
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
- Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741 - Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635 - All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265 - James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369 - The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918 - The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35, 9780593801970 - The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633 - The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145 - The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576 - Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521 - Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031 - Playworld
Adam Ross, Knopf, $29, 9780385351294 - Wind and Truth
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $39.99, 9781250319180 - All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30, 9780593798874 - Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30, 9780593820247
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764 - The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886 - Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292 - The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240 - Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27, 9780374611996 - 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 - Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life’s Purpose
Martha Beck, The Open Field, $30, 9780593656389 - Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35, 9780593734223 - The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581 - Brothers
Alex Van Halen, Harper, $32, 9780063265707 - Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805 - Postmortem: What Survives the John Wayne Gacy Murders
Courtney Lund O’Neil, Citadel, $29, 9780806542997 - Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598 - The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260 - We All Shine On: John, Yoko, and Me
Elliot Mintz, Dutton, $32, 9780593475553
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622 - Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778 - You Dreamed of Empires
Álvaro Enrigue, Riverhead Books, $18, 9780593544808 - The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $17, 9781101906118 - The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007 - The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070 - My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $18, 9781609450786 - The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498 - Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593243756 - Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371 - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490 - Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323 - A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707 - The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570 - North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456 - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131 - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560 - Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158 - All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 - The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20, 9780143129257 - Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791 - The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310 - All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310 - Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386 - Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593449240 - A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose
Eckhart Tolle, Penguin Life, $18, 9780452289963 - 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
Steve Searles, Chris Erskine, Pegasus Books, $19.95, 9781639367832
MASS MARKET
- Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 - Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340 - The Great Gatsby
F.Scott Fitzgerald, Pocket, $9.99, 9781982146702 - The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741 - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803 - Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Bantam Classics, $5.95, 9780553213102 - 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935 - Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 - The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572 - Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- Girls on the Rise
Amanda Gorman, Loveis Wise (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593624180 - Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 - Grumpy Monkey
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $8.99, 9780593123997 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 - Dragon’s First Taco
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178 - I Am Glinda (Universal Pictures Wicked) (Little Golden Book)
Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896884 - Knight Owl and Early Bird
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526 - I Like Your Chutzpah: And Other Yiddish Words You’ll Like
Suzy Ultman, Rise x Penguin Workshop, $9.99, 9780593751916 - All the World
Liz Garton Scanlon, Marla Frazee (Illus.), Little Simon, $8.99, 9781481431217 - Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- Heavenly Tyrant
Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $20.99, 9780735269989 - Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860 - The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457 - The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542 - Breath of the Dragon: Breathmarked
Fonda Lee, Shannon Lee, Wednesday Books, $21, 9781250902672 - The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324 - The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410318 - Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897 - A Study in Drowning (Collector’s Deluxe Limited Edition)
Ava Reid, HarperCollins, $21.99, 9780063419414
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix - The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams - Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion - Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion - Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic - Track
Jason Reynolds, Atheneum - Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin - Heartstopper
Alice Oseman, Graphix - Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers