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    This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores
    • March 11, 2026

    The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended March 8 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. The Correspondent: Virginia Evans

    2. Vigil: George Saunders

    3. Brawler: Stories: Lauren Groff

    4. Heart the Lover: Lily King

    5. Kin: Tayari Jones

    6. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: Kiran Desai

    7. Half His Age: Jennette McCurdy

    8. Now I Surrender: Álvaro Enrigue

    9. Lost Lambs: Madeline Cash

    10. This Is Not About Us: Fiction: Allegra Goodman

    HARDCOVER NONFICTION

    1. A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness: Michael Pollan

    2. Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery: Gavin Newsom

    3. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage: Belle Burden

    4. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck: Sophie Elmhirst

    5. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism: Stewart Reynolds

    6. You with the Sad Eyes: A Memoir: Christina Applegate

    7. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This: Omar El Akkad

    8. Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America’s New Age of Disaster: Jacob Soboroff

    9. We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America: Norah O’Donnell, Kate Andersen Brower

    10. Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice: Virginia Roberts Giuffre

    TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

    1. Project Hail Mary: Andy Weir

    2. Theo of Golden: Allen Levi

    3. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman

    4. Wuthering Heights (Movie Tie-In): Emily Brontë

    5. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt

    6. Hamnet: Maggie O’Farrell

    7. The Lion Women of Tehran: Marjan Kamali

    8. Stone Yard Devotional: Charlotte Wood

    9. Heated Rivalry: Rachel Reid

    10. Dungeon Crawler Carl: Matt Dinniman

    TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

    1. Raising Hare: A Memoir: Chloe Dalton

    2. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century: Timothy Snyder

    3. Duct Tape and White Lies: A Woman’s Practical Guide to Real Life Success: Emily Lampkin

    4. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder: David Grann

    5. I’m Glad My Mom Died: Jennette McCurdy

    6. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma: Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.

    7. Straight from the Grapevine: How to Crush Your Job Search: Rachel Zaslansky Sheer, Lori Zuker Briller

    8. On Democracy: Walt Whitman

    9. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants: Robin Wall Kimmerer

    10. Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity: 10th Anniversary Edition: David Lynch

     

    ​ Orange County Register 

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