Bestsellers

The Socal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended Sept. 25 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. Fairy Tale: Stephen King

2. Lucy by the Sea: Elizabeth Strout

3. The Bullet That Missed: Richard Osman

4. Lessons: Ian Mcewan

5. The Marriage Portrait: Maggie O’farrell

6. Less Is Lost: Andrew Sean Greer

7. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin

8. Carrie Soto Is Back: Taylor Jenkins Reid

9. Lessons in Chemistry: Bonnie Garmus

10. Nona the Ninth: Tamsyn Muir

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. I’m Glad My Mom Died: Jennette Mccurdy

2. The Divider: Trump in the White House, 20172021: Peter Baker, Susan Glasser

3. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization: Neil degrasse Tyson

4. Dinners With Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships: Nina Totenberg

5. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir: Michelle Zauner

6. Solito: A Memoir: Javier Zamora

7. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions: Randall Munroe

8. Profiles in Ignorance: How America’s Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber: Andy Borowitz

9. The 6 Phase Meditation Method: The Proven Technique to Supercharge Your Mind, Manifest Your Goals, and Make Magic in Minutes a Day: Vishen Lakhiani

10. Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America: Dahlia Lithwick

MASS MARKET

1. The Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger

2. Fire & Blood: George R. R. Martin

3. 1984: George Orwell

4. Dune: Frank Herbert

5. American Gods: Neil Gaiman

6. The Count of Monte Cristo: Alexandre Dumas

7. A Plague of Giants: Kevin Hearne

8. Animal Farm: George Orwell

9. Scandalized: Ivy Owens

10. Milkweed: Jerry Spinelli

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Taylor Jenkins Reid

2. Verity: Colleen Hoover

3. Circe: Madeline Miller

4. The Song of Achilles: Madeline Miller

5. It Ends with Us: Colleen Hoover

6. The Thursday Murder Club: Richard Osman

7. The Sentence: Louise Erdrich

8. The Best Short Stories 2022: The O. Henry Prize Winners: Valeria Luiselli, editor

9. Still Life: Sarah Winman

10. My Year of Rest and Relaxation: Ottessa Moshfegh

COURTESY OF DOUBLEDAY “The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021” is among the top-selling nonfiction releases at Southern California’s independent bookstores.