The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and CALIBA, for the
sales week ended Sunday, November 17, 2024. 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. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
2. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635
3. The Waiting
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $30, 9780316563796
4. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031
5. Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521
6. Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30, 9780593446096
7. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
8. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
9. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
10. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
11. The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328137
12. Forest of Noise: Poems
Mosab Abu Toha, Knopf, $22, 9780593803974
13. Rejection
Tony Tulathimutte, William Morrow, $28, 9780063337879
14. Absolution
Jeff VanderMeer, MCD, $30, 9780374616595
15. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30, 9780593230381
2. Didion and Babitz
Lili Anolik, Scribner, $29.99, 9781668065488
3. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34, 9780593799895
4. Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35, 9780593320969
5. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805
6. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35, 9780593734223
7. Ottolenghi Comfort: A Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi, Ten Speed Press, $37.99, 9780399581779
8. War
Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster, $32, 9781668052273
9. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
10. Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
Gillian Anderson, Abrams Press, $28, 9781419777295
11. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
12. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
13. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
Sebastian Junger, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781668050835
14. What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts)
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $35, 9781668055687
15. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27, 9780374611996
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
2. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
3. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
4. The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $17, 9781101906118
5. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
6. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
7. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
8. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707
9. Greek Lessons
Han Kang, Hogarth, $17, 9780593595442
10. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
11. Set My Heart on Fire
Izumi Suzuki, Verso Fiction, $19.95, 9781804293300
12. Human Acts
Han Kang, Hogarth, $17, 9781101906743
13. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
14. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $19, 9780399562976
15. The MANIAC
Benjamin Labatut, Penguin, $18, 9780593654491
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
2. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
3. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
4. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
5. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
6. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18, 9780593652985
7. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20, 9780307279286
8. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
9. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Picador, $20, 9781250338143
10. The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18, 9781400078431
11. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158
12. Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting
Syd Field, Delta, $20, 9780385339032
13. The Best American Essays 2024
Wesley Morris, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351554
14. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
15. The White Album: Essays
Joan Didion, FSG, $18, 9780374532079
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
2. Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345337665
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686
5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
6. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
7. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
8. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
9. The Secret
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $10.99, 9781984818614
10. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories
Oscar Wilde, Signet, $6.95, 9780451530455
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
2. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767
3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
4. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
5. Construction Site: A Thankful Night
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Helen Morgan (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797226729
6. Santa's First Christmas
Mac Barnett, Sydney Smith (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593524978
7. You're My Little Latke
Nicola Edwards, Natalie Marshall (Illus.), Silver Dolphin Books, $9.99, 9781667208572
8. Grumpy Monkey
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $8.99, 9780593123997
9. Madeline
Ludwig Bemelmans, Viking, $9.99, 9780670014071
10. Little Blue Truck's Christmas
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780544320413
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. The Squad: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315
2. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
3. A Study in Drowning (Collector's Deluxe Limited Edition)
Ava Reid, HarperCollins, $21.99, 9780063419414
4. The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
5. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
6. How to Fool Your Parents: 25 Brain-Breaking Magic Tricks
David Kwong, Michael Korfhage (Illus.), HarperCollins, $12.99, 9780063140585
7. Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat
Li Chen, Andrews McMeel Publishing, $12.99, 9781524882587
8. The Grandest Game
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316481014
9. Esperanza Rising
Pam Munoz Ryan, Scholastic, $7.99, 9780439120425
10. The Last Dragon on Mars
Scott Reintgen, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665946513
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 
2. Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin 
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams 
4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion 
5. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
6. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
7. The Bad Guys
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic 
8. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion 
9. The First Cat in Space
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), HarperAlley 
10. Dory Fantasmagory
Abby Hanlon, Puffin