The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended Nov. 9 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.
1. The Black Wolf: Louise Penny
2. The Correspondent: Virginia Evans
3. What We Can Know: Ian McEwan
4. The Proving Ground: Michael Connelly
5. The Secret of Secrets: Dan Brown
6. Alchemised: SenLinYu
7. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: Kiran Desai
8. Heart the Lover: Lily King
9. Queen Esther: John Irving
10. The Widow: John Grisham
1. Bread of Angels: A Memoir: Patti Smith
2. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History — and How It Shattered a Nation: Andrew Ross Sorkin
3. Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice: Virginia Roberts Giuffre
4. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism: Stewart Reynolds
5. Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts: Margaret Atwood
6. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm: Charlie Mackesy
7. The Uncool: A Memoir: Cameron Crowe
8. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About: Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins
9. Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy: Joyce Vance
10. Notes on Being a Man: Scott Galloway
1. 1984: George Orwell
2. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
3. Animal Farm: George Orwell
4. A Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin
5. Rich Dad Poor Dad: Robert T. Kiyosaki
6. The Name of the Wind: Patrick Rothfuss
7. And Then There Were None: Agatha Christie
8. The Well of Ascension: Brandon Sanderson
9. The Hero of Ages: Brandon Sanderson
10. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams
1. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore
2. How About Now: Poems: Kate Baer
3. The Frozen River: Ariel Lawhon
4. Project Hail Mary: Andy Weir
5. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman
6. The City and Its Uncertain Walls: Haruki Murakami
7. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar
8. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt
9. The Housemaid: Freida McFadden
10. The Bell Jar: Sylvia Plath