BESTSELLERS
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