Bestsellers
The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended Sept. 4 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. Carrie Soto Is Back: Taylor Jenkins Reid
2. Lessons in Chemistry: Bonnie Garmus
3. Heat 2: Michael Mann, Meg Gardiner
4. The Ink Black Heart: Robert Galbraith
5. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin
6. Mercury Pictures Presents: Anthony Marra
7. Portrait of an Unknown Woman: Daniel Silva
8. Elizabeth Finch: Julian Barnes
9. Horse: Geraldine Brooks
10. Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. I'm Glad My Mom Died: Jennette McCurdy
2. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir: Michelle Zauner
3. Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels: Paul Pringle
4. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F—: Mark Manson Taylor Jenkins Reid's “Carrie Soto Is Back” is the top-selling hardcover fiction release at Southern California's independent bookstores.
5. Happy-Go-Lucky: David Sedaris
6. A Place in the World: Finding the Meaning of Home: Frances Mayes
7. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: Charlie Mackesy
8. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones: James Clear
9. California Soul: An American Epic of Cooking and Survival: Keith Corbin, Kevin Alexander
10. Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks: Patrick Radden Keefe
MASS MARKET
1. Animal Farm: George Orwell
2. Dune: Frank Herbert
3. The Ocean at the End of the Lane: Neil Gaiman
4. A Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin
5. The Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger
6. Fire & Blood: George R.R. Martin
7. Scandalized: Ivy Owens
8. Women Who Run With the Wolves: Clarissa Pinkola Estés
9. Colton's Baby Motive: Lara Lacombe
10. Mythology: Edith Hamilton
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Taylor Jenkins Reid
2. Love on the Brain: Ali Hazelwood
3. It Ends with Us: Colleen Hoover
4. Where the Crawdads Sing: Delia Owens
5. Verity: Colleen Hoover
6. Book Lovers: Emily Henry
7. November 9: Colleen Hoover
8. Beach Read: Emily Henry
9. Malibu Rising: Taylor Jenkins Reid
10. Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory: Stories: Raphael Bob-Waksberg