{"id":27942,"date":"2025-10-29T02:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T02:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/27942\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T02:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T02:24:08","slug":"this-weeks-bestsellers-at-southern-californias-independent-bookstores-daily-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/27942\/","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. 26 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 Secret of Secrets:\u00a0Dan Brown<\/p>\n

2. The Widow:\u00a0John Grisham<\/p>\n

3. The Proving Ground:\u00a0Michael Connelly<\/p>\n

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

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

6. King Sorrow:\u00a0Joe Hill<\/p>\n

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

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

9. The Correspondent:\u00a0Virginia Evans<\/p>\n

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

HARDCOVER NONFICTION<\/p>\n

1. Nobody\u2019s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice:\u00a0Virginia Roberts Giuffre<\/p>\n

2. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History \u2014 and How It Shattered a Nation: Andrew Ross Sorkin<\/p>\n

3. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism:\u00a0Stewart Reynolds<\/p>\n

4. 107 Days:\u00a0Kamala Harris<\/p>\n

5. Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy:\u00a0Joyce Vance<\/p>\n

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

7. Raising Hare: A Memoir:\u00a0Chloe Dalton<\/p>\n

8. To Rescue the American Spirit: Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower:\u00a0Bret Baier<\/p>\n

9. Finding My Way: A Memoir:\u00a0Malala Yousafzai<\/p>\n

10. I Wrote This for Attention:\u00a0Lukas Gage<\/p>\n

MASS MARKET<\/p>\n

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

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

3. The Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide to the Galaxy:\u00a0Douglas Adams<\/p>\n

4. And Then There Were None:\u00a0Agatha Christie<\/p>\n

5. A Game of Thrones:\u00a0George R.R. Martin<\/p>\n

6. The Diary of a Young Girl:\u00a0Anne Frank<\/p>\n

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

8. Crime and Punishment:\u00a0Fyodor Dostoevsky<\/p>\n

9. The Catcher in the Rye:\u00a0J. D. Salinger<\/p>\n

10. The Great Gatsby: The Only Authorized Edition:\u00a0F.Scott Fitzgerald<\/p>\n

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION<\/p>\n

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

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

3. Intermezzo:\u00a0Sally Rooney<\/p>\n

4. Bunny:\u00a0Mona Awad<\/p>\n

5. Remarkably Bright Creatures:\u00a0Shelby Van Pelt<\/p>\n

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

7. The Handmaid\u2019s Tale:\u00a0Margaret Atwood<\/p>\n

8. Annihilation:\u00a0Jeff VanderMeer<\/p>\n

9. All Fours:\u00a0Miranda July<\/p>\n

10. I Who Have Never Known Men:\u00a0Jacqueline Harpman<\/p>\n

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