This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores
The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended Jan. 7 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. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: James McBride
2. Tom Lake: Ann Patchett
3. Lessons in Chemistry: Bonnie Garmus
4. Iron Flame: Rebecca Yarros
5. North Woods: Daniel Mason
6. Fourth Wing: Rebecca Yarros
7. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin
8. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt
9. Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver
10. Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
2. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder: David Grann
3. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones: James Clear
4. Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning: Liz Cheney
5. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession: Michael Finkel
6. Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism: Rachel Maddow
7. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen: David Brooks
8. My Name Is Barbra: Barbra Streisand
9. Elon Musk: Walter Isaacson
10. The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story: Sam Wasson
MASS MARKET
1. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson
2. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
3. Elvis and Me: Priscilla Presley, Sandra Harmon
4. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams
5. Storm Front: Jim Butcher
6. Rich Dad Poor Dad: Robert T. Kiyosaki
7. The Name of the Wind: Patrick Rothfuss
8. The Ocean at the End of the Lane: Neil Gaiman
9. Animal Farm: George Orwell
10. Slaughterhouse-Five: Kurt Vonnegut
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Taylor Jenkins Reid
2. Trust: Hernan Diaz
3. All the Light We Cannot See: Anthony Doerr
4. The Midnight Library: Matt Haig
5. A Court of Mist and Fury: Sarah J. Maas
6. The Song of Achilles: Madeline Miller
7. A Little Life: Hanya Yanagihara
8. Bookshops & Bonedust: Travis Baldree
9. The House in the Pines: Ana Reyes
10. The Thursday Murder Club: Richard Osman