This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores
The SoCal Indie Bestsellers Listfor the sales week ended June 16 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. All Fours: Miranda July
3. Table for Two: Fictions: Amor Towles
4. Eruption: Michael Crichton, James Patterson
5. The Paris Novel: Ruth Reichl
6. Funny Story: Emily Henry
7. You Like It Darker: Stories: Stephen King
8. The Women: Kristin Hannah
9. Real Americans: Rachel Khong
10. Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War: Erik Larson
2. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir: Griffin Dunne
3. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
4. Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius: Carrie Courogen
5. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder: David Grann
6. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You: Bill Maher
7. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones: James Clear
8. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness: Jonathan Haidt
9. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook: Hampton Sides
10. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s: Doris Kearns Goodwin
MASS MARKET
1. American Gods: Neil Gaiman
2. Dune Messiah: Frank Herbert
3. Dune: Frank Herbert
4. Good Omens: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
5. 1984: George Orwell
6. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson
7. Neverwhere: Neil Gaiman
8. Animal Farm: George Orwell
9. Rhythm of War: Brandon Sanderson
10. Slaughterhouse-Five: Kurt Vonnegut
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Not in Love: Ali Hazelwood
2. A Court of Thorns and Roses: Sarah J. Maas
3. Happy Place: Emily Henry
4. Just for the Summer: Abby Jimenez
5. The Three-Body Problem: Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (Transl.)
6. Big Swiss: Jen Beagin
7. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women: Lisa See
8. Trust: Hernan Diaz
9. The Alchemist: Paulo Coelho
10. My Year of Rest and Relaxation: Ottessa Moshfegh