The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and CALIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, September 19, 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. Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385545136
2. Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney, FSG, $28, 9780374602604
3. Matrix
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28, 9781594634499
4. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
5. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Harper, $28.99, 9780062942937
6. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28, 9780593318171
7. Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt, $28.99, 9781250220257
8. The Madness of Crowds
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145260
9. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28, 9781524798659
10. A Slow Fire Burning
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735211230
11. Poison for Breakfast
Lemony Snicket, Liveright, $17.95, 9781324090625
12. Afterparties: Stories
Anthony Veasna So, Ecco, $27.99, 9780063049901
13. Billy Summers
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781982173616
14. The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
Zoraida Córdova, Atria, $27, 9781982102548
15. Great Circle
Maggie Shipstead, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656975
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Mary Roach, Norton, $26.95, 9781324001935
2. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
3. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
4. On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint
Maggie Nelson, Graywolf Press, $27, 9781644450628
5. Beneath the Moon: Fairy Tales, Myths, and Divine Stories from Around the World
Yoshi Yoshitani, Ten Speed Press, $18, 9781984857224
6. This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $28, 9780593296905
7. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
8. American Marxism
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $28, 9781501135972
9. Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village
Maureen Johnson, Jay Cooper, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781984859624
10. Beautiful Country: A Memoir
Qian Julie Wang, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385547215
11. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735213616
12. Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement
Tarana Burke, Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $28.99, 9781250621733
13. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Deluxe (Yellow) Edition
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $24.99, 9780063142787
14. Dusk, Night, Dawn
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780593189696
15. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $28, 9781524746728
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
3. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
4. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780441013593
5. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
6. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $17, 9780525620808
7. The Love Hypothesis
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $16, 9780593336823
8. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671196
9. Martita, I Remember You/Martita, te recuerdo: A Story in English and Spanish
Sandra Cisneros, Vintage, $12.95, 9780593313664
10. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984880987
11. My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin, $16, 9780525522133
12. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
13. Migrations
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $16.99, 9781250204035
14. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
15. Kindred
Octavia E. Butler, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807083697
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. The Best of Me
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316242400
2. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
3. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
4. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
5. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $18, 9780374533557
6. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
7. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
8. The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
9. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
10. The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont
Shawn Levy, Anchor, $17, 9780525435662
11. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $16.99, 9780060899226
12. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780735224155
13. Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys
Joe Coulombe, HarperCollins Leadership, $19.99, 9781400225439
14. The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood
Sam Wasson, Flatiron Books, $18.99, 9781250266293
15. Secret Stairs: A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles
Charles Fleming, Santa Monica Press, $16.95, 9781595800503
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
2. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino, Harper Perennial, $9.99, 9780063112520
3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
4. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
5. The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski, Orbit, $8.99, 9780316495967
6. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
7. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
8. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
9. Zodiac
Robert Graysmith, Berkley, $8.99, 9780425212189
10. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $8.99, 9780358451228
4. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544772533
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. Bear Is a Bear
Jonathan Stutzman, Dan Santat (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062880512
7. Boo! Baa, La La La!
Sandra Boynton, Little Simon, $5.99, 9781534452831
8. Tomatoes for Neela
Padma Lakshmi, Juana Martinez-Neal (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780593202708
9. Here We Are: Book of Animals
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593466094
10. Creepy Pair of Underwear!
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster BYR, $17.99, 9781442402980
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Friends Forever
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317568
2. Willodeen
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147400
3. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
4. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
5. Fantastic Mr. Fox
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142414552
6. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
7. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
8. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
9. The Barren Grounds
David A. Robertson, Puffin, $9.99, 9780735266124
10. Other Words for Home
Jasmine Warga, Balzer + Bray, $7.99, 9780062747815
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic 
2. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
3. Dragon Masters
Tracey West, Matt Loveridge (Illus.), Scholastic 
4. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
5. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers  
6. Kitty
Paula Harrison, Jenny Lovlie (Illus.), Greenwillow Books 
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet 
8. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Chan Chau (Illus.), Graphix 
9. Ivy & Bean
Sophie Blackall, Annie Barrows, Chronicle 
10. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books