The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and CALIBA, for the
sales week ended Sunday, November 24, 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. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35, 9780593801970
3. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635
4. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
5. The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328137
6. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
7. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
8. The Waiting
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $30, 9780316563796
9. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031
10. Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30, 9780593446096
11. Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521
12. Lazarus Man
Richard Price, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374168155
13. Karla's Choice: A John le Carré Novel
Nick Harkaway, Viking, $30, 9780593833490
14. Water, Water: Poems
Billy Collins, Random House, $27, 9780593731024
15. The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29, 9780812996302
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
2. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805
3. Didion and Babitz
Lili Anolik, Scribner, $29.99, 9781668065488
4. The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30, 9780593230381
5. Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit
Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Craig Mundie, Little, Brown and Company, $30, 9780316581295
6. Cher: The Memoir, Part One
Cher, Dey Street Books, $36, 9780062863102
7. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34, 9780593799895
8. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35, 9780593734223
9. From Under the Truck: A Memoir
Josh Brolin, Harper, $30, 9780063382183
10. The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past
Nate DiMeo, Random House, $33, 9780593446157
11. What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts)
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $35, 9781668055687
12. War
Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster, $32, 9781668052273
13. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
14. Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35, 9780593320969
15. Martha: The Cookbook: 100 Favorite Recipes, with Lessons and Stories from My Kitchen
Martha Stewart, Clarkson Potter, $40, 9780593139202
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
2. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
3. Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
4. The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $17, 9781101906118
5. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
6. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609455064
7. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
8. The Best American Short Stories 2024
Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063275959
9. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
10. The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384
11. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20, 9780593135228
12. Bunny
Mona Awad, Penguin, $17, 9780525559757
13. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
14. The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Amor Towles (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Vintage, $19, 9780593470619
15. Hardly Strangers
A.C. Robinson, 831 Stories, $14.99, 9798893310207
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
2. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
3. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
4. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20, 9780307279286
5. The Pirate's Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd
Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos, Hanover Square Press, $21.99, 9781335018281
6. The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18, 9781400078431
7. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158
8. The Eater Guide to Los Angeles (Eater City Guide)
Eater, Abrams Image, $19.99, 9781419765827
9. Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386
10. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
11. The 2025 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932
12. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18, 9780593652985
13. The White Album: Essays
Joan Didion, FSG, $18, 9780374532079
14. How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9780984627110
15. Sinéad O'Connor: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
Melville House (Ed.), Melville House, $19.99, 9781685891855
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
3. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
4. The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626
5. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
6. Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
7. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
8. The Running Man
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781982197100
9. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
10. God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767
2. Where's Bluey? At Christmas
Penguin Young Readers Licenses, Penguin Young Readers, $8.99, 9780593752982
3. Construction Site: A Thankful Night
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Helen Morgan (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797226729
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
5. Moo, Baa, Fa La La La La!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781665914352
6. Santa's First Christmas
Mac Barnett, Sydney Smith (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593524978
7. The Bakery Dragon
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968
8. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
9. The Fly Who Flew to Space
Lauren Sánchez, Raleigh Stewart (Illus.), The Collective Book Studio, $19.95, 9781685550639
10. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454952770
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
2. The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
3. The Squad: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315
4. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203
5. Charlotte's Web
E. B. White, Harper, $10.99, 9780064400558
6. When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary
Alice Hoffman, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781338856941
7. The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo, Timothy Basil Ering (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9780763680893
8. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $9.99, 9780062895943
9. Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat
Li Chen, Andrews McMeel Publishing, $12.99, 9781524882587
10. The Firelight Apprentice
Bree Paulsen, Quill Tree Books, $15.99, 9780063266582
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin 
2. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams 
4. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 
5. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion 
7. The Bad Guys
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic 
8. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion 
9. Who Was/Is...?
Kirsten Anderson, Gregory Copeland (Illus.), Penguin Workshop 
10. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick