This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores

This Week’s Bestsellers at Southern California’s Independent Bookstores

Discover the top-selling titles in hardcover fiction, nonfiction, trade, and mass market paperbacks for the sales week that ended in November. The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List is compiled from reports by Southern California independent booksellers, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, and IndieBound.

To find an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

Top Hardcover Fiction and Nonfiction

  1. The Uncool: A Memoir by Cameron Crowe
  2. Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
  3. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm by Charlie Mackesy
  4. The Black Wolf by Louise Penny
  5. The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly
  6. What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
  7. Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon
  8. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
  9. Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
“The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of Southern California, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound.”

These rankings highlight the diversity of popular titles embraced by the local independent bookstore community in Southern California.

Author’s summary: This list reveals Southern California’s independent bookstores' current top sellers, reflecting a rich mix of memoirs and fiction favored by local readers.

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