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This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores

The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended Oct. 5 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 Impossible Fortune: Richard Osman

2. What We Can Know: Ian McEwan

3. Katabasis: R. F. Kuang

4. The Secret of Secrets: Dan Brown

5. Alchemised: SenLinYu

6. Heart the Lover: Lily King

7. The Correspondent: Virginia Evans

8. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: Kiran Desai

9. We Love You, Bunny: Mona Awad

10. Culpability: Bruce Holsinger

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. 107 Days: Kamala Harris

2. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love: Samin Nosrat

3. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution: Jill Lepore

4. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About: Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins

5. Poems & Prayers: Matthew McConaughey

6. Mother Mary Comes to Me: Arundhati Roy

7. I’m Just a Little Guy: How to Escape the Horrors and Get Back to Dillydallying: Charlie James, Paige Tompkins (Illus.)

8. All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation: Elizabeth Gilbert

9. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism: Stewart Reynolds

10. Truly: Lionel Richie

MASS MARKET

1. Animal Farm: George Orwell

2. 1984: George Orwell

3. Hyperion: Dan Simmons

4. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One: J.R.R. Tolkien

5. Rich Dad Poor Dad: Robert T. Kiyosaki

6. And Then There Were None: Agatha Christie

7. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams

8. A Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin

9. Slaughterhouse-Five: Kurt Vonnegut

10. Murder at Cape Costumers: Maddie Day

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman

2. Project Hail Mary: Andy Weir

3. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar

4. The Lion Women of Tehran: Marjan Kamali

5. Tell Me Everything: Elizabeth Strout

6. The Frozen River: Ariel Lawhon

7. Intermezzo: Sally Rooney

8. Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver

9. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt

10. All Fours: Miranda July

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