The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended July 5 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. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce): Caro Claire Burke
2. Whistler: Ann Patchett
3. The Calamity Club: Kathryn Stockett
4. Daughters of the Sun and Moon: Lisa See
5. The Shampoo Effect: Jenny Jackson
6. Land: Maggie O’Farrell
7. The Things We Never Say: Elizabeth Strout
8. The Correspondent: Virginia Evans
9. Villa Coco: Andrew Sean Greer
10. Contrapposto: Dave Eggers
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage: Belle Burden
2. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth: Patrick Radden Keefe
3. The Land and Its People: Essays: David Sedaris
4. Famesick: A Memoir: Lena Dunham
5. Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump: Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan
6. This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark: Craig Fehrman
7. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: Charlie Mackesy
8. The Little Frog’s Guide to Life: Love, Advice and Inspiration for Every Day from the Internet’s Beloved Mushroom Frog: Maybell Eequay
9. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
10. Courage Can Save Us: Ten Extraordinary Americans and the Fight for Our Future: Rye Barcott
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Dungeon Crawler Carl: Matt Dinniman
2. Theo of Golden: Allen Levi
3. Project Hail Mary: Andy Weir
4. Atmosphere: Taylor Jenkins Reid
5. Angel Down: Daniel Kraus
6. East of Eden: John Steinbeck
7. The Odyssey: Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.)
8. The Road to Tender Hearts: Annie Hartnett
9. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman
10. The Dream Hotel: Laila Lalami
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI: Karen Hao
2. Too L.A.: Letters Never Sent (But Some Were): Eve Babitz
3. Raising Hare: A Memoir: Chloe Dalton
4. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession: Michael Finkel
5. It’s Only Drowning: A Memoir: David Litt
6. The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence — Before It’s Too Late: Cory Doctorow
7. Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays: Joan Didion
8. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma: Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
9. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland: Patrick Radden Keefe
10. The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition: Julia Cameron