Number One in Hardcover Fiction:Yesteryear (Indies Introduce):Caro Claire Burke, published by Knopf.
Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday,August 9, 2026. 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
- Yesteryear (Indies Introduce)
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593804216 - Whistler
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063511637 - The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812 - Cool Machine (The Harlem Trilogy #3)
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385550505 - The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $29.00, 9798217154746 - The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28.00, 9780593798430 - Land
Maggie O’Farrell, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593320648 - A Trade of Blood (Ana and Din Mysteries #3)
Robert Jackson Bennett, Del Rey, $32.00, 9780593723852 - Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802165176 - Villa Coco
Andrew Sean Greer, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385551977 - Etna
Paul Yoon, Scribner, $28.00, 9781668020821 - John of John
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802167194 - Country People
Daniel Mason, Random House, $30.00, 9798217197453 - Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28.00, 9780374619237 - The Shampoo Effect
Jenny Jackson, Pamela Dorman Books, $30.00, 9798217059959
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Simon & Schuster, $34.00, 9781668067246 - The Land and Its People: Essays
David Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316264839 - Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30.00, 9780593733318 - Biological War: A Scenario
Annie Jacobsen, Dutton, $33.00, 9798217046034 - Inner Propaganda: Leading Hearts and Minds Through Turbulent Times
Owen Fitzpatrick, Ideapress Publishing, $28.95, 9781646872442 - Famesick: A Memoir
Lena Dunham, Random House, $32.00, 9780593129326 - Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13.00, 9781538778005 - The Power of Caring: Who Cares, Why It Matters, and How Conscious Caring Creates a Fulfilling and Connected Life
Dr. Tony Nader, Hay House LLC, $27.99, 9798318617461 - London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533 - Inviting Genius: How Good Leaders Use Conflict to Become Great
Matthew Abrams, Merack Publishing, $25.99, 9781964421186 - The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593652886 - The Little Frog’s Guide to Life: Love, Advice and Inspiration for Every Day from the Internet’s Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837994731 - Our Wild Familiars: How Animals Are Adapting to Cities and Reshaping the Natural World
Dan Werb, Crown, $30.00, 9780593799635 - The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
Jane Goodall, Douglas Abrams, Celadon Books, $29.00, 9781250784094 - Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28.00, 9780525556572
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20.00, 9780593820254 - Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781668236512 - Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9798217299461 - I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600 - The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Holt Paperbacks, $18.99, 9781250899552 - Stoner
John Williams, NYRB Classics, $17.95, 9781590171998 - Carl’s Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl #2)
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $21.00, 9780593820278 - Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $19.99, 9780316556323 - The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007 - Angel Down
Daniel Kraus, Atria Books, $18.00, 9781668068519 - Red Rising
Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780345539809 - The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624 - East of Eden
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $25.00, 9780142004234 - The Emperor of Gladness
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780593831892 - Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593158739
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial IntelligenceŅBefore It’s Too Late
Cory Doctorow, MCD, $18.00, 9780374621568 - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22.00, 9781571313560 - The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $18.00, 9781878424310 - The Wisdom of the Odyssey: Twenty-Four Life Lessons from Homer’s Epic
Phil Cousineau, New World Library, $19.95, 9781955831277 - A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $22.00, 9781501183065 - Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060899226 - Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18.00, 9780374531386 - Meditations: A New Translation
Marcus Aurelius, Gregory Hays (Trans.), Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255 - Too L.A.: Letters Never Sent (But Some Were)
Eve Babitz, New York Review Books, $18.95, 9781681379593 - I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831 - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14.00, 9780804190114 - A Marriage at Sea (Indies Introduce)
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $20.00, 9780593854297 - Salt
Mark Kurlansky, Penguin, $19.00, 9780142001615 - Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles
Rosecrans Baldwin, Picador, $19.00, 9781250849199 - Baldwin: A Love Story
Nicholas Boggs, Picador, $23.00, 9781250437754
MASS MARKET
- Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451526342 - 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935 - The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488 - Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 - The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 - A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716 - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803 - The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835 - Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $13.00, 9780399501487 - Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $12.99, 9780345538987
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 - Madeline
Ludwig Bemelmans, Viking, $9.99, 9780670014071 - Summer Pops Up!
Aurore Petit, Phaidon Press, $9.95, 9781837292073 - Guess How Much I Love You
Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210637 - Baby Otter: Finger Puppet Book (Baby Animal Finger Puppets #24)
Yu-Hsuan Huang (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $8.99, 9781797205663 - But I’m a Pumpkin!: A Summerween Story
Kat Choppy, Heidi Moreno (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9798217122509 - The Skeleton and the Cat
Brandon James Scott, HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063455887 - Pop-Up Peekaboo! Seashore: A Beachy Surprise Under Every Flap!
DK Children, $14.99, 9798217138470 - Grumpy Monkey Board Book
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $8.99, 9780593123997
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Storytide, $10.99, 9780062991324 - A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L’Engle, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250153272 - The Baby-sitters Club Fan Edition: Baby-sitter Summer
Ann M. Martin, Becky Albertalli, Coe Booth, Scholastic Inc., $14.99, 9781546171379 - The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $8.99, 9780394820378 - KPop Demon Hunters: The Movie in Comics: The Official Retelling in Comic Form
Random House Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9798217234301 - Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Special Edition)
Stephen Chbosky, Simon Pulse, $15.99, 9781665982412 - Cat Loaf Adventures Volume 1
kat.ariyn, Graphix, $14.99, 9798225019624 - The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Yearling, $14.99, 9781524764234 - Odder: The Novel
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250423429
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781546171607 - Heartstopper #6: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $19.99, 9781546102441 - Warriors Graphic Novel: The New Prophecy, Part One of Three
Erin Hunter, Gibson Twist, Sammy Savos (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063450882 - One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $12.99, 9781524714758 - Into the Wild (Warriors, #1)
Erin Hunter, Harper, $9.99, 9780062366962 - The Dream Thieves: The Graphic Novel (The Raven Cycle: The Graphic Novels #2)
Maggie Stiefvater, Sas Milledge, Sas Milledge (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780593621233 - Dog Man: Big Jim Believes
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $15.99, 9781546176183 - The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781665922074 - Team Up! (Disney/Pixar Toy Story 5) (Step into Reading, Step 3)
Cynthea Liu, Disney Storybook Art Team (Illus.), Step into Reading, $5.99, 9780736446303 - InvestiGators: Weather or Not
John Patrick Green, First Second, $12.99, 9781250357915
