{"id":108831,"date":"2025-08-25T12:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T12:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/108831\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T12:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T12:34:10","slug":"here-are-current-bestsellers-at-southern-californias-independent-bookstores-pasadena-weekendr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/108831\/","title":{"rendered":"Here Are Current Bestsellers at Southern California\u2019s Independent Bookstores \u2013 Pasadena Weekendr"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Number One in Hardcover Fiction The Emperor of Gladness:,by Ocean Vuong,
published by Penguin Press.<\/p>\n

Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday,August 17, 2025. This list 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\t Post Views: 10 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\tHARDCOVER FICTION<\/p>\n

The Emperor of Gladness \u2013 Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593831878<\/p>\n

Atmosphere \u2013 Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715<\/p>\n

James \u2013 Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369<\/p>\n

The Wedding People \u2013 Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576<\/p>\n

My Friends \u2013 Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820<\/p>\n

Not Quite Dead Yet \u2013 Holly Jackson, Bantam, $28, 9780593977057<\/p>\n

Wild Dark Shore \u2013 Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951<\/p>\n

The Bewitching \u2013 Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $29, 9780593874325<\/p>\n

An Inside Job \u2013 Daniel Silva, Harper, $32, 9780063384217<\/p>\n

Culpability \u2013 Bruce Holsinger, Spiegel & Grau, $30, 9781954118966<\/p>\n

Automatic Noodle \u2013 Annalee Newitz, Tordotcom, $24.99, 9781250357465<\/p>\n

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil \u2013 V. E. Schwab, Tor Books, $29.99, 9781250320520<\/p>\n

The God of the Woods \u2013 Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918<\/p>\n

My Name Is Emilia del Valle \u2013 Isabel Allende, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593975091<\/p>\n

The Magician of Tiger Castle \u2013 Louis Sachar, Ace, $30, 9780593952306<\/p>\n

\t\t\tHARDCOVER NONFICTION<\/p>\n

The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can\u2019t Stop Talking About \u2013 Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366<\/p>\n

Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America \u2013 Robert B. Reich, Knopf, $30, 9780593803288<\/p>\n

The Creative Act: A Way of Being \u2013 Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886<\/p>\n

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection \u2013 John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525556572<\/p>\n

A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck \u2013 Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280<\/p>\n

Here Beside the Rising Tide: Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, and an American Awakening \u2013 Jim Newton, Random House, $32, 9780593447055<\/p>\n

King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation \u2013 Scott Anderson, Doubleday, $35, 9780385548076<\/p>\n

Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run \u2013 Peter Ames Carlin, Doubleday, $30, 9780385551533<\/p>\n

Ready for My Close-Up: The Making of Sunset Boulevard and the Dark Side of the Hollywood Dream \u2013 David M. Lubin, Grand Central Publishing, $30, 9781538739297<\/p>\n

I Regret Almost Everything: A Memoir \u2013 Keith McNally, Gallery Books, $29.99, 9781668017647<\/p>\n

Me, My Customer, and AI: The New Rules of Entrepreneurship \u2013 Henrik Werdelin, Nicholas Thorne, Lasega Books, $26, 9781637634547<\/p>\n

The Multiply Method: Simple Systems for Building a Solid, Sustainable Network Marketing Team \u2013 Sarah Robbins, Mission Driven Press, $26, 9781637634509<\/p>\n

Abundance \u2013 Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, Avid Reader Press\/Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668023488<\/p>\n

Raising Hare: A Memoir \u2013 Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Search for Common Ground \u2013 David Litt, Gallery Books, $29.99, 9781668035351<\/p>\n

\t\t\tTRADE PAPERBACK FICTION<\/p>\n

Martyr! \u2013 Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778<\/p>\n

Project Hail Mary \u2013 Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228<\/p>\n

Remarkably Bright Creatures \u2013 Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164<\/p>\n

The Alchemist \u2013 Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007<\/p>\n

I Who Have Never Known Men \u2013 Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600<\/p>\n

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store \u2013 James McBride, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593422953<\/p>\n

Tell Me Everything \u2013 Elizabeth Strout, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593446119<\/p>\n

The Lion Women of Tehran \u2013 Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594<\/p>\n

All Fours \u2013 Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593190272<\/p>\n

The Thursday Murder Club \u2013 Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987<\/p>\n

All the Colors of the Dark \u2013 Chris Whitaker, Crown, $19, 9780593798898<\/p>\n

Alchemy and a Cup of Tea \u2013 Rebecca Thorne, Bramble, $19.99, 9781250333278<\/p>\n

The Safekeep \u2013 Yael van der Wouden, Avid Reader Press\/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668034354<\/p>\n

The Paris Novel \u2013 Ruth Reichl, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $19, 9780812986372<\/p>\n

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology \u2013 Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17, 9780593468463<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Number One in Hardcover Fiction The Emperor of Gladness:,by Ocean Vuong,published by Penguin Press. Here is the SoCal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[223,4,35520,8570,88,2538,829,14957,983,35515,35521,35526,35527,35514,35523,35518,35516,35525,35519,35522,35524,35517],"class_list":["post-108831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-books","tag-books","tag-breaking-news","tag-calendar","tag-community-news","tag-entertainment","tag-food-and-drink","tag-latest-news","tag-lifestyles","tag-local-news","tag-los-angeles-county-news","tag-nonprofit-news","tag-official-events-calendar","tag-old-town-pasadena-news","tag-pasadena","tag-pasadena-arts-and-culture","tag-pasadena-city-guide","tag-pasadena-events","tag-pasadena-living","tag-pasadena-restaurants","tag-pasadena-shopping-news","tag-popular-things-to-do-in-pasadena","tag-things-to-do-in-pasadena"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}