The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended Sept. 8 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 Life Impossible: Matt Haig
2. Creation Lake: Rachel Kushner
3. All Fours: Miranda July
4. Colored Television: Danzy Senna
5. James: Percival Everett
6. Blue Sisters: Coco Mellors
7. Death at the Sign of the Rook: Kate Atkinson
8. Long Island Compromise: Taffy Brodesser-Akner
9. We’ll Prescribe You a Cat: Syou Ishida, E.Madison Shimoda (Transl.)
10. The Women: Kristin Hannah
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
2. Dynamic Drive: The Purpose-Fueled Formula for Sustainable Success: Molly Fletcher
3. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir: Griffin Dunne
4. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War: Erik Larson
5. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder: David Grann
6. The Art of Power: My Story as America’s First Woman Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi
7. The Reset Mindset: Get Unstuck, Focus on What Matters Most, and Reach Your Goals Faster: Penny Zenker
8. Lovely One: A Memoir: Ketanji Brown Jackson
9. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything: Nate Silver
10. Somehow: Thoughts on Love: Anne Lamott
MASS MARKET
1. 1984: George Orwell
2. Animal Farm: George Orwell
3. Hyperion: Dan Simmons
4. Lord of the Flies: William Golding
5. The Name of the Wind: Patrick Rothfuss
6. It Can’t Happen Here: Sinclair Lewis
7. Dune: Frank Herbert
8. A Raisin in the Sun: Lorraine Hansberry
9. The Well of Ascension: Brandon Sanderson
10. The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales: Edgar Allan Poe
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver
2. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin
3. My Brilliant Friend: Elena Ferrante
4. The Midnight Library: Matt Haig
5. Babel: R. F. Kuang
6. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Taylor Jenkins Reid
7. A Little Life: Hanya Yanagihara
8. The Alchemist: Paulo Coelho
9. Pachinko: Min Jin Lee
10. Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, The Flesh, and L.A.: Eve Babitz
