The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended Nov. 17 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.
1. James: Percival Everett
2. Intermezzo: Sally Rooney
3. The Waiting: Michael Connelly
4. Playground: Richard Powers
5. Creation Lake: Rachel Kushner
6. Tell Me Everything: Elizabeth Strout
7. All Fours: Miranda July
8. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore
9. Small Things Like These: Claire Keegan
10. The Wedding People: Alison Espach
1. The Message: Ta-Nehisi Coates
2. Didion and Babitz: Lili Anolik
3. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir: Ina Garten
4. Patriot: A Memoir: Alexei Navalny
5. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering: Malcolm Gladwell
6. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI: Yuval Noah Harari
7. Ottolenghi Comfort: A Cookbook: Yotam Ottolenghi
8. War: Bob Woodward
9. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones: James Clear
10. Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous: Gillian Anderson
1. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
2. Interview with the Vampire: Anne Rice
3. 1984: George Orwell
4. Hyperion: Dan Simmons
5. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams
6. Slaughterhouse-Five: Kurt Vonnegut
7. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson
8. Animal Farm: George Orwell
9. The Secret: Lee Child, Andrew Child
10. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories: Oscar Wilde
1. Orbital: Samantha Harvey
2. Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver
3. North Woods: Daniel Mason
4. The Vegetarian: Han Kang
5. Fourth Wing: Rebecca Yarros
6. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin
7. The Frozen River: Ariel Lawhon
8. A Little Life: Hanya Yanagihara
9. Greek Lessons: Han Kang
10. The Midnight Library: Matt Haig