The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended Sept. 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. Holly: Stephen King

2. Tom Lake: Ann Patchett

3. The Fraud: Zadie Smith

4. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: James McBride

5. The Vaster Wilds: Lauren Groff

6. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin

7. The Covenant of Water: Abraham Verghese

8. The Enchanters: James Ellroy

9. Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver

10. Mother-Daughter Murder Night: Nina Simon

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Elon Musk: Walter Isaacson

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

3. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World: Naomi Klein

4. Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier: Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey

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

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

7. To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey Nyx Walker

8. Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere: Maria Bamford

9. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments: Joe Posnanski

10. Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me: Bernie Taupin

MASS MARKET

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

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

3. American Gods: Neil Gaiman

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

5. The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank

6. The Lies of Locke Lamora: Scott Lynch

7. Dune: Frank Herbert

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

9. The Count of Monte Cristo: Alexandre Dumas

10. Women Who Run With the Wolves: Clarissa Pinkola Estés

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Trust: Hernan Diaz

2. Babel: R. F. Kuang

3. A Little Life: Hanya Yanagihara

4. The Alchemist: Paulo Coelho

5. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop: Satoshi Yagisawa

6. The Thursday Murder Club: Richard Osman

7. The Midnight Library: Matt Haig

8. Big Swiss: Jen Beagin

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

10. Assistant to the Villain: Hannah Nicole Maehrer

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