This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores

The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended July 7 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 God of the Woods: Liz Moore

3. All Fours: Miranda July

4. Funny Story: Emily Henry

5. The Midnight Feast: Lucy Foley

6. The Women: Kristin Hannah

7. Table for Two: Fictions: Amor Towles

8. Good Material: Dolly Alderton

9. Same As It Ever Was: Claire Lombardo

10. The Paris Novel: Ruth Reichl

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir: Griffin Dunne

2. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness: Jonathan Haidt

3. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin

4. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War: Erik Larson

5. On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service: Anthony Fauci, M.D.

6. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s: Doris Kearns Goodwin

7. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder: David Grann

8. The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI: Ray Kurzweil

9. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk: Kathleen Hanna

10. Somehow: Thoughts on Love: Anne Lamott

MASS MARKET

1. 1984: George Orwell

2. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams

3. Children of Dune: Frank Herbert

4. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson

5. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories: Oscar Wilde

6. The Hobbit: J.R.R. Tolkien

7. Dune Messiah: Frank Herbert

8. Slaughterhouse-Five: Kurt Vonnegut

9. Dune: Frank Herbert

10. The Name of the Wind: Patrick Rothfuss

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin

2. A Court of Thorns and Roses: Sarah J. Maas

3. Beach Read: Emily Henry

4. Happy Place: Emily Henry

5. Just for the Summer: Abby Jimenez

6. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women: Lisa See

7. Wellness: Nathan Hill

8. The Idiot: Elif Batuman

9. Play It As It Lays: Joan Didion

10. Not in Love: Ali Hazelwood

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