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“A Thousand Steps,” a new thriller by T. Jefferson Parker set in Laguna Beach during the Summer of Love, is among the top-selling fiction releases at Southern California’s independent bookstores. (Courtesy of Forge Books)
“A Thousand Steps,” a new thriller by T. Jefferson Parker set in Laguna Beach during the Summer of Love, is among the top-selling fiction releases at Southern California’s independent bookstores. (Courtesy of Forge Books)
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The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended Jan. 23 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. The Lincoln Highway: Amor Towles

2. Cloud Cuckoo Land: Anthony Doerr

3. To Paradise: Hanya Yanagihara

4. The Midnight Library: Matt Haig

5. A Thousand Steps: T.Jefferson Parker

6. Call Us What We Carry: Poems: Amanda Gorman

7. Fiona and Jane: Jean Chen Ho

8. Beautiful World, Where Are You: Sally Rooney

9. The Maid: Nita Prose

10. The Cat Who Saved Books: Sosuke Natsukawa

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience: Brené Brown

2. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir: Michelle Zauner

3. Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy: Jamie Raskin

4. All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business: Mel Brooks

5. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity: David Graeber, David Wengrow

6. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story: Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine

7. These Precious Days: Essays: Ann Patchett

8. Taste: My Life Through Food: Stanley Tucci

9. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life: George Saunders

10. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music: Dave Grohl

MASS MARKET

1. Dune: Frank Herbert

2. Women Who Run With the Wolves: Clarissa Pinkola Estés

3. Good Omens: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett

4. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams

5. Dune Messiah: Frank Herbert

6. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson

7. 1984: George Orwell

8. The Eye of the World: Robert Jordan

9. The Count of Monte Cristo: Alexandre Dumas

10. Hyperion: Dan Simmons

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Taylor Jenkins Reid

2. The Song of Achilles: Madeline Miller

3. Normal People: Sally Rooney

4. Play It As It Lays: Joan Didion

5. Circe: Madeline Miller

6. Hamnet: Maggie O’Farrell

7. The Silent Patient: Alex Michaelides

8. The Anomaly: Hervé Le Tellier

9. Mexican Gothic: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

10. The Love Hypothesis: Ali Hazelwood

 
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