The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and CALIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, August 1, 2021. 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 Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
2. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28, 9781524798659
3. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28, 9780593318171
4. The Final Girl Support Group
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $26, 9780593201237
5. The Maidens
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $27.99, 9781250304452
6. The Paper Palace
Miranda Cowley Heller, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780593329825
7. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
8. The Cellist
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834867
9. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525536291
10. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271
11. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S, $27, 9781501171345
12. The Plot
Jean Hanff Korelitz, Celadon Books, $28, 9781250790767
13. The Other Black Girl
Zakiya Dalila Harris, Atria, $27, 9781982160135
14. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
15. Falling
T.J. Newman, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $28, 9781982177881
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. I Alone Can Fix It
Carol Leonnig, Philip Rucker, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593298947
2. Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
3. This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $28, 9780593296905
4. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
5. World Travel
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35, 9780062802798
6. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735213616
7. American Marxism
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $28, 9781501135972
8. Landslide
Michael Wolff, Holt, $29.99, 9781250830012
9. Inside Comedy
David Steinberg, Knopf, $30, 9780525520573
10. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258
11. The Anthropocene Reviewed
John Green, Dutton, $28, 9780525555216
12. Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood
Danny Trejo, Donal Logue, Atria, $27, 9781982150822
13. An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination
Sheera Frenkel, Cecilia Kang, Harper, $29.99, 9780062960672
14. We Are the Land: A History of Native California
Damon B. Akins, Jr. Bauer, William J., University of California Press, $29.95, 9780520280496
15. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $26.99, 9780062457714
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
2. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
3. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $17, 9780525620808
4. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin, $17, 9780525562047
5. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
6. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780441013593
7. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
8. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
9. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
10. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898876
11. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17, 9781984822185
12. Migrations
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $16.99, 9781250204035
13. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671196
14. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18, 9781635575569
15. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $17.99, 9780316509886
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
2. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
3. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
4. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
5. Kitchen Confidential
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $16.99, 9780060899226
6. The Untethered Soul
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $18.95, 9781572245372
7. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
8. The Body
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
9. The Art of Happiness
The Dalai Lama, Riverhead Books, $17, 9781573227544
10. Vesper Flights
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $17, 9780802158673
11. The Castle on Sunset
Shawn Levy, Anchor, $17, 9780525435662
12. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780735224155
13. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, One World, $18, 9780399588198
14. Meditations: A New Translation
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11, 9780812968255
15. The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood
Sam Wasson, Flatiron Books, $18.99, 9781250266293
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino, Harper Perennial, $9.99, 9780063112520
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
5. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756407919
6. A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $7.95, 9780679755333
7. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
8. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
9. God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257
10. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Grumpy Monkey
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780593123997
3. Time for School, Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $18.99, 9780358412243
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!
Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children, $16.99, 9781368046459
6. Not Quite Narwhal
Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781481469098
7. Where's Waldo?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210651
8. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $18.99, 9780803736801
9. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr. Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
10. Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day?
Richard Scarry, Golden Books, $15.99, 9780553520590
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
2. The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402
3. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
4. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
5. They'll Never Catch Us
Jessica Goodman, Razorbill, $17.99, 9780593114322
6. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
7. Ace of Spades
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250800817
8. Weird Kid
Greg van Eekhout, Harper, $16.99, 9780062970602
9. The Sun Is Also a Star
Nicola Yoon, Ember, $12.99, 9781984849397
10. Legendborn
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers 
2. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic 
3. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine 
4. Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR 
5. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
6. The Bad Guys
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic 
7. Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin 
8. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick 
9. Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR 
10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Abrams