Bestsellers
The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended Aug. 13 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. Tom Lake: Ann Patchett
2. The Covenant of Water: Abraham Verghese
3. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: James
McBride
4. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin
5. Fourth Wing: Rebecca
Yarros
6. Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver
7. The Guest: Emma Cline
8. Lessons in Chemistry: Bonnie Garmus
9. Silver Nitrate: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
10. Hello Beautiful: Ann Napolitano
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
2. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity: Peter Attia, M.D.; Bill Gifford
3. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder: David Grann
4. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession: Michael Finkel
5. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones: James Clear
6. I'm Glad My Mom Died: Jennette McCurdy
7. Pageboy: A Memoir: Elliot Page
8. On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women
Pay to Be Good: Elise Loehnen
9. Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles: Kate Flannery
10. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds: Jennifer Ackerman
MASS MARKET 1. Mistborn: The Final
Empire: Brandon Sanderson
2. Slaughterhouse-Five: Kurt Vonnegut
3. Animal Farm: George Orwell
4. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson
5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams
6. 1984: George Orwell
7. Dune: Frank Herbert
8. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories: Oscar Wilde
9. Good Omens: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
10. American Gods: Neil Gaiman
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Trust: Hernan Diaz
2. A Court of Thorns and Roses: Sarah J. Maas
3. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Taylor Jenkins Reid
4. The Midnight Library: Matt Haig
5. The Alchemist: Paulo Coelho
6. It Ends With Us: Colleen Hoover
7. The Cat Who Saved Books: Sosuke Natsukawa
8. Circe: Madeline Miller
9. The Song of Achilles: Madeline Miller
10. Malibu Rising: Taylor Jenkins Reid