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

The Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Bestsellers List for the week ended Sunday, August 23, 2026, is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Whistler: Ann Patchett

2. The Calamity Club: Kathryn Stockett

3. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce): Caro Claire Burke

4. The Things We Never Say: Elizabeth Strout

5. Cool Machine (The Harlem Trilogy #3): Colson Whitehead

6. The Correspondent: Virginia Evans

7. Etna: Paul Yoon

8. The Shampoo Effect: Jenny Jackson

9. John of John: Douglas Stuart

10. Ransom: Daniel Silva

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage: Belle Burden

2. The Success Lie: Reframing Your Reality to Thrive Personally and Professionally: Chantell Preston

3. The Land and Its People: Essays: David Sedaris

4. Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump: Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan

5. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth: Patrick Radden Keefe

6. This Is Me: A Reckoning: Hayden Panettiere

7. The Uncool: A Memoir: Cameron Crowe

8. How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at Stanford University: Theo Baker

9. The Little Frog’s Guide to Life: Love, Advice and Inspiration for Every Day from the Internet’s Beloved Mushroom Frog: Maybell Eequay

10. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin

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PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Theo of Golden: Allen Levi

2. Dungeon Crawler Carl: Matt Dinniman

3. East of Eden: John Steinbeck

4. Project Hail Mary: Andy Weir

5. The Odyssey: Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.)

6. Circe: Madeline Miller

7.  The Midnight Library: Matt Haig

8. The Wedding People: Alison Espach

9. The Road to Tender Hearts: Annie Hartnett

10. Carl’s Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl #2): Matt Dinniman

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Golden State: The Making of California: Michael Hiltzik

2. A Marriage at Sea (Indies Introduce): Sophie Elmhirst

3. Raising Hare: A Memoir: Chloe Dalton

4. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly: Anthony Bourdain

5. All About Love: New Visions: bell hooks

6. Just Kids: Patti Smith

7. Sit Write Here: 6 Mindfulness Practices to Help You Write More and Suffer Less: April Dávila

8. The Scenic Route: Following My Inner Compass Across 12 Countries in 12 Months: Sarah Aviram

9. The Secure Soul: Finding Inner Strength and Connection When Trust Doesn’t Come Easy:  Alison Cook

10. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession: Michael Finkel

Map: 100 Southern California independent bookstores to visit in 2026

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