The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended March 9 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. Dream Count: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
3. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore
4. The Women: Kristin Hannah
5. All Fours: Miranda July
6. Iron Flame: Rebecca Yarros
7. The Wedding People: Alison Espach
8. The Ragpicker King: Cassandra Clare
9. One Good Thing: A Novel: Georgia Hunter
10. Three Days in June: Anne Tyler
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. How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith: Mariann Edgar Budde
3. On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer: Rick Steves
4. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World: Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.)
5. Golden State: The Making of California: Michael Hiltzik
6. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
7. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This: Omar El Akkad
8. Do This Before Bed: Simple 5-Minute Practices That Will Change Your Life: Oliver Nino
9. I’ll Have What She’s Having: Chelsea Handler
10. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones: James Clear
MASS MARKET
1. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson
2. 1984: George Orwell
3. Animal Farm: George Orwell
4. Dune: Frank Herbert
5. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams
6. The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank
7. It Can’t Happen Here: Sinclair Lewis
8. Dune Messiah: Frank Herbert
9. Carrie: Stephen King
10. The Count of Monte Cristo: Alexandre Dumas
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Orbital: Samantha Harvey
2. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar
3. Parable of the Sower: Octavia E. Butler
4. Funny Story: Emily Henry
5. Fourth Wing: Rebecca Yarros
6. North Woods: Daniel Mason
7. Long Island: Colm Tóibín
8. The Frozen River: Ariel Lawhon
9. You Dreamed of Empires: Álvaro Enrigue
10. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman