The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended Dec. 11 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. Lessons in Chemistry: Bonnie Garmus
3. A World of Curiosities: Louise Penny
4. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
5. Stella Maris: Cormac McCarthy
6. The Passenger: Cormac McCarthy
7. Trust: Hernan Diaz
8. Horse: Geraldine Brooks
9. Desert Star: Michael Connelly
10. Galatea: A Short Story: Madeline Miller
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times: Michelle Obama
2. I’m Glad My Mom Died: Jennette McCurdy
3. A Book of Days: Patti Smith
4. Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook: Ina Garten
5. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: Charlie Mackesy
6. Number One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions: Steve Martin, Harry Bliss (Illus.)
7. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us: Ed Yong
8. Cinema Speculation: Quentin Tarantino
9. The Philosophy of Modern Song: Bob Dylan
10. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human: Siddhartha Mukherjee
MASS MARKET
1. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary: Merriam-Webster
2. A Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin
3. The Well of Ascension: Brandon Sanderson
4. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: Agatha Christie
5. Ender’s Game: Orson Scott Card
6. Animal Farm: George Orwell
7. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson
8. American Gods: Neil Gaiman
9. The Name of the Wind: Patrick Rothfuss
10. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Taylor Jenkins Reid
2. It Starts with Us: Colleen Hoover
3. Circe: Madeline Miller
4. It Ends with Us: Colleen Hoover
5. The Song of Achilles: Madeline Miller
6. Cloud Cuckoo Land: Anthony Doerr
7. Project Hail Mary: Andy Weir
8. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida: Shehan Karunatilaka
9. The Best American Short Stories 2022: Andrew Sean Greer, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.)
10. Verity: Colleen Hoover