{"id":17266,"date":"2025-10-22T05:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T05:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/17266\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T05:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T05:05:08","slug":"this-weeks-bestsellers-at-southern-californias-independent-bookstores-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/17266\/","title":{"rendered":"This week\u2019s bestsellers at Southern California\u2019s independent bookstores \u2013 Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the\u00a0sales week ended Oct. 19 is based on reporting from the independent\u00a0booksellers of Southern California, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance and\u00a0IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

HARDCOVER FICTION<\/p>\n

1. The Impossible Fortune:\u00a0Richard Osman<\/p>\n

2. Shadow Ticket:\u00a0Thomas Pynchon<\/p>\n

3. What We Can Know:\u00a0Ian McEwan<\/p>\n

4. The Secret of Secrets:\u00a0Dan Brown<\/p>\n

5. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny:\u00a0Kiran Desai<\/p>\n

6. Twice:\u00a0Mitch Albom<\/p>\n

7. Katabasis:\u00a0R. F. Kuang<\/p>\n

8. Alchemised:\u00a0SenLinYu<\/p>\n

9. Heart the Lover:\u00a0Lily King<\/p>\n

10. Atmosphere:\u00a0Taylor Jenkins Reid<\/p>\n

HARDCOVER NONFICTION<\/p>\n

1. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History \u2014 and How It Shattered a Nation:\u00a0Andrew Ross Sorkin<\/p>\n

2. Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love:\u00a0Samin Nosrat<\/p>\n

3. 107 Days:\u00a0Kamala Harris<\/p>\n

4. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can\u2019t Stop Talking About:\u00a0Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins<\/p>\n

5. Perseverance Principles: How to Unlock Confidence, Consistency, and Wealth Under Pressure:\u00a0J.J. Mazzo<\/p>\n

6. The Compass Within: A Little Story About the Values That Guide Us:\u00a0Robert Glazer<\/p>\n

7. Night People: How to Be a DJ in \u201990s New York City:\u00a0Mark Ronson<\/p>\n

8. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm:\u00a0Charlie Mackesy<\/p>\n

9. All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation:\u00a0Elizabeth Gilbert<\/p>\n

10. Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person\u2019s Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds:\u00a0John Fugelsang<\/p>\n

MASS MARKET<\/p>\n

1. 1984:\u00a0George Orwell<\/p>\n

2. Animal Farm:\u00a0George Orwell<\/p>\n

3. Mistborn: The Final Empire:\u00a0Brandon Sanderson<\/p>\n

4. Hyperion:\u00a0Dan Simmons<\/p>\n

5. Jurassic Park:\u00a0Michael Crichton<\/p>\n

6. Oathbringer:\u00a0Brandon Sanderson<\/p>\n

7. Slaughterhouse-Five:\u00a0Kurt Vonnegut<\/p>\n

8. Interview with the Vampire:\u00a0Anne Rice<\/p>\n

9. The Way of Kings:\u00a0Brandon Sanderson<\/p>\n

10. The Illustrated Man:\u00a0Ray Bradbury<\/p>\n

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION<\/p>\n

1. The City and Its Uncertain Walls:\u00a0Haruki Murakami<\/p>\n

2. Martyr!:\u00a0Kaveh Akbar<\/p>\n

3. Mate:\u00a0Ali Hazelwood<\/p>\n

4. Project Hail Mary:\u00a0Andy Weir<\/p>\n

5. The Frozen River:\u00a0Ariel Lawhon<\/p>\n

6. Playground:\u00a0Richard Powers<\/p>\n

7. The Ministry of Time:\u00a0Kaliane Bradley<\/p>\n

8. The Best Short Stories 2025: The O. Henry Prize Winners:\u00a0Edward P. Jones (Ed.)<\/p>\n

9. Demon Copperhead:\u00a0Barbara Kingsolver<\/p>\n

10. We Solve Murders:\u00a0Richard Osman<\/p>\n

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