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

COURTESY OF RIVERHEAD BOOKS “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” by James McBride, is among the top-selling fiction releases at Southern California's independent bookstores.