Number One in Hardcover Fiction: Intermezzo:by Sally Rooney,
published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday,October 6th, 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
- Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635 - Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031 - James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369 - All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265 - The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Viking, $30, 9780593489277 - We Solve Murders
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653227 - Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30, 9780593446096 - The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918 - The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633 - Colored Television
Danzy Senna, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593544372 - Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250881205 - Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521 - The Mighty Red
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $32, 9780063277052 - The Empusium
Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Transl.), Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593712948 - Here One Moment
Liane Moriarty, Crown, $30, 9780593798607
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34, 9780593799895 - The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30, 9780593230381 - Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35, 9780593734223 - Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805 - On Freedom
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $32, 9780593728727 - The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886 - The Coming Golden Age: 31 Ways to Be Kingdom Ready
David Jeremiah, Thomas Nelson, $29.99, 9780785252382 - Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668017234 - Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
Gillian Anderson, Abrams Press, $28, 9781419777295 - Connie: A Memoir
Connie Chung, Grand Central Publishing, $32.50, 9781538766989 - Lovely One: A Memoir
Ketanji Brown Jackson, Random House, $35, 9780593729908 - Heal Your Gut, Save Your Brain: The Five Pillars of Enhancing Your Gut and Optimizing Your Cognitive Health
Partha Nandi, Mayo Clinic Press, $28.99, 9798887701790 - I’m Still Here: A Dog’s Purpose Forever
Cathryn Michon, Seth Taylor (Illus.), Andrews McMeel Publishing, $19.99, 9781524893811 - The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir
Kelly Bishop, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781668023778 - What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, One World, $34, 9780593229361
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984 - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490 - Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371 - The Bee Sting
Paul Murray, Picador, $20, 9781250338259 - North Woods: A Novel
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040 - The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570 - The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987 - The MANIAC
Benjamin Labatut, Penguin Books, $18, 9780593654491 - My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609455064 - The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Amor Towles (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Vintage, $19, 9780593470619 - A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569 - The Crescent Moon Tearoom
Stacy Sivinski, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781668058398 - Normal People
Sally Rooney, Crown, $17, 9781984822185 - Big Swiss
Jen Beagin, Scribner, $17, 9781982153090 - Mother-Daughter Murder Night
Nina Simon, William Morrow Paperbacks, $18.99, 9780063315051
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131 - The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741 - Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Picador, $20, 9781250338143 - All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 - The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20, 9780143129257 - The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456 - How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9780984627110 - The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
Douglas Brunt, Atria Books, $19.99, 9781982169916 - The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310 - Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $20, 9781524746742 - Hillbilly Elegy
J. D. Vance, Harper, $18.99, 9780062300553 - Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20, 9780307279286 - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560 - 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 - What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $19, 9780593298909
MASS MARKET
- Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340 - 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 - Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686 - Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345337665 - The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741 - The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories
Oscar Wilde, Signet, $6.95, 9780451530455 - And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488 - Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Plata Publishing, $9.99, 9781612681139 - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400 - Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409 - Construction Site: Garbage Crew to the Rescue!
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781797226552 - Room on the Broom Special Edition
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593859926 - The Bakery Dragon
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968 - Grumpy Monkey Don’t Be Scared
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $10.99, 9780593486955 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 - The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything: A Halloween Book for Kids
Linda Williams, Megan Lloyd (Illus.), Harper, $9.99, 9780064431835 - I Love Boo! A Spooky Halloween Countdown!
Sandra Magsamen, Cartwheel Books, $9.99, 9781339043241 - Grumpy Monkey Play All Day
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $19.99, 9780593709283 - Trick-or-Treat! (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $6.99, 9781546115816
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860 - Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665947138 - The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science
Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316554732 - Mouse and His Dog
Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250345004 - Spy School Entrance Exam: A Spy School Book of Devious Word Searches, Clever Crosswords, Sly Sudoku, and Other Top Secret Puzzles!
Stuart Gibbs, Jeff Chen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9781665951364 - Heir
Sabaa Tahir, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780593616949 - The Hotel Balzaar
Kate DiCamillo, Júlia Sardŕ (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536223316 - The Giver
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544340688 - Out of My Dreams
Sharon M. Draper, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $18.99, 9781665949545 - Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion - The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick - Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix - Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Graphix - Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet - Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin - InvestiGators
John Patrick Green, First Second - I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Brian Churilla (Illus.), Scholastic
