The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended Nov. 9 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 Black Wolf: Louise Penny
2. The Correspondent: Virginia Evans
3. What We Can Know: Ian McEwan
4. The Proving Ground: Michael Connelly
5. The Secret of Secrets: Dan Brown
6. Alchemised: SenLinYu
7. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: Kiran Desai
8. Heart the Lover: Lily King
9. Queen Esther: John Irving
10. The Widow: John Grisham
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Bread of Angels: A Memoir: Patti Smith
2. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History — and How It Shattered a Nation: Andrew Ross Sorkin
3. Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice: Virginia Roberts Giuffre
4. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism: Stewart Reynolds
5. Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts: Margaret Atwood
6. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm: Charlie Mackesy
7. The Uncool: A Memoir: Cameron Crowe
8. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About: Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins
9. Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy: Joyce Vance
10. Notes on Being a Man: Scott Galloway
MASS MARKET
1. 1984: George Orwell
2. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
3. Animal Farm: George Orwell
4. A Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin
5. Rich Dad Poor Dad: Robert T. Kiyosaki
6. The Name of the Wind: Patrick Rothfuss
7. And Then There Were None: Agatha Christie
8. The Well of Ascension: Brandon Sanderson
9. The Hero of Ages: Brandon Sanderson
10. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore
2. How About Now: Poems: Kate Baer
3. The Frozen River: Ariel Lawhon
4. Project Hail Mary: Andy Weir
5. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman
6. The City and Its Uncertain Walls: Haruki Murakami
7. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar
8. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt
9. The Housemaid: Freida McFadden
10. The Bell Jar: Sylvia Plath