The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and CALIBA, for the
sales week ended Sunday, December 1, 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 City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35, 9780593801970
4. Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521
5. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
6. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
7. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
8. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633
9. The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30, 9781250328137
10. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031
11. Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
12. The Waiting
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $30, 9780316563796
13. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28, 9780593537619
14. Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250881205
15. Water, Water: Poems
Billy Collins, Random House, $27, 9780593731024
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34, 9780593799895
2. The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30, 9780593230381
3. Cher: The Memoir, Part One
Cher, Dey Street Books, $36, 9780062863102
4. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805
5. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
6. What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts)
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $35, 9781668055687
7. Didion and Babitz
Lili Anolik, Scribner, $29.99, 9781668065488
8. Citizen: My Life After the White House
Bill Clinton, Knopf, $38, 9780525521440
9. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
10. Freedom: Memoirs 1954 — 2021
Angela Merkel, St. Martin's Press, $40, 9781250319906
11. Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35, 9780593320969
12. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27, 9780374611996
13. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35, 9780593734223
14. What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird
Sy Montgomery, Atria Books, $22.99, 9781668047361
15. Something in the Woods Loves You
Jarod K. Anderson, Timber Press, $30, 9781643262291
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
2. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
3. Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
4. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
5. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
6. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
7. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20, 9780593135228
8. The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $17, 9781101906118
9. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707
10. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
11. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609455064
12. The Best American Short Stories 2024
Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063275959
13. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
14. The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18, 9781400031702
15. The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $17.99, 9780060837020
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
2. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158
3. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
4. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
5. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
6. The Best American Essays 2024
Wesley Morris, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351554
7. How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9780984627110
8. The 2025 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932
9. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
10. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
11. Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
William Finnegan, Penguin, $19, 9780143109396
12. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20, 9780143129257
13. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780062316110
14. Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business
Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $19.99, 9780063341470
15. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
 
MASS MARKET 
1. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
2. Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Bantam Classics, $5.95, 9780553213102
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
4. Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Plata Publishing, $9.99, 9781612681139
5. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
6. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
7. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
8. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
9. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
10. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767
2. Not Quite Narwhal
Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781481469098
3. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454952770
4. Knight Owl and Early Bird
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526
5. The Bakery Dragon
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968
6. Little Fir Tree: Finger Puppet Book
Yu-Hsuan Huang (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781797228099
7. Little Blue Truck's Christmas
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780544320413
8. You're My Little Latke
Nicola Edwards, Natalie Marshall (Illus.), Silver Dolphin Books, $9.99, 9781667208572
9. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Robert Frost, Susan Jeffers (Illus.), Dutton, $17.99, 9780525467342
10. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
2. Darkly
Marisha Pessl, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593706558
3. The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
4. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
5. Stella & Marigold
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $15.99, 9781797219707
6. The Squad: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315
7. A Study in Drowning (Collector's Deluxe Limited Edition)
Ava Reid, HarperCollins, $21.99, 9780063419414
8. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $9.99, 9780062895943
9. Sis Boom Baa!: The Adventures of Princess Lil' Cap and Sir Hud the Brave
Cappy McGarr, Chandler Dean, Savio Republic, $18, 9781637589861
10. Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665947138
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams 
2. Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin 
3. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 
4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion 
5. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
6. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
7. The First Cat in Space
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), HarperAlley 
8. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Graphix 
9. The Bad Guys
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic 
10. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic