Here Are Current Bestsellers at Southern California’s Independent Bookstores (2024)

Number One in Hardcover Fiction The God of the Woods:,by Liz Moore,
published by Riverhead Books.

Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday,August 18, 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.

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HARDCOVER FICTION

The God of the Woods – Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
James – Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
All Fours – Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
Long Island Compromise – Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Random House, $30, 9780593133491
The Women – Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633
Sandwich – Catherine Newman, Harper, $26.99, 9780063345164
The Bright Sword – Lev Grossman, Viking, $35, 9780735224049
The Ministry of Time – Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145
Table for Two: Fictions – Amor Towles, Viking, $32, 9780593296370
The Paris Novel – Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29, 9780812996302
The Book of Elsewhere – Keanu Reeves, China Miéville, Del Rey, $30, 9780593446591
Fourth Wing – Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
All the Colors of the Dark – Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30, 9780593798874
A Psalm for the Wild-Built – Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250236210
The Wedding People – Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

The Art of Power: My Story as America’s First Woman Speaker of the House – Nancy Pelosi, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668048047
On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything – Nate Silver, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594204128
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir – Griffin Dunne, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593652824
The Creative Act: A Way of Being – Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder – David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity – Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir – Anna Marie Tendler, Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668032343
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War – Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs – Luis Elizondo, William Morrow, $29.99, 9780063235564
What’s Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service – Melissa Fitzgerald, Mary McCormack, Dutton, $35, 9780593184547
On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service – Anthony Fauci, M.D., Viking, $36, 9780593657478
Somehow: Thoughts on Love – Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $22, 9780593714416
Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World – Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $27, 9780385549936
Places We Swim California: The Best Beaches, Rock Pools, Waterfalls, Rivers, Gorges, Lakes, and Hot Springs – Caroline Clements, Dillon Seitchik-Reardon, Hardie Grant Explore, $35, 9781741178296
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness – Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow – Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
It Ends with Us – Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781668055960
The Midnight Library – Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
A Court of Thorns and Roses – Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
My Brilliant Friend – Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609455064
Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $17, 9781400078776
Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20, 9780593135228
Trust – Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324
The Iliad – Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324076148
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17, 9781501161933
The Pairing – Casey McQuiston, St. Martin’s Griffin, $20, 9781250862747
Circe – Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
The Housemaid – Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
Five Days in Bogotá – Linda Moore, She Writes Press, $18.95, 9781647426125

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession – Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
The Backyard Bird Chronicles – Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
The Truths We Hold – Kamala Harris, Penguin, $20, 9780525560739
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir – Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
All About Love: New Visions – bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays – Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017 – Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
The White Album: Essays – Joan Didion, FSG, $18, 9780374532079
The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition – Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20, 9780143129257
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals – Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250849359
Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics) – Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11, 9780812968255
Poverty, by America – Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20, 9780593239933
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom – Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy – Nathan Thrall, Metropolitan Books, $18.99, 9781250854964
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: Conversations with My Psychiatrist – Baek Sehee, Anton Hur (Transl.), Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.99, 9781639732043

MASS MARKET

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
Fire & Blood – George R. R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780593598016
1984 – George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
Jurassic Park – Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345538987
Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $9.99, 9781451621709
Hyperion – Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686
Slaughterhouse-Five – Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart – Thich Nhat Hanh, Shambhala, $6.99, 9781590304044

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

Good Night California – Adam Gamble, Harvey Stevenson (Illus.), Good Night Books, $9.95, 9781602190214
Goodnight Moon – Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
Guess How Much I Love You – Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210637
Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography – Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
The Dictionary Story – Oliver Jeffers, Sam Winston, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536235500
The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
The Octopus Escapes – Maile Meloy, Felicita Sala (Illus.), G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593533970
Bluey: The Beach – Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593226094
The Yellow Bus – Loren Long, Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250903136

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

The Grandest Game – Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316481014
Five Survive – Holly Jackson, Ember, $14.99, 9780593374191
Because of Winn-Dixie – Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536214352
Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 – Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
Powerless – Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues – Beth Lincoln, Claire Powell (Illus.), Dutton Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780593533260
The Lost Library – Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810
The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Clarion Books, $12.99, 9780156012195
Cloud Puppy – Kelly Leigh Miller, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781665932127
Such Charming Liars – Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593485057

CHILDREN'S SERIES

Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Jeff Kinney, Amulet
Wild Robot – Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Dog Man – Dav Pilkey, Graphix
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder – Holly Jackson, Ember
Who Was/Is…? – Kirsten Anderson, Manuel Gutierrez (Illus.), Penguin Workshop
InvestiGators – John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
The Bad Guys – Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
Cat Kid Comic Club – Dav Pilkey, Graphix
Percy Jackson and the Olympians – Rick Riordan, Hyperion
Belladonna – Adalyn Grace, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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