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,July 7, 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
- The God of the Woods
- Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
- All Fours
- Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
- Funny Story
- Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441282
- The Midnight Feast
- Lucy Foley, William Morrow, $30, 9780063003101
- The Women
- Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633
- Table for Two: Fictions
- Amor Towles, Viking, $32, 9780593296370
- Good Material
- Dolly Alderton, Knopf, $28, 9780593801307
- Same As It Ever Was
- Claire Lombardo, Doubleday, $30, 9780385549554
- The Paris Novel
- Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29, 9780812996302
- Eruption
- Michael Crichton, James Patterson, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316565073
- The Ministry of Time
- Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145
- All the Colors of the Dark
- Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30, 9780593798874
- Parade
- Rachel Cusk, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27, 9780374610043
- Martyr!
- Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28, 9780593537619
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
- Griffin Dunne, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593652824
- The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
- Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
- The Creative Act: A Way of Being
- Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
- The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
- Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
- On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service
- Anthony Fauci, M.D., Viking, $36, 9780593657478
- An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
- Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982108663
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
- David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
- The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI
- Ray Kurzweil, Viking, $35, 9780399562761
- Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
- Kathleen Hanna, Ecco, $29.99, 9780062825230
- Somehow: Thoughts on Love
- Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $22, 9780593714416
- Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell
- Ann Powers, Dey Street Books, $35, 9780062463722
- When Breath Becomes Air
- Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $26, 9780812988406
- Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius
- Carrie Courogen, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250279224
- A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
- Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $32.50, 9781501183058
- The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security
- Scott Galloway, Portfolio, $32, 9780593714027
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
- Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
- A Court of Thorns and Roses
- Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
- Beach Read
- Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
- Happy Place
- Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441190
- Just for the Summer
- Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431
- Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
- Lisa See, Scribner, $18.99, 9781982117092
- Wellness
- Nathan Hill, Vintage, $19, 9780593469835
- The Idiot
- Elif Batuman, Penguin, $18, 9780143111061
- Play It As It Lays
- Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374529949
- Not in Love
- Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $19, 9780593550427
- The Midnight Library
- Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
- Trust
- Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324
- The Guest
- Emma Cline, Random House, $18, 9780812988031
- A Court of Frost and Starlight
- Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17, 9781635575620
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17, 9781501161933
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
- Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
- All About Love: New Visions
- bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
- The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017
- Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
- Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
- Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
- The White Album: Essays
- Joan Didion, FSG, $18, 9780374532079
- World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
- Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $22, 9780062802767
- How to Sit (Mindfulness Essentials #1)
- Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781937006587
- The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
- Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
- How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5)
- Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781941529089
- The Eater Guide to Los Angeles (Eater City Guide)
- Eater, Abrams Image, $19.99, 9781419765827
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
- Erik Larson, Vintage, $18, 9780375725609
- Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles
- Rosecrans Baldwin, Picador, $19, 9781250849199
- Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir
- Matthew Perry, Flatiron Books, $18.99, 9781250866455
- The Backyard Bird Chronicles
- Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
- Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
- Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386
MASS MARKET
- 1984
- George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
- Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
- Children of Dune
- Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
- Mistborn: The Final Empire
- Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
- The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories
- Oscar Wilde, Signet, $4.95, 9780451530455
- The Hobbit
- J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
- Dune Messiah
- Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
- Slaughterhouse-Five
- Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
- Dune
- Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
- The Name of the Wind
- Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- Goodnight Moon
- Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
- Bluey: The Pool
- Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685
- Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden
- Christy Mandin, Cartwheel Books, $18.99, 9781339023274
- Hot Dog
- Doug Salati, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593308431
- Knight Owl
- Christopher Denise, Christopher Denise (Illus.), Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
- Good Night California
- Adam Gamble, Harvey Stevenson (Illus.), Good Night Books, $9.95, 9781602190214
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
- The Yellow Bus
- Loren Long, Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250903136
- Madeline
- Ludwig Bemelmans, Viking, $9.99, 9780670014071
- The Octopus Escapes
- Maile Meloy, Felicita Sala (Illus.), G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593533970
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- The One and Only Family
- Katherine Applegate, Harper, $19.99, 9780063221123
- Reckless
- Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665955430
- Five Survive
- Holly Jackson, Ember, $14.99, 9780593374191
- Pride and Prejudice
- Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17, 9780593622452
- Ghosts: A Graphic Novel
- Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801903
- Drama: A Graphic Novel
- Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
- Pocket Peaches
- Dora Wang, Andrews McMeel Publishing, $11.99, 9781524878641
- Orris and Timble: The Beginning
- Kate DiCamillo, Carmen Mok (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536222791
- The Deep Dark: A Graphic Novel
- Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $16.99, 9781338839999
- The Reappearance of Rachel Price
- Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Dog Man
- Dav Pilkey, Graphix
- The Bad Guys
- Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
- A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
- Holly Jackson, Ember
- The Hunger Games
- Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- Jeff Kinney, Amulet
- Who Was/Is…?
- Kirsten Anderson, Gregory Copeland (Illus.), Penguin Workshop
- Harry Potter
- J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians
- Rick Riordan, Hyperion
- Wild Robot
- Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Spy School
- Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
