The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended Dec. 4 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. Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver

2. A World of Curiosities: Louise Penny, Minotaur Books

3. Lessons in Chemistry: Bonnie Garmus

4. The Passenger: Cormac McCarthy

5. Desert Star: Michael Connelly

6. Horse: Geraldine Brooks

7. Foster: Claire Keegan

8. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin

9. Galatea: A Short Story: Madeline Miller

10. The Boys from Biloxi: John Grisham

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times: Michelle Obama

2. A Book of Days: Patti Smith

3. I’m Glad My Mom Died: Jennette McCurdy

4. Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook: Ina Garten

5. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story: Bono

6. Cinema Speculation: Quentin Tarantino

7. The Philosophy of Modern Song: Bob Dylan

8. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human: Siddhartha Mukherjee

9. Number One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions: Steve Martin, Harry Bliss (Illus.)

10. Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships: Nina Totenberg

MASS MARKET

1. The Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger

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

3. Ender’s Game: Orson Scott Card

4. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson

5. Macbeth: William Shakespeare

6. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: Quentin Tarantino

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

8. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: Agatha Christie

9. Dune Messiah: Frank Herbert

10. The Color of Magic: Terry Pratchett

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. It Starts with Us: Colleen Hoover

2. Project Hail Mary: Andy Weir

3. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Taylor Jenkins Reid

4. Klara and the Sun: Kazuo Ishiguro

5. Cloud Cuckoo Land: Anthony Doerr

6. Circe: Madeline Miller

7. The Best American Short Stories 2022: Andrew Sean Greer, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.)

8. It Ends with Us: Colleen Hoover

9. The Thursday Murder Club: Richard Osman

10. The Three-Body Problem: Cixin Liu

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