The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended Dec. 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. James: Percival Everett 2. Small Things Like These: Claire Keegan 3. Intermezzo: Sally Rooney 4. All Fours: Miranda July 5. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore 6. Wind and Truth: Brandon Sanderson 7. Tell Me Everything: Elizabeth Strout 8. The Grey Wolf: Louise Penny 9. Creation Lake: Rachel Kushner 10. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World: Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.) 2. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir: Ina Garten 3. The Message: Ta-Nehisi Coates 4. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook: Hampton Sides 5. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering: Malcolm Gladwell 6. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI: Yuval Noah Harari 7. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder: David Grann 8. Freedom: Memoirs 1954-2021: Angela Merkel 9. What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts): Stanley Tucci 10. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen: David Brooks MASS MARKET 1. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson 2. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams 3. 1984: George Orwell 4. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson 5. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary: Merriam-Webster 6. Dune: Frank Herbert 7. The Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger 8. The Name of the Wind: Patrick Rothfuss 9. Women Who Run With the Wolves: Clarissa Pinkola Estés 10. The Well of Ascension: Brandon Sanderson TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. Orbital: Samantha Harvey 2. Wicked: Gregory Maguire 3. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin 4. Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver 5. North Woods: Daniel Mason 6. The Vegetarian: Han Kang 7. The Frozen River: Ariel Lawhon 8. Devotions: Mary Oliver 9. Normal People: Sally Rooney 10. Annihilation (10th Anniversary Edition): Jeff VanderMeer Related Articles Books | See inside The Last Bookstore Studio City’s massive, just-opened bookstore Books | How B.A. Van Sise’s book about endangered languages became a Skirball exhibit Books | How R.E.M. transformed from scrappy college band to Hall of Fame rock group Books | Ian Rankin recommends a gritty crime novel and a Jilly Cooper romance Books | Why Santa Ana’s independent bookstore LibroMobile may close its doors in 2025