The SoCal Indie Bestsellers list for the sales week ending August 18 is based on reports from Southern California’s independent booksellers, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, and IndieBound. To find an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

BOUND BALANCE SHEET

1.James: Percival Everett

2. Long Island Compromise: Taffy Brodesser-Akner

3. On all fours: Miranda July

4. The women: KristinHannah

5. The God of the Forest: Lisa Moore

6.Sandwiches: Catherine Newman

7.Lady Macbeth: Ava Reid

8. Remarkably bright creatures: Shelby Van Pelt

9. The Bright Sword: Lev Grossman

10. All Colors of Darkness: Chris Whitaker

HANGING NON-FICTION BOOK

1. The creative act: A way of being: Rick Rubin

2. The Art of Power: My Story as America’s First Female Speaker of the House of Representatives: Nancy Pelosi

3. On the sidelines: The art of risking everything: Nate Silver

4. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir: Griffin Dunne

5. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Restructuring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness: Jonathan Haidt

6. Men called her crazy: A reminder: Anna Marie Tendler

7. Atomic Habits: A simple and proven method to build good habits and get rid of bad ones: James Clear

8. How to get to know a person: The art of seeing others deeply and being seen deeply: David Brooks

9. The Demon of Unrest: A saga of hubris, heartbreak and heroism at the beginning of the Civil War: Eric Larson

10. Shameless: The Willful Dysfunction of Republicans and the Fight to Preserve Democracy: Brian Tyler Cohen

MASS MARKET

1. Slaughterhouse Five: Kurt Vonnegut

2. 1984: George Orwell

3. I know why the caged bird sings: Maya Angelou

4. A Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin

5. Shining: Stephen King

6. Mistborn: The Last Empire: Brandon Sanderson

7. Dune: Frank Herbert

8. The downfall of Hyperion: Daniel Simmons

9. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson

10. Animal Farm: George Orwell

PAPERBACKBOOK

1. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin

2. It ends with us: Colleen Hoover

3. The mating: Casey McQuiston

4. A Court of Thorns and Roses: Sarah J. Maas

5. Only for summer: Abby Jimenez

6. The Secret History: Donna Tartt

7. The Alchemist: Paul Coelho

8. The Midnight Library: Matt Haig

9. The exchange: John Grisham

10. Not in love: Ali Hazelwood