The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and CALIBA, for the
sales week ended Sunday, December 8, 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. Wind and Truth
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $39.99, 9781250319180
3. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635
4. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
5. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
6. The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35, 9780593801970
7. Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521
8. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
9. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031
10. The Waiting
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $30, 9780316563796
11. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28, 9780593537619
12. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
13. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633
14. Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30, 9780593446096
15. The Mighty Red
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $32, 9780063277052
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
2. The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30, 9780593230381
3. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34, 9780593799895
4. Didion and Babitz
Lili Anolik, Scribner, $29.99, 9781668065488
5. Cher: The Memoir, Part One
Cher, Dey Street Books, $36, 9780062863102
6. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764
7. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805
8. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35, 9780593734223
9. Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35, 9780593320969
10. Ottolenghi Comfort: A Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi, Ten Speed Press, $37.99, 9780399581779
11. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
12. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
13. Main Street Millionaire: How to Make Extraordinary Wealth Buying Ordinary Businesses
Codie Sanchez, Portfolio, $30, 9780593718612
14. Rowing Blazers: Revised and Expanded Edition
Jack Carlson, Vendome Press, $60, 9780865653986
15. Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Doubleday, $26, 9780385550826
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
2. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
3. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
4. The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $17, 9781101906118
5. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
6. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
7. Wicked
Gregory Maguire, William Morrow Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780062852847
8. The Best American Short Stories 2024
Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063275959
9. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
10. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
11. The Hunter
Tana French, Penguin Books, $19, 9780593493458
12. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609455064
13. The Vaster Wilds
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $18, 9780593418406
14. Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593243756
15. This Is Happiness
Niall Williams, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18.99, 9781635576313
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
2. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
3. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
4. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
5. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
6. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20, 9780307279286
7. The Best American Essays 2024
Wesley Morris, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351554
8. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20, 9780143129257
9. It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $20, 9780593238738
10. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18, 9780593652985
11. The Eater Guide to Los Angeles (Eater City Guide)
Eater, Abrams Image, $19.99, 9781419765827
12. Is Your Cat a Psychopath?: A Personality Quiz Book to Find Out If Your Cat Is Pussolini or Mother Purresa
Stephen Wildish, Sourcebooks, $12.99, 9781728281636
13. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
14. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158
15. Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
Lulu Miller, Simon & Schuster, $17.99, 9781501160349
 
MASS MARKET 
1. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
3. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686
4. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
5. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
6. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345409874
7. A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, Bantam, $5.99, 9780553212440
8. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories
Oscar Wilde, Signet, $6.95, 9780451530455
9. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
10. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767
2. Santa's First Christmas
Mac Barnett, Sydney Smith (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593524978
3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
4. The Bakery Dragon
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968
5. Where to Hide a Star
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $22.99, 9780593622247
6. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780544580145
7. Alice in a Winter Wonderland
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593533888
8. A Dragon for Hanukkah
Sarah Mlynowski, Ariel Landy (Illus.), Orchard Books, $18.99, 9781338897524
9. The Crayons' Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746
10. Exactly as Planned
Tao Nyeu, Rocky Pond Books, $18.99, 9780593462485
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
2. The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science
Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316554732
3. The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
4. The Squad: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315
5. The Sherlock Society
James Ponti, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665932530
6. The Hotel Balzaar
Kate DiCamillo, Júlia Sardŕ  (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536223316
7. The Last Dragon on Mars
Scott Reintgen, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665946513
8. The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo, Timothy Basil Ering (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9780763680893
9. A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250153272
10. Stella & Marigold
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $15.99, 9781797219707
 
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. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion 
6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion 
7. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
8. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers 
9. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick 
10. The Bad Guys
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic