Here Are Current Bestsellers at Southern California’s Independent Bookstores

Published on Dec 16, 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,December 8, 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. Wind and Truth
    Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $39.99, 9781250319180
  3. Intermezzo
    Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635
  4. All Fours
    Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
  5. Small Things Like These
    Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
  6. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
    Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35, 9780593801970
  7. Creation Lake
    Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521
  8. The God of the Woods
    Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
  9. Playground
    Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031
  10. The Waiting
    Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $30, 9780316563796
  11. Martyr!
    Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28, 9780593537619
  12. The Wedding People
    Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
  13. The Women
    Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633
  14. Tell Me Everything
    Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30, 9780593446096
  15. The Mighty Red
    Louise Erdrich, Harper, $32, 9780063277052

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

  1. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
    Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
  2. The Message
    Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30, 9780593230381
  3. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
    Ina Garten, Crown, $34, 9780593799895
  4. Didion and Babitz
    Lili Anolik, Scribner, $29.99, 9781668065488
  5. Cher: The Memoir, Part One
    Cher, Dey Street Books, $36, 9780062863102
  6. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
    Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764
  7. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
    Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805
  8. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
    Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35, 9780593734223
  9. Patriot: A Memoir
    Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35, 9780593320969
  10. Ottolenghi Comfort: A Cookbook
    Yotam Ottolenghi, Ten Speed Press, $37.99, 9780399581779
  11. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
    Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
  12. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
    Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
  13. Main Street Millionaire: How to Make Extraordinary Wealth Buying Ordinary Businesses
    Codie Sanchez, Portfolio, $30, 9780593718612
  14. Rowing Blazers: Revised and Expanded Edition
    Jack Carlson, Vendome Press, $60, 9780865653986
  15. Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
    Katherine Rundell, Doubleday, $26, 9780385550826

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

  1. Orbital
    Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
  2. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
    Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
  3. North Woods
    Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
  4. The Vegetarian
    Han Kang, Hogarth, $17, 9781101906118
  5. Demon Copperhead
    Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
  6. The Frozen River
    Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
  7. Wicked
    Gregory Maguire, William Morrow Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780062852847
  8. The Best American Short Stories 2024
    Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063275959
  9. The Overstory
    Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
  10. The Thursday Murder Club
    Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
  11. The Hunter
    Tana French, Penguin Books, $19, 9780593493458
  12. My Brilliant Friend
    Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609455064
  13. The Vaster Wilds
    Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $18, 9780593418406
  14. Hello Beautiful
    Ann Napolitano, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593243756
  15. This Is Happiness
    Niall Williams, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18.99, 9781635576313

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

  1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
    Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
  2. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
    Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
  3. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
    Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
  4. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
    Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
  5. All About Love: New Visions
    bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
  6. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
    Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20, 9780307279286
  7. The Best American Essays 2024
    Wesley Morris, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351554
  8. The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
    Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20, 9780143129257
  9. It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
    Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $20, 9780593238738
  10. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
    Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18, 9780593652985
  11. The Eater Guide to Los Angeles (Eater City Guide)
    Eater, Abrams Image, $19.99, 9781419765827
  12. Is Your Cat a Psychopath?: A Personality Quiz Book to Find Out If Your Cat Is Pussolini or Mother Purresa
    Stephen Wildish, Sourcebooks, $12.99, 9781728281636
  13. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
    Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
  14. Greenlights
    Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158
  15. Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
    Lulu Miller, Simon & Schuster, $17.99, 9781501160349

MASS MARKET

  1. The Way of Kings
    Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
  2. Animal Farm
    George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
  3. Hyperion
    Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686
  4. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
  5. 1984
    George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
  6. Women Who Run With the Wolves
    Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345409874
  7. A Christmas Carol
    Charles Dickens, Bantam, $5.99, 9780553212440
  8. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories
    Oscar Wilde, Signet, $6.95, 9780451530455
  9. Mistborn: The Final Empire
    Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
  10. The Left Hand of Darkness
    Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

  1. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
    Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767
  2. Santa’s First Christmas
    Mac Barnett, Sydney Smith (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593524978
  3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
    Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
  4. The Bakery Dragon
    Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968
  5. Where to Hide a Star
    Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $22.99, 9780593622247
  6. The Polar Express
    Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780544580145
  7. Alice in a Winter Wonderland
    Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593533888
  8. A Dragon for Hanukkah
    Sarah Mlynowski, Ariel Landy (Illus.), Orchard Books, $18.99, 9781338897524
  9. The Crayons’ Christmas
    Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746
  10. Exactly as Planned
    Tao Nyeu, Rocky Pond Books, $18.99, 9780593462485

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

  1. Impossible Creatures
    Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
  2. The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science
    Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316554732
  3. The Bletchley Riddle
    Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
  4. The Squad: A Graphic Novel
    Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315
  5. The Sherlock Society
    James Ponti, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665932530
  6. The Hotel Balzaar
    Kate DiCamillo, Júlia Sardà (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536223316
  7. The Last Dragon on Mars
    Scott Reintgen, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665946513
  8. The Tale of Despereaux
    Kate DiCamillo, Timothy Basil Ering (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9780763680893
  9. A Wrinkle in Time
    Madeleine L’Engle, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250153272
  10. Stella & Marigold
    Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $15.99, 9781797219707

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. Elephant & Piggie
    Mo Willems, Hyperion
  6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
    Rick Riordan, Hyperion
  7. Spy School
    Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
  8. Magic Tree House
    Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
  9. The Princess in Black
    Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick
  10. The Bad Guys
    Aaron Blabey, Scholastic

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