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

The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended Sept. 15 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.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Creation Lake: Rachel Kushner

2. The Life Impossible: Matt Haig

3. Somewhere Beyond the Sea: TJ Klune

4. All Fours: Miranda July

5. Tell Me Everything: Elizabeth Strout

6. James: Percival Everett

7. Blue Sisters: Coco Mellors

8. Colored Television: Danzy Senna

9. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore

10. Here One Moment: Liane Moriarty

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI: Yuval Noah Harari

2. The Art of Power: My Story as America’s First Woman Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi

3. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin

4. I’m Still Here: A Dog’s Purpose Forever: Cathryn Michon, Seth Taylor (Illus.)

5. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen: David Brooks

6. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: Charlie Mackesy

7. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War: Erik Larson

8. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness: Jonathan Haidt

9. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir: Griffin Dunne

10. Guinness World Records 2025: Guinness World Records

MASS MARKET

1. 1984: George Orwell

2. Words of Radiance: Brandon Sanderson

3. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson

4. Animal Farm: George Orwell

5. Lord of the Flies: William Golding

6. A Game of Thrones: George R. R. Martin

7. Foundation: Isaac Asimov

8. Hyperion: Dan Simmons

9. True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart: Thich Nhat Hanh

10. American Gods: Neil Gaiman

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver

2. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin

3. The Alchemist: Paulo Coelho

4. A Court of Thorns and Roses: Sarah J. Maas

5. My Brilliant Friend: Elena Ferrante

6. The Bee Sting: Paul Murray

7. The Secret History: Donna Tartt

8. The Midnight Library: Matt Haig

9. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology: Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.)

10. A Court of Mist and Fury: Sarah J. Maas