![Liz Moore’s novel “The God of the Woods” is among the top-selling fiction releases at Southern California’s independent bookstores. (Courtesy of Riverhead Books)
Liz Moore’s novel “The God of the Woods” is among the top-selling fiction releases at Southern California’s independent bookstores. (Courtesy of Riverhead Books)](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/LDN-L-BESTSELLERS-LIST-0714-FEATURED.jpg?w=620)
The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended July 7 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. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore
3. All Fours: Miranda July
4. Funny Story: Emily Henry
5. The Midnight Feast: Lucy Foley
6. The Women: Kristin Hannah
7. Table for Two: Fictions: Amor Towles
8. Good Material: Dolly Alderton
9. Same As It Ever Was: Claire Lombardo
10. The Paris Novel: Ruth Reichl
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir: Griffin Dunne
2. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness: Jonathan Haidt
3. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
4. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War: Erik Larson
5. On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service: Anthony Fauci, M.D.
6. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s: Doris Kearns Goodwin
7. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder: David Grann
8. The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI: Ray Kurzweil
9. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk: Kathleen Hanna
10. Somehow: Thoughts on Love: Anne Lamott
MASS MARKET
1. 1984: George Orwell
2. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams
3. Children of Dune: Frank Herbert
4. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
5. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories: Oscar Wilde
6. The Hobbit: J.R.R. Tolkien
7. Dune Messiah: Frank Herbert
8. Slaughterhouse-Five: Kurt Vonnegut
9. Dune: Frank Herbert
10. The Name of the Wind: Patrick Rothfuss
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin
2. A Court of Thorns and Roses: Sarah J. Maas
3. Beach Read: Emily Henry
4. Happy Place: Emily Henry
5. Just for the Summer: Abby Jimenez
6. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women: Lisa See
7. Wellness: Nathan Hill
8. The Idiot: Elif Batuman
9. Play It As It Lays: Joan Didion
10. Not in Love: Ali Hazelwood