath of the Dragon: Breathmarked
    Fonda Lee, Shannon Lee, Wednesday Books, $21, 9781250902672
  6. The One and Only Bob
    Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324
  7. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
    Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
  8. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    Roald Dahl, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410318
  9. Drama: A Graphic Novel
    Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
  10. A Study in Drowning (Collector’s Deluxe Limited Edition)
    Ava Reid, HarperCollins, $21.99, 9780063419414

CHILDREN'S SERIES

  1. Dog Man
    Dav Pilkey, Graphix
  2. The Wild Robot
    Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
    Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
  4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
    Rick Riordan, Hyperion
  5. Elephant & Piggie
    Mo Willems, Hyperion
  6. Wings of Fire
    Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
  7. Track
    Jason Reynolds, Atheneum
  8. Keeper of the Lost Cities
    Shannon Messenger, Aladdin
  9. Heartstopper
    Alice Oseman, Graphix
  10. Magic Tree House
    Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers

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