The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended Aug. 11 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. James: Percival Everett
2. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore
3. All Fours: Miranda July
4. Long Island Compromise: Taffy Brodesser-Akner
5. The Women: Kristin Hannah
6. The Seventh Veil of Salome: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
7. The Ministry of Time: Kaliane Bradley
8. Sandwich: Catherine Newman
9. The Mercy of Gods: James S.A. Corey
10. The Book of Elsewhere: Keanu Reeves, China Miéville
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HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Art of Power: My Story as America’s First Woman Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi
2. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
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 Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore: Evan Friss
6. The Light Work: Reclaim Your Feminine Power, Live Your Cosmic Truth, and Illuminate the World: Jessica Zweig
7. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon: Kevin Fedarko
8. Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World: Anne Applebaum
9. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s: Doris Kearns Goodwin
10. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness: Jonathan Haidt
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin
2. A Court of Thorns and Roses: Sarah J. Maas
3. The Pairing: Casey McQuiston, St. Martin’s Griffin, $20, 9781250862747
4. It Ends with Us: Colleen Hoover
5. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women: Lisa See
6. The Midnight Library: Matt Haig
7. Bunny: Mona Awad
8. My Brilliant Friend: Elena Ferrante
9. Beloved: Toni Morrison
10. Pachinko: Min Jin Lee
MASS MARKET
1. 1984: George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. Rhythm of War: Brandon Sanderson
3. A Game of Thrones: George R. R. Martin
4. A Raisin in the Sun: Lorraine Hansberry
5. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams
6. Hamlet: William Shakespeare
7. The Hero of Ages: Brandon Sanderson
8. Interview with the Vampire: Anne Rice
9. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson
10. Dandelion Wine: Ray Bradbury
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