{"id":70084,"date":"2025-11-26T02:40:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T02:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/70084\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T02:40:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T02:40:07","slug":"this-weeks-bestsellers-at-southern-californias-independent-bookstores-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/70084\/","title":{"rendered":"This week\u2019s bestsellers at Southern California\u2019s independent bookstores \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the\u00a0sales week ended Nov. 23 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 Correspondent:\u00a0Virginia Evans<\/p>\n

2. Brimstone (Deluxe Limited Edition):\u00a0Callie Hart<\/p>\n

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

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

5. Queen Esther:\u00a0John Irving<\/p>\n

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

7. Audition:\u00a0Katie Kitamura<\/p>\n

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

9. The Black Wolf:\u00a0Louise Penny<\/p>\n

10. Dog Show: Poems:\u00a0Billy Collins, Pamela Sztybel (Illus.)<\/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. Bread of Angels: A Memoir:\u00a0Patti Smith<\/p>\n

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

4. Something from Nothing: A Cookbook:\u00a0Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter<\/p>\n

5. The Uncool: A Memoir:\u00a0Cameron Crowe<\/p>\n

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

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

8. Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts:\u00a0Margaret Atwood<\/p>\n

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

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

MASS MARKET<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

5. Lord of the Flies:\u00a0William Golding<\/p>\n

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

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

8. The Bhagavad-Gita: Krishna\u2019s Counsel in Time of War:\u00a0Barbara Stoler Miller<\/p>\n

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

10. Words of Radiance:\u00a0Brandon Sanderson<\/p>\n

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION<\/p>\n

1. On the Calculation of Volume (Book III):\u00a0Solvej Balle<\/p>\n

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

3. Hamnet:\u00a0Maggie O\u2019Farrell<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

8. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I):\u00a0Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.)<\/p>\n

9. The Princess Bride Deluxe Limited Edition:\u00a0William Goldman<\/p>\n

10. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow:\u00a0Gabrielle Zevin<\/p>\n

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