The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended Oct. 26 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. The Secret of Secrets: Dan Brown
2. The Widow: John Grisham
3. The Proving Ground: Michael Connelly
4. What We Can Know: Ian McEwan
5. Shadow Ticket: Thomas Pynchon
6. King Sorrow: Joe Hill
7. Heart the Lover: Lily King
8. Twice: Mitch Albom
9. The Correspondent: Virginia Evans
10. Katabasis: R. F. Kuang
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice: Virginia Roberts Giuffre
2. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History — and How It Shattered a Nation: Andrew Ross Sorkin
3. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism: Stewart Reynolds
4. 107 Days: Kamala Harris
5. Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy: Joyce Vance
6. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm: Charlie Mackesy
7. Raising Hare: A Memoir: Chloe Dalton
8. To Rescue the American Spirit: Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower: Bret Baier
9. Finding My Way: A Memoir: Malala Yousafzai
10. I Wrote This for Attention: Lukas Gage
MASS MARKET
1. 1984: George Orwell
2. Animal Farm: George Orwell
3. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams
4. And Then There Were None: Agatha Christie
5. A Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin
6. The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank
7. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson
8. Crime and Punishment: Fyodor Dostoevsky
9. The Catcher in the Rye: J. D. Salinger
10. The Great Gatsby: The Only Authorized Edition: F.Scott Fitzgerald
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Project Hail Mary: Andy Weir
2. Mate: Ali Hazelwood
3. Intermezzo: Sally Rooney
4. Bunny: Mona Awad
5. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt
6. Playground: Richard Powers
7. The Handmaid’s Tale: Margaret Atwood
8. Annihilation: Jeff VanderMeer
9. All Fours: Miranda July
10. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman