The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended July 20 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. An Inside Job: Daniel Silva
2. Atmosphere: Taylor Jenkins Reid
3. The Bewitching: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
4. James: Percival Everett
5. The Emperor of Gladness: Ocean Vuong
6. My Friends: Fredrik Backman
7. Culpability: Bruce Holsinger
8. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil: V. E. Schwab
9. The River Is Waiting: Wally Lamb
10. Finding Grace: Loretta Rothschild
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About: Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins
2. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck: Sophie Elmhirst
3. Abundance: Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
4. The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century: Tim Weiner
5. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection: John Green
6. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This: Omar El Akkad
7. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism: Stewart Reynolds
8. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
9. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World: Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.)
10. Who Knew: Barry Diller
MASS MARKET
1. 1984: George Orwell
2. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
3. Jurassic Park: Michael Crichton
4. Words of Radiance: Brandon Sanderson
5. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams
6. The Catcher in the Rye: J. D. Salinger
7. The Dead Zone: Stephen King
8. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: Agatha Christie
9. The Well of Ascension: Brandon Sanderson
10. The Hero of Ages: Brandon Sanderson
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt
2. Project Hail Mary: Andy Weir
3. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar
4. All Fours: Miranda July
5. All the Colors of the Dark: Chris Whitaker
6. Circe: Madeline Miller
7. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman
8. Problematic Summer Romance: Ali Hazelwood
9. A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping: Sangu Mandanna
10. Creation Lake: Rachel Kushner