This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores
The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended July 21 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. Long Island Compromise: Taffy Brodesser-Akner
2. All Fours: Miranda July
3. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore
4. The Bright Sword: Lev Grossman
5. James: Percival Everett
6. The Black Bird Oracle: Deborah Harkness
7. Sandwich: Catherine Newman
8. A Death in Cornwall: Daniel Silva
9. The Women: Kristin Hannah
10. The Paris Novel: Ruth Reichl
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
2. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War: Erik Larson
3. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You: Bill Maher
4. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir: Griffin Dunne
5. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder: David Grann
6. Somehow: Thoughts on Love: Anne Lamott
7. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness: Jonathan Haidt
8. Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius: Carrie Courogen
9. We Are Experiencing a Slight Delay: (tips, tales, travels): Gary Janetti
10. Inventing Paradise: The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles: Paul Haddad
MASS MARKET
1. 1984: George Orwell
2. Dune Messiah: Frank Herbert
3. It Can’t Happen Here: Sinclair Lewis
4. Children of Dune: Frank Herbert
5. The Name of the Wind: Patrick Rothfuss
6. Rich Dad Poor Dad: Robert T. Kiyosaki
7. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams
8. The Lies of Locke Lamora: Scott Lynch
9. A Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin
10. The Ocean at the End of the Lane: Neil Gaiman
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin
2. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women: Lisa See
3. A Court of Thorns and Roses: Sarah J. Maas
4. Just for the Summer: Abby Jimenez
5. The Exchange: John Grisham
6. Big Swiss: Jen Beagin
7. The Bell Jar: Sylvia Plath
8. The Secret History: Donna Tartt
9. Happy Place: Emily Henry
10. Trust: Hernan Diaz