The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and CALIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, November 27, 2022. 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. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
2. The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $30, 9780307268990
3. Desert Star
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316485654
4. Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $29, 9780593492543
5. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
6. Foster
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802160140
7. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
8. Liberation Day
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780525509592
9. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
10. Galatea: A Short Story
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $12, 9780063280519
11. Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Scribner, $32.50, 9781668002179
12. Now Is Not the Time to Panic
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062913500
13. Babel
R.F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $27.99, 9780063021426
14. The Boys from Biloxi
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385548922
15. Trespasses
Louise Kennedy, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780593540893
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9780593237465
2. A Book of Days
Patti Smith, Random House, $28.99, 9780593448540
3. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
4. Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781984822789
5. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
Bono, Knopf, $34, 9780525521044
6. Cinema Speculation
Quentin Tarantino, Harper, $35, 9780063112582
7. The Philosophy of Modern Song
Bob Dylan, Simon & Schuster, $45, 9781451648706
8. Number One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions
Steve Martin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Celadon Books, $30, 9781250815293
9. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
10. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780525537113
11. Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files
Deb Perelman, Knopf, $35, 9780593318782
12. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
Jon Meacham, Random House, $40, 9780553393965
13. Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius
Nick Hornby, Riverhead Books, $18, 9780593541821
14. The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir
Paul Newman, Knopf, $32, 9780593534502
15. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $32.50, 9781982117351

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
2. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
3. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20, 9780593135228
4. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
5. The Best American Short Stories 2022
Andrew Sean Greer, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $17.99, 9780358664710
6. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $20, 9781982168445
7. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
8. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780593540480
9. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
10. The Netanyahus
Joshua Cohen, New York Review Books, $16.95, 9781681376073
11. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984880987
12. Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088
13. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17, 9781984822185
14. Crossroads
Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $20, 9781250858702
15. The Man Who Died Twice
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984881014
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780063092792
2. The Best American Essays 2022
Alexander Chee, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner, $17.99, 9780358658870
3. All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business
Mel Brooks, Ballantine, $20, 9780593159132
4. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
5. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
6. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
7. The Years
Annie Ernaux, Alison L. Strayer (Transl.), Seven Stories Press, $19.95, 9781609807870
8. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $18.95, 9781572245372
9. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
10. City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
Mike Davis, Verso, $21.95, 9781786635891
11. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Mary Roach, Norton, $16.95, 9781324036128
12. Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, FSG, $17, 9780374531386
13. Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark
Cassandra Peterson, Hachette Books, $17.99, 9780306874383
14. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
15. Lost & Found: Reflections on Grief, Gratitude, and Happiness
Kathryn Schulz, Random House, $18, 9780525512486
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743664
2. Twisted Tea Christmas
Laura Childs, Berkley, $8.99, 9780593200889
3. The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553588941
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
5. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686
6. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
7. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
8. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
9. A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, Bantam, $3.95, 9780553212440
10. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories
Oscar Wilde, Signet, $4.95, 9780451530455
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
2. Moo, Baa, Fa La La La La!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781665914352
3. Green Is for Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593353387
4. Bookscape Board Books: We Love Books!
Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $8.99, 9781797215587
5. The Crayons' Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746
6. Giving Thanks: How Thanksgiving Became a National Holiday
Denise Kiernan, Jamey Christoph (Illus.), Philomel Books, $18.99, 9780593404416
7. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Robert Frost, Susan Jeffers (Illus.), Dutton, $16.99, 9780525467342
8. Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $19.99, 9780399167898
9. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, Chris Van Allsburg (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780544580145
10. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
2. Bloodmarked
Tracy Deonn, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781534441637
3. The First to Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780063240803
4. Cursed
Marissa Meyer, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250618917
5. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943
6. Stinetinglers: All New Stories by the Master of Scary Tales
R.L. Stine, Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250836274
7. Matilda
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410370
8. The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
Adam Gidwitz, Hatem Aly (Illus.), Puffin, $9.99, 9780142427378
9. Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith, Nicole Neidhardt (Illus.), Zest Books, $17.99, 9781728458991
10. Miles Morales: Stranger Tides (Original Spider-Man Graphic Novel)
Justin A. Reynolds, Pablo Leon (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338826395
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet 
3. Arc of a Scythe
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
4. The Bad Guys
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic 
5. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine 
6. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic 
7. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion 
8. Heartstopper
Alice Oseman, Graphix 
9. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
10. Dragon Masters
Tracey West, Graham Howells (Illus.), Scholastic