The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended March 17 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 Women: Kristin Hannah
2. The Hunter: Tana French
3. North Woods: Daniel Mason
4. Wandering Stars: Tommy Orange
5. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: James McBride
6. Until August: Gabriel García Márquez, Anne McLean (Transl.)
7. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin
8. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar
9. Maktub: Paulo Coelho
10. The Bee Sting: Paul Murray
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
2. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones: James Clear
3. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder: David Grann
4. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen: David Brooks
5. The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir: RuPaul
6. Burn Book: A Tech Love Story: Kara Swisher
7. Grief Is for People: Sloane Crosley
8. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection: Charles Duhigg
9. 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool: James Kaplan
10. Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood: Ed Zwick
MASS MARKET
1. Dune: Frank Herbert
2. Dune Messiah: Frank Herbert
3. 1984: George Orwell
4. The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank
5. Children of Dune: Frank Herbert
6. A Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin
7. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson
8. Animal Farm: George Orwell
9. Slaughterhouse-Five: Kurt Vonnegut
10. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Dune: Frank Herbert
2. A Court of Thorns and Roses: Sarah J. Maas
3. Happy Place: Emily Henry
4. A Little Life: Hanya Yanagihara
5. The Midnight Library: Matt Haig
6. Trust: Hernan Diaz
7. Horse: Geraldine Brooks
8. Bride: Ali Hazelwood
9. The Three-Body Problem: Cixin Liu
10. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone: Benjamin Stevenson
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