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

The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended Dec. 1 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. James: Percival Everett

2. Intermezzo: Sally Rooney

3. The City and Its Uncertain Walls: Haruki Murakami

4. Creation Lake: Rachel Kushner

5. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore

6. Small Things Like These: Claire Keegan

7. All Fours: Miranda July

8. The Women: Kristin Hannah

9. The Grey Wolf: Louise Penny

10. Playground: Richard Powers

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir: Ina Garten

2. The Message: Ta-Nehisi Coates

3. Cher: The Memoir, Part One: Cher

4. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering: Malcolm Gladwell

5. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World: Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.)

6. What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts): Stanley Tucci

7. Didion and Babitz: Lili Anolik

8. Citizen: My Life After the White House: Bill Clinton

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

10. Freedom: Memoirs 1954 — 2021: Angela Merkel

MASS MARKET

1. The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank

2. Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen

3. 1984: George Orwell

4. Rich Dad Poor Dad: Robert T. Kiyosaki

5. Dune Messiah: Frank Herbert

6. The Name of the Wind: Patrick Rothfuss

7. American Gods: Neil Gaiman

8. Animal Farm: George Orwell

9. The Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger

10. Foundation: Isaac Asimov

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. North Woods: Daniel Mason

2. Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver

3. Orbital: Samantha Harvey

4. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin

5. The Frozen River: Ariel Lawhon

6. Circe: Madeline Miller

7. Project Hail Mary: Andy Weir

8. The Vegetarian: Han Kang

9. A Little Life: Hanya Yanagihara

10. The House in the Cerulean Sea: TJ Klune