{"id":363646,"date":"2026-06-17T01:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/363646\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T01:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:36:08","slug":"this-weeks-bestsellers-at-southern-californias-independent-bookstores-daily-news-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/363646\/","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 June 14 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. Whistler:\u00a0Ann Patchett<\/p>\n

2. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce):\u00a0Caro Claire Burke<\/p>\n

3. Daughters of the Sun and Moon:\u00a0Lisa See<\/p>\n

4. Land:\u00a0Maggie O\u2019Farrell<\/p>\n

5. The Midnight Train:\u00a0Matt Haig<\/p>\n

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

7. The Calamity Club:\u00a0Kathryn Stockett<\/p>\n

8. The Things We Never Say:\u00a0Elizabeth Strout<\/p>\n

9. Ironwood:\u00a0Michael Connelly<\/p>\n

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

HARDCOVER NONFICTION<\/p>\n

1. The Land and Its People: Essays:\u00a0David Sedaris<\/p>\n

2. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family\u2019s Search for Truth:\u00a0Patrick Radden Keefe<\/p>\n

3. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage:\u00a0Belle Burden<\/p>\n

4. All We Say: The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches:\u00a0Ben Rhodes<\/p>\n

5. Famesick: A Memoir:\u00a0Lena Dunham<\/p>\n

6. A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness:\u00a0Michael Pollan<\/p>\n

7. The Creative Act: A Way of Being:\u00a0Rick Rubin<\/p>\n

8. The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love:\u00a0Alice Hoffman (Ed.)<\/p>\n

9. How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at Stanford University:\u00a0Theo Baker<\/p>\n

10. The Rolling Stones: The Biography:\u00a0Bob Spitz<\/p>\n

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION<\/p>\n

1. Theo of Golden:\u00a0Allen Levi<\/p>\n

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

3. Dungeon Crawler Carl:\u00a0Matt Dinniman<\/p>\n

4. The Midnight Library:\u00a0Matt Haig<\/p>\n

5. The Odyssey:\u00a0Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.)<\/p>\n

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

7. The Deal:\u00a0Elle Kennedy<\/p>\n

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

9. Taiwan Travelogue:\u00a0Shuang-zi Yang<\/p>\n

10. Red Rising:\u00a0Pierce Brown<\/p>\n

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION<\/p>\n

1. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma:\u00a0Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.<\/p>\n

2. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession:\u00a0Michael Finkel<\/p>\n

3. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century:\u00a0Timothy Snyder<\/p>\n

4. Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman\u2019s OpenAI:\u00a0Karen Hao<\/p>\n

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

6. Things in Nature Merely Grow:\u00a0Yiyun Li<\/p>\n

7. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself:\u00a0Michael A. Singer<\/p>\n

8. Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe:\u00a0Laura Lynne Jackson<\/p>\n

9. Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television:\u00a0Todd S. Purdum<\/p>\n

10. Fifa World Cup 2026: The Official Guide:\u00a0Keir Radnedge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the\u00a0sales week ended June 14 is based on reporting from the independent\u00a0booksellers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[647,7,9,8,420],"class_list":["post-363646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-books","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}