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

The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended Sept. 21 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 Secret of Secrets: Dan Brown

2. My Friends: Fredrik Backman

3. Katabasis (Deluxe Limited Edition): R. F. Kuang

4. The Academy: Elin Hilderbrand, Shelby Cunningham

5. Culpability: Bruce Holsinger

6. Among the Burning Flowers: Samantha Shannon

7. Clown Town: Mick Herron

8. The Shattering Peace: John Scalzi

9. Wild Dark Shore: Charlotte McConaghy

10. The Emperor of Gladness: Ocean Vuong

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

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

2. The Book of Sheen: A Memoir: Charlie Sheen

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

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

5. Art Work: On the Creative Life: Sally Mann

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

7. Night People: How to Be a DJ in ’90s New York City: Mark Ronson

8. Mother Mary Comes to Me: Arundhati Roy

9. Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America: Robert B. Reich

10. Poems & Prayers: Matthew McConaughey

MASS MARKET

1. 1984: George Orwell

2. Hyperion: Dan Simmons

3. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson

4. Animal Farm: George Orwell

5. Jurassic Park: Michael Crichton

6. Women Who Run With the Wolves: Clarissa Pinkola Estés

7. The Brothers Karamazov: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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

9. The Well of Ascension: Brandon Sanderson

10. The Left Hand of Darkness: Ursula K. Le Guin

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. The Ministry of Time: Kaliane Bradley

2. Project Hail Mary: Andy Weir

3. The Frozen River: Ariel Lawhon

4. The City and Its Uncertain Walls: Haruki Murakami

5. Tell Me Everything: Elizabeth Strout

6. The Safekeep: Yael van der Wouden

7. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar

8. Red Rising: Pierce Brown

9. The Lion Women of Tehran: Marjan Kamali

10. Starter Villain: John Scalzi

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