{"id":13275,"date":"2025-07-16T04:01:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T04:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/13275\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T04:01:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T04:01:03","slug":"this-weeks-bestsellers-at-southern-californias-independent-bookstores-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/13275\/","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 July 13 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. Atmosphere:\u00a0Taylor Jenkins Reid<\/p>\n

2. Vera, or Faith:\u00a0Gary Shteyngart<\/p>\n

3. The Emperor of Gladness:\u00a0Ocean Vuong<\/p>\n

4. My Friends:\u00a0Fredrik Backman<\/p>\n

5. James:\u00a0Percival Everett<\/p>\n

6. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil:\u00a0V. E. Schwab<\/p>\n

7. Culpability:\u00a0Bruce Holsinger<\/p>\n

8. My Name Is Emilia del Valle:\u00a0Isabel Allende<\/p>\n

9. The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy:\u00a0Brigitte Knightley<\/p>\n

10. The Wedding People:\u00a0Alison Espach<\/p>\n

HARDCOVER NONFICTION<\/p>\n

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

2. Abundance:\u00a0Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson<\/p>\n

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

4. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck: Sophie Elmhirst<\/p>\n

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

6. 2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America:\u00a0Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager, Isaac Arnsdorf<\/p>\n

7. Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity:\u00a0Eric Topol<\/p>\n

8. The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life:\u00a0Suleika Jaouad<\/p>\n

9. We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life\u2019s 20 Questions:\u00a0Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, Amanda Doyle<\/p>\n

10. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World:\u00a0Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.)<\/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. The Catcher in the Rye:\u00a0J.D. Salinger<\/p>\n

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

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

7. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories:\u00a0Oscar Wilde<\/p>\n

8. Women Who Run With the Wolves:\u00a0Clarissa Pinkola Estes<\/p>\n

9. Foundation:\u00a0Isaac Asimov<\/p>\n

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

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Creation Lake:\u00a0Rachel Kushner<\/p>\n

8. One Golden Summer:\u00a0Carley Fortune<\/p>\n

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

10. Problematic Summer Romance:\u00a0Ali Hazelwood<\/p>\n

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