The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended Jan. 12 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. Small Things Like These: Claire Keegan
2. Intermezzo: Sally Rooney
3. All Fours: Miranda July
4. James: Percival Everett
5. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore
6. The City and Its Uncertain Walls: Haruki Murakami
7. The Women: Kristin Hannah
8. The Ministry of Time: Kaliane Bradley
9. The Wedding People: Alison Espach
10. Creation Lake: Rachel Kushner
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook: Hampton Sides
2. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
3. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones: James Clear
4. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World: Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.)
5. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts: Oliver Burkeman
6. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About: Mel Robbins
7. Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life’s Purpose: Martha Beck
8. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI: Yuval Noah Harari
9. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: Charlie Mackesy
10. Brothers: Alex Van Halen
MASS MARKET
1. Animal Farm: George Orwell
2. Dune: Frank Herbert
3. The Great Gatsby: F.Scott Fitzgerald
4. The Name of the Wind: Patrick Rothfuss
5. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams
6. Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen
7. 1984: George Orwell
8. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
9. The Well of Ascension: Brandon Sanderson
10. Hyperion: Dan Simmons
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Orbital: Samantha Harvey
2. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar
3. You Dreamed of Empires: Álvaro Enrigue
4. The Vegetarian: Han Kang
5. The Alchemist: Paulo Coelho
6. The Frozen River: Ariel Lawhon
7. My Brilliant Friend: Elena Ferrante
8. The Midnight Library: Matt Haig
9. Hello Beautiful: Ann Napolitano
10. Fourth Wing: Rebecca Yarros