The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended Oct. 12 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. Shadow Ticket: Thomas Pynchon
2. The Impossible Fortune: Richard Osman
3. What We Can Know: Ian McEwan
4. Alchemised: SenLinYu
5. Heart the Lover: Lily King
6. Katabasis: R. F. Kuang
7. Twice: Mitch Albom
8. The Secret of Secrets: Dan Brown
9. My Friends: Fredrik Backman
10. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: Kiran Desai
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. 107 Days: Kamala Harris
2. Perseverance Principles: How to Unlock Confidence, Consistency, and Wealth Under Pressure: J.J. Mazzo
3. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About: Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins
4. All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation: Elizabeth Gilbert
5. Raising Hare: A Memoir: Chloe Dalton
6. Poems & Prayers: Matthew McConaughey
7. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
8. Last Rites: Ozzy Osbourne
9. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love: Samin Nosrat
10. The Devil Emails at Midnight: What Good Leaders Can Learn from Bad Bosses: Mita Mallick
MASS MARKET
1. 1984: George Orwell
2. Animal Farm: George Orwell
3. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams
4. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
5. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One: J.R.R. Tolkien
6. The Autobiography of Malcolm X: Malcom X
7. Lord of the Flies: William Golding
8. Foundation: Isaac Asimov
9. And Then There Were None: Agatha Christie
10. Slaughterhouse-Five: Kurt Vonnegut
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Mate: Ali Hazelwood
2. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar
3. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman
4. Tell Me Everything: Elizabeth Strout
5. The Frozen River: Ariel Lawhon
6. Hamnet: Maggie O’Farrell
7. Fahrenheit 451: Ray Bradbury
8. Project Hail Mary: Andy Weir
9. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt
10. The Midnight Library: Matt Haig