The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week June 30 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 Women: Kristin Hannah
3. The Midnight Feast: Lucy Foley
4. The Ministry of Time: Kaliane Bradley
5. Funny Story: Emily Henry
6. Sandwich: Catherine Newman
7. Table for Two: Fictions: Amor Towles
8. All Fours: Miranda July
9. Same As It Ever Was: Claire Lombardo
10. All the Colors of the Dark: Chris Whitaker
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service: Anthony Fauci, M.D.
2. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
3. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War: Erik Larson
4. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir: Griffin Dunne
5. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness: Jonathan Haidt
6. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You: Bill Maher
7. Somehow: Thoughts on Love: Anne Lamott
8. Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps: Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor
9. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder: David Grann
10. Inventing Paradise: The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles: Paul Haddad
MASS MARKET
1. Dune: Frank Herbert
2. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
3. A Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin
4. The Secret: Lee Child, Andrew Child
5. Dune Messiah: Frank Herbert
6. Jurassic Park: Michael Crichton
7. Animal Farm: George Orwell
8. And Then There Were None: Agatha Christie
9. 1984: George Orwell
10. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One: J.R.R. Tolkien
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin
2. Not in Love: Ali Hazelwood
3. A Court of Thorns and Roses: Sarah J. Maas
4. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women: Lisa See
5. Play It As It Lays: Joan Didion
6. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Taylor Jenkins Reid
7. Happy Place: Emily Henry
8. Circe: Madeline Miller
9. The Alchemist: Paulo Coelho
10. This Summer Will Be Different: Carley Fortune
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