This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores
The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended Dec. 31 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. Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver
2. Tom Lake: Ann Patchett
3. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: James McBride
4. North Woods: Daniel Mason
5. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin
6. Iron Flame: Rebecca Yarros
7. Fourth Wing: Rebecca Yarros
8. Small Things Like These: Claire Keegan
9. Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
10. Lessons in Chemistry: Bonnie Garmus
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
2. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen: David Brooks
3. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder: David Grann
4. Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning: Liz Cheney
5. My Name Is Barbra: Barbra Streisand
6. The Woman in Me: Britney Spears
7. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity: Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford
8. Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life: Arnold Schwarzenegger
9. The Cookie That Changed My Life: And More Than 100 Other Classic Cakes, Cookies, Muffins, and Pies That Will Change Yours: A Cookbook: Nancy Silverton, Carolynn Carreno
10. Elon Musk: Walter Isaacson
MASS MARKET
1. Elvis and Me: Priscilla Presley, Sandra Harmon
2. Dune: Frank Herbert
3. And Then There Were None: Agatha Christie
4. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson
5. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
6. The Ocean at the End of the Lane: Neil Gaiman
7. Good Omens: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
8. Hyperion: Dan Simmons
9. The Inferno: Dante Alighieri
10. Mythology: Edith Hamilton
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Trust: Hernan Diaz
2. All the Light We Cannot See: Anthony Doerr
3. The Midnight Library: Matt Haig
4. A Court of Thorns and Roses: Sarah J. Maas
5. The Secret History: Donna Tartt
6. A Little Life: Hanya Yanagihara
7. The Alchemist: Paulo Coelho
8. The Silent Patient: Alex Michaelides
9. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Taylor Jenkins Reid
10. Before We Were Innocent: Ella Berman