This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores
The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended July 6 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. Atmosphere: Taylor Jenkins Reid
2. The Emperor of Gladness: Ocean Vuong
3. Great Big Beautiful Life: Emily Henry
4. James: Percival Everett
5. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil: V. E. Schwab
6. The River Is Waiting: Wally Lamb
7. So Far Gone: Jess Walter
8. My Friends: Fredrik Backman
9. My Name Is Emilia del Valle: Isabel Allende
10. Don’t Let Him In: Lisa Jewell
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About: Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins
2. Abundance: Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
3. Wealthy and Well-Known: Build Your Personal Brand and Turn Your Reputation into Revenue: Rory Vaden, AJ Vaden
4. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism: Stewart Reynolds
5. Mark Twain: Ron Chernow
6. Notes to John: Joan Didion
7. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection: John Green
8. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This: Omar El Akkad
9. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
10. Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success: Jeff Hiller
MASS MARKET
1. 1984: George Orwell
2. Animal Farm: George Orwell
3. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson
4. Jurassic Park: Michael Crichton
5. The Name of the Wind: Patrick Rothfuss
6. Foundation: Isaac Asimov
7. The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank
8. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories: Oscar Wilde
9. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
10. Hyperion: Dan Simmons
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt
2. All Fours: Miranda July
3. Project Hail Mary: Andy Weir
4. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar
5. The Ministry of Time: Kaliane Bradley
6. Creation Lake: A Novel: Rachel Kushner
7. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin
8. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman
9. Funny Story: Emily Henry
10. The Safekeep: Yael van der Wouden