Here Are Current Bestsellers at Southern California’s Independent Bookstores

Published on Dec 2, 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,November 24, 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 City and Its Uncertain Walls
    Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35, 9780593801970
  3. Intermezzo
    Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635
  4. The God of the Woods
    Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
  5. The Grey Wolf
    Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328137
  6. All Fours
    Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
  7. Small Things Like These
    Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
  8. The Waiting
    Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $30, 9780316563796
  9. Playground
    Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031
  10. Tell Me Everything
    Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30, 9780593446096
  11. Creation Lake
    Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521
  12. Lazarus Man
    Richard Price, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374168155
  13. Karla’s Choice: A John le Carré Novel
    Nick Harkaway, Viking, $30, 9780593833490
  14. Water, Water: Poems
    Billy Collins, Random House, $27, 9780593731024
  15. The Paris Novel
    Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29, 9780812996302

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

  1. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
    Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
  2. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
    Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805
  3. Didion and Babitz
    Lili Anolik, Scribner, $29.99, 9781668065488
  4. The Message
    Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30, 9780593230381
  5. Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit
    Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Craig Mundie, Little, Brown and Company, $30, 9780316581295
  6. Cher: The Memoir, Part One
    Cher, Dey Street Books, $36, 9780062863102
  7. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
    Ina Garten, Crown, $34, 9780593799895
  8. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
    Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35, 9780593734223
  9. From Under the Truck: A Memoir
    Josh Brolin, Harper, $30, 9780063382183
  10. The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past
    Nate DiMeo, Random House, $33, 9780593446157
  11. What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts)
    Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $35, 9781668055687
  12. War
    Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster, $32, 9781668052273
  13. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
    Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
  14. Patriot: A Memoir
    Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35, 9780593320969
  15. Martha: The Cookbook: 100 Favorite Recipes, with Lessons and Stories from My Kitchen
    Martha Stewart, Clarkson Potter, $40, 9780593139202

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

  1. The Frozen River
    Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
  2. Demon Copperhead
    Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
  3. Orbital
    Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
  4. The Vegetarian
    Han Kang, Hogarth, $17, 9781101906118
  5. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
    Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
  6. My Brilliant Friend
    Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609455064
  7. The Nightingale
    Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
  8. The Best American Short Stories 2024
    Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063275959
  9. North Woods
    Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
  10. The Berry Pickers
    Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

  1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
    Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
  2. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
    Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
  3. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
    Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
  4. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
    Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20, 9780307279286
  5. The Pirate’s Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd
    Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos, Hanover Square Press, $21.99, 9781335018281
  6. The Year of Magical Thinking
    Joan Didion, Vintage, $18, 9781400078431
  7. Greenlights
    Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158
  8. The Eater Guide to Los Angeles (Eater City Guide)
    Eater, Abrams Image, $19.99, 9781419765827
  9. Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
    Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386
  10. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
    Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
  11. The 2025 Old Farmer’s Almanac
    Old Farmer’s Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932
  12. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
    Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18, 9780593652985
  13. The White Album: Essays
    Joan Didion, FSG, $18, 9780374532079
  14. How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11)
    Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9780984627110
  15. Sinéad O’Connor: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
    Melville House (Ed.), Melville House, $19.99, 9781685891855

MASS MARKET

  1. 1984
    George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
  2. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
  3. American Gods
    Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
  4. The Hero of Ages
    Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626
  5. Mistborn: The Final Empire
    Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
  6. Jurassic Park
    Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
  7. The Name of the Wind
    Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
  8. The Running Man
    Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781982197100
  9. Dune
    Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
  10. God Emperor of Dune
    Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

  1. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
    Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767
  2. Where’s Bluey? At Christmas
    Penguin Young Readers Licenses, Penguin Young Readers, $8.99, 9780593752982
  3. Construction Site: A Thankful Night
    Sherri Duskey Rinker, Helen Morgan (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797226729
  4. Goodnight Moon
    Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
  5. Moo, Baa, Fa La La La La!
    Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781665914352
  6. Santa’s First Christmas
    Mac Barnett, Sydney Smith (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593524978
  7. The Bakery Dragon
    Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968
  8. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
    Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
  9. The Fly Who Flew to Space
    Lauren Sánchez, Raleigh Stewart (Illus.), The Collective Book Studio, $19.95, 9781685550639
  10. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!
    Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454952770

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

  1. Impossible Creatures
    Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
  2. The Bletchley Riddle
    Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
  3. The Squad: A Graphic Novel
    Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315
  4. The Eyes and the Impossible
    Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203
  5. Charlotte’s Web
    E. B. White, Harper, $10.99, 9780064400558
  6. When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary
    Alice Hoffman, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781338856941
  7. The Tale of Despereaux
    Kate DiCamillo, Timothy Basil Ering (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9780763680893
  8. A Wolf Called Wander
    Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $9.99, 9780062895943
  9. Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat
    Li Chen, Andrews McMeel Publishing, $12.99, 9781524882587
  10. The Firelight Apprentice
    Bree Paulsen, Quill Tree Books, $15.99, 9780063266582

CHILDREN'S SERIES

  1. Keeper of the Lost Cities
    Shannon Messenger, Aladdin
  2. Dog Man
    Dav Pilkey, Graphix
  3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
    Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
  4. The Wild Robot
    Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  5. Spy School
    Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
  6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
    Rick Riordan, Hyperion
  7. The Bad Guys
    Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
  8. Elephant & Piggie
    Mo Willems, Hyperion
  9. Who Was/Is…?
    Kirsten Anderson, Gregory Copeland (Illus.), Penguin Workshop
  10. The Princess in Black
    Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick

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