The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended July 2 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 Covenant of Water: Abraham Verghese

2. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin

3. Happy Place: Emily Henry

4. Lessons in Chemistry: Bonnie Garmus

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

6. Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver

7. Yellowface: R. F. Kuang

8. The Guest: Emma Cline

9. I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home: Lorrie Moore

10. Fourth Wing: Rebecca Yarros

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

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

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

3. Pageboy: A Memoir: Elliot Page

4. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession: Michael Finkel

5. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity: Peter Attia

6. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones: James Clear

7. Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of ‘Latino’: Héctor Tobar

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

9. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: Jennifer Ackerman

10. Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood: Maureen Ryan

MASS MARKET

1. 1984: George Orwell

2. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson

3. The Hobbit: J.R.R. Tolkien

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

5. Dune: Frank Herbert

6. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Maya Angelou

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

8. Animal Farm: George Orwell

9. Lord of the Flies: William Golding

10. The Ocean at the End of the Lane: Neil Gaiman

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Trust: Hernan Diaz

2. The Midnight Library: Matt Haig

3. The Last Thing He Told Me: Laura Dave

4. Circe: Madeline Miller

5. The Song of Achilles: Madeline Miller

6. Lapvona: Ottessa Moshfegh

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

8. The Seven Year Slip: Ashley Poston

9. Love, Theoretically: Ali Hazelwood

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

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