Here Are Current Bestsellers at Southern California’s Independent Bookstores

Published on Jul 8, 2024

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,June 30, 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

  1. James
    Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
  2. The Women
    Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633
  3. The Midnight Feast
    Lucy Foley, William Morrow, $30, 9780063003101
  4. The Ministry of Time
    Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145
  5. Funny Story
    Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441282
  6. Sandwich
    Catherine Newman, Harper, $26.99, 9780063345164
  7. Table for Two: Fictions
    Amor Towles, Viking, $32, 9780593296370
  8. All Fours
    Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
  9. Same As It Ever Was
    Claire Lombardo, Doubleday, $30, 9780385549554
  10. All the Colors of the Dark
    Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30, 9780593798874
  11. Middle of the Night
    Riley Sager, Dutton, $30, 9780593472378
  12. North Woods
    Daniel Mason, Random House, $28, 9780593597033
  13. The Paris Novel
    Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29, 9780812996302
  14. Eruption
    Michael Crichton, James Patterson, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316565073
  15. Lies and Weddings
    Kevin Kwan, Doubleday, $29, 9780385546294

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

  1. On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service
    Anthony Fauci, M.D., Viking, $36, 9780593657478
  2. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
    Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
  3. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
    Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
  4. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
    Griffin Dunne, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593652824
  5. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
    Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
  6. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
    Bill Maher, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668051351
  7. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
    Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $22, 9780593714416
  8. Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps
    Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, Zando-Crooked Media Reads, $28, 9781638931430
  9. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
    David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
  10. Inventing Paradise: The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles
    Paul Haddad, Santa Monica Press, $29.95, 9781595801272
  11. Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women
    Maggie Mertens, Algonquin Books, $30, 9781643753355
  12. The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI
    Ray Kurzweil, Viking, $35, 9780399562761
  13. The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise
    Olivia Laing, W. W. Norton & Company, $27.99, 9780393882001
  14. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion
    Julie Satow, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385548755
  15. The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
    Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman, Portfolio, $29, 9780735211735

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

  1. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
    Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
  2. Not in Love
    Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $19, 9780593550427
  3. A Court of Thorns and Roses
    Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
  4. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
    Lisa See, Scribner, $18.99, 9781982117092
  5. Play It As It Lays
    Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374529949
  6. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
    Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17, 9781501161933
  7. Happy Place
    Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441190
  8. Circe
    Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
  9. The Alchemist
    Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007
  10. This Summer Will Be Different
    Carley Fortune, Berkley, $19, 9780593638880
  11. A Court of Mist and Fury
    Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575583
  12. Just for the Summer
    Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431
  13. A Novel Love Story
    Ashley Poston, Berkley, $19, 9780593640975
  14. The Guest
    Emma Cline, Random House, $18, 9780812988031
  15. The Nightingale
    Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

  1. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
    Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
  2. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
    Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
  3. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
    Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
  4. Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
    Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11, 9780812968255
  5. All About Love: New Visions
    bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
  6. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds
    Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $19, 9780593298909
  7. Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice
    Cristina Rivera Garza, Hogarth, $18, 9780593244111
  8. The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
    Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19, 9780143129257
  9. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
    Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
  10. The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
    Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781668065969
  11. Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles
    Rosecrans Baldwin, Picador, $19, 9781250849199
  12. Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
    Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386
  13. The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
    Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
  14. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780062316110
  15. Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
    William Finnegan, Penguin, $19, 9780143109396

MASS MARKET

  1. Dune
    Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
  2. Mistborn: The Final Empire
    Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
  3. A Game of Thrones
    George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
  4. The Secret
    Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $10.99, 9781984818614
  5. Dune Messiah
    Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
  6. Jurassic Park
    Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345538987
  7. Animal Farm
    George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
  8. And Then There Were None
    Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
  9. 1984
    George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
  10. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
    J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

  1. Goodnight Moon
    Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
  2. Dragons Love Tacos
    Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
  3. Where the Wild Things Are
    Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
  4. Good Night, Gorilla
    Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
  5. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
    Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
  6. Good Night California
    Adam Gamble, Harvey Stevenson (Illus.), Good Night Books, $9.95, 9781602190214
  7. The Yellow Bus
    Loren Long, Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250903136
  8. Pat the Bunny
    Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
  9. Bluey: The Pool
    Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685
  10. Little Seed
    Benson Shum, Little Simon, $8.99, 9781665902946

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

  1. Swim School: A Bluey Storybook
    Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593752791
  2. Sisters: A Graphic Novel
    Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880
  3. The One and Only Family
    Katherine Applegate, Harper, $19.99, 9780063221123
  4. The Reappearance of Rachel Price
    Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207
  5. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
    Nicholas Day, Brett Helquist (Illus.), Random House Studio, $19.99, 9780593643846
  6. Charlotte’s Web
    E.B. White, Harper, $10.99, 9780064400558
  7. Sink or Swim: A Graphic Novel
    Veronica Agarwal, Lee Durfey-Lavoie, Random House Graphic, $14.99, 9781984897022
  8. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
    Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
  9. The Giver
    Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544340688
  10. Powerless
    Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884

CHILDREN'S SERIES

  1. Dog Man
    Dav Pilkey, Graphix
  2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
    Jeff Kinney, Amulet
  3. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
    Holly Jackson, Ember
  4. Legacy of Orïsha
    Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. BYR
  5. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
    Rick Riordan, Hyperion
  6. Five Nights at Freddy’s
    Scott Cawthon, Elley Cooper, Scholastic
  7. Wild Robot
    Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  8. The Hunger Games
    Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
  9. Cat Kid Comic Club
    Dav Pilkey, Graphix
  10. Wings of Fire
    Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic

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