Bestsellers
The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended Dec. 18 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. Lessons in Chemistry:
Bonnie Garmus
2. Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver
3. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow:
Gabrielle Zevin
4. The Passenger: Cormac McCarthy
5. A World of Curiosities:
Louise Penny
6. Desert Star: Michael
Connelly
7. Stella Maris: Cormac
McCarthy
8. Horse: Geraldine Brooks
9. The Candy House: Jennifer Egan
10. Trust: Hernan Diaz
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times: Michelle Obama
2. I'm Glad My Mom Died: Jennette McCurdy
3. Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook:
Ina Garten
4. A Book of Days: Patti
Smith 5. Cinema Speculation: Quentin Tarantino
6. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us: Ed Yong
7. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions:
Randall Munroe
8. The Philosophy of Modern Song: Bob Dylan
9. Happy-Go-Lucky:
David Sedaris 10. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story: Bono
MASS MARKET
1. 1984: George Orwell
2. Carrie: Stephen King
3. Mistborn: The Final
Empire: Brandon Sanderson
4. Jurassic Park: Michael
Crichton 5. A Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin
6. The Lies of Locke Lamora: Scott Lynch
7. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories: Oscar Wilde
“Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook,” by Ina Garten, is among the top-selling hardcover nonfiction releases at Southern California's independent bookstores.
8. The Shining: Stephen
King
9. A Clash of Kings: George R.R. Martin
10. The Brothers Karamazov: Fyodor Dostoyevsky TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Taylor
Jenkins Reid
2. It Starts with Us: Colleen Hoover
3. It Ends with Us: Colleen Hoover
4. The Thursday Murder Club: Richard Osman
5. Cloud Cuckoo Land:
Anthony Doerr
6. The Song of Achilles: Madeline Miller
7. Circe: Madeline Miller
8. Klara and the Sun: Kazuo Ishiguro 9. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida: Shehan
Karunatilaka
10. Project Hail Mary:
Andy Weir