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Alta Journal's California Bestsellers List

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California Bestsellers List (April 16, 2026)

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books, california bestsellers, how to be okay when nothing is okay by jenny lawson, the keeper by tana french, your retirement sketchbook by jamie p. hopkins and bonnie treichel

California Bestsellers List: April 9, 2026

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books, california bestsellers, the night we met by abby jimenez, kin by tayari jones, the best dog in the world by alice hoffman

California Bestsellers List (April 2, 2026)

lost lambs by madeline cash, you with the sad eyes by christina applegate, and good writing by neal allen and anne lamott.

California Bestsellers List (March 26, 2026)

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he demon of unrest by erik larson, project hail mary by andy weir, and judge stone by viola davis and james patterson

California Bestsellers List (March 19, 2026)

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California Bestsellers List (March 12, 2026)

books, california bestsellers, theo of golden by allen levi, agnes aubert’s mystical cat shelter by heather fawcett, the last kings of hollywood by paul fischer

California Bestsellers List (February 26, 2026)

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California Bestsellers List (February 19, 2026)

heart the lover by lily king, a marriage at sea by sophie elmhirst, strangers by belle burden

California Bestsellers List (February 12, 2026)

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wild dark shore by charlotte mcconaghy, hamnet by maggie o’farrell, the let them theory by mel robbins and sawyer robbins, books, california bestsellers

California Bestsellers List (February 5, 2026)

california bestsellers, books, half his age by jennette mccurdy, theo of golden by allen levi, one day, everyone will have always been against this by omar el akkad

California Bestsellers List (January 29, 2026)

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hidden potential by adam grant, the long game by rachel reid, what we can know by ian mcewan.

California Bestsellers List (January 22, 2026)

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books, california bestsellers, the first time i saw him by laura dave, james by percival everett, game changer by rachel reid

California Bestsellers List (January 15, 2026)

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the housemaid by freida mcfadden, breath by james nestor, heated rivalry by rachel reid

Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List

train dreams by denis johnson, good things by samin nosrat, flesh by david szalay

California Bestsellers List (December 18, 2025)

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books, california bestsellers, im glad my mom died by jennette mccurdy, kingmaker by sonia purnell, the black wolf by louise penny

California Bestsellers List (December 11, 2025)

books, california bestsellers, one day, everyone will have always been against this by omar el akkad, how to know a person by david brooks, the best american essays 2025 by jia tolentino and kim dana kupperman

California Bestsellers List (December 4, 2025)

the uncool by cameron crowe, hamnet by maggie o’farrell, and the mighty red by louise erdrich

California Bestsellers List (November 20, 2025)

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books, california bestsellers, the correspondent by virginia evans, how about now by kate baer, meditations for mortals by oliver burkeman

California Bestsellers List (November 13, 2025)

books, california bestsellers, twice by mitch albom giuffre, the god of the woods by liz moore, the black wolf by louise penny

California Bestsellers List (November 6, 2025)

nobody’s girl by virginia roberts giuffre, how to know a person by david brooks, giving up is unforgivable by joyce vance

California Bestsellers List (October 30, 2025)

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