Here Are Current Bestsellers at Southern California’s Independent Bookstores

1. Table for Two: Fictions

Amor Towles, Viking, $32, 9780593296370

2. The Women

Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633

3. Funny Story

Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441282

4. James

Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369

5. The Paris Novel

Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29, 9780812996302

6. The Familiar

Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250884251

7. North Woods

Daniel Mason, Random House, $28, 9780593597033

8. Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157

9. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946

10. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201

11. Real Americans

Rachel Khong, Knopf, $29, 9780593537251

12. Iron Flame

Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172

13. The Husbands

Holly Gramazio, Doubleday, $29, 9780385550611

14. When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance: Poems

Joan Baez, David R. Godine Publisher, $25.95, 9781567928013

15. Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922

1. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744

2. Somehow: Thoughts on Love

Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $22, 9780593714416

3. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Salman Rushdie, Random House, $28, 9780593730249

4. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982108663

5. The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886

6. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292

7. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260

8. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764

9. Open Wide: A Cookbook for Friends

benny blanco, Jess Damuck, Dey Street Books, $35, 9780063315938

10. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

Judi Dench, Brendan O’Hea, St. Martin’s Press, $32, 9781250325778

11. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality

Amanda Montell, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.99, 9781668007976

12. The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing

Adam Moss, Penguin Press, $45, 9780593297582

13. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks, Random House, $30, 9780593230060

14. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck

Mark Manson, Harper, $26.99, 9780062457714

15. Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End

Alua Arthur, Mariner Books, $28.99, 9780063240032

1. A Court of Thorns and Roses

Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569

2. Dune

Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780441013593

3. The Midnight Library

Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498

4. Happy Place

Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441190

5. Pineapple Street

Jenny Jackson, Penguin, $18, 9780593490716

6. Just for the Summer

Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431

7. Bunny

Mona Awad, Penguin, $17, 9780525559757

8. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17, 9781501161933

9. The Secret History

Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18, 9781400031702

10. Beach Read

Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734

11. A Court of Mist and Fury

Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575583

12. A Most Agreeable Murder

Julia Seales, Random House, $18, 9780593450000

13. Trust

Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324

14. Weyward

Emilia Hart, St. Martin’s Griffin, $19, 9781250842725

15. Horse

Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $19, 9780399562976

1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131

2. The Eater Guide to Los Angeles

Eater, Abrams Image, $19.99, 9781419765827

3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560

4. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir

Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951

5. Poverty, by America

Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20, 9780593239933

6. Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution

Rainn Wilson, Hachette Go, $19.99, 9780306828287

7. Cinema Speculation

Quentin Tarantino, Harper Perennial, $21, 9780063112575

8. Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships

Nina Totenberg, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982188092

9. The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition

Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19, 9780143129257

10. The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion, Vintage, $17, 9781400078431

11. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir

Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791

12. Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America

Pekka Hämäläinen, Liveright, $22, 9781324094067

13. Cat and Bird: A Memoir

Kyoko Mori, Belt Publishing, $19.99, 9781953368690

14. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann, Vintage, $18, 9780593470831

15. The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017

Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651

1. Dune

Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340

2. Dune Messiah

Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233

3. 1984

George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

4. Mistborn: The Final Empire

Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541

5. The Name of the Wind

Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741

6. Hyperion

Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686

7. Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296

8. The Way of Kings

Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765365279

9. The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488

10. Guards! Guards!

Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225757

1. Built to Last

Minh Lê, Dan Santat (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593569177

2. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography

Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718

3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908

4. Goodnight Moon

Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617

5. Pat the Bunny

Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007

6. Grumpy Monkey

Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $8.99, 9780593123997

7. Dragon’s First Taco

Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178

8. Good Night, Gorilla

Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035

9. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905

10. Eloise

Kay Thompson, Hilary Knight (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780671223502

1. Powerful: A Powerless Story

Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665966306

2. The Reappearance of Rachel Price

Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207

3. A Tempest of Tea

Hafsah Faizal, Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, $20.99, 9780374389406

4. Ferris

Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536231052

5. Finally Heard

Kelly Yang, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665947930

6. Check & Mate

Ali Hazelwood, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $14, 9780593619919

7. Orris and Timble: The Beginning

Kate DiCamillo, Carmen Mok (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536222791

8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196

9. Five Survive

Holly Jackson, Ember, $14.99, 9780593374191

10. Divine Rivals

Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439

1. Dog Man

Dav Pilkey, Graphix 

2. Wings of Fire

Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic 

3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Jeff Kinney, Amulet 

4. Cat Kid Comic Club

Dav Pilkey, Graphix 

5. Spy School

Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 

6. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix

Ann M. Martin,  Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix 

7. Wild Robot

Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 

8. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder

Holly Jackson, Ember 

9. Elephant & Piggie

Mo Willems, Hyperion 

10. Magic Tree House

Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers