This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores
The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended Dec. 1 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. James: Percival Everett
2. Intermezzo: Sally Rooney
3. The City and Its Uncertain Walls: Haruki Murakami
4. Creation Lake: Rachel Kushner
5. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore
6. Small Things Like These: Claire Keegan
7. All Fours: Miranda July
8. The Women: Kristin Hannah
9. The Grey Wolf: Louise Penny
10. Playground: Richard Powers
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir: Ina Garten
2. The Message: Ta-Nehisi Coates
3. Cher: The Memoir, Part One: Cher
4. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering: Malcolm Gladwell
5. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World: Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.)
6. What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts): Stanley Tucci
7. Didion and Babitz: Lili Anolik
8. Citizen: My Life After the White House: Bill Clinton
9. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
10. Freedom: Memoirs 1954 — 2021: Angela Merkel
MASS MARKET
1. The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank
2. Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen
3. 1984: George Orwell
4. Rich Dad Poor Dad: Robert T. Kiyosaki
5. Dune Messiah: Frank Herbert
6. The Name of the Wind: Patrick Rothfuss
7. American Gods: Neil Gaiman
8. Animal Farm: George Orwell
9. The Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger
10. Foundation: Isaac Asimov
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. North Woods: Daniel Mason
2. Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver
3. Orbital: Samantha Harvey
4. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin
5. The Frozen River: Ariel Lawhon
6. Circe: Madeline Miller
7. Project Hail Mary: Andy Weir
8. The Vegetarian: Han Kang
9. A Little Life: Hanya Yanagihara
10. The House in the Cerulean Sea: TJ Klune