Alta Journal’s California Bestsellers List (June 28, 2023)

With reporting from the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Alta Journal brings you a list of the bestselling titles at independent bookstores across Northern and Southern California for the week ending June 25, 2023.

Alta’s July California Book Club pick, Stay True, by Hua Hsu, is featured on the list this week. This Pulitzer Prize–winning memoir follows Hsu through some of the most difficult times of his life as he deals with the death of a close friend and searches for a sense of belonging. And appearing again on the list is Los Angeles author Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Carrie Soto Is Back. After her record of 20 Grand Slam titles is broken, retired tennis player Carrie Soto returns to the court to play one more season, coached by her father and training with an old flame.

For a full list of titles and categories, visit the California Independent Booksellers Alliance.•

Southern California

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32
2. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28
3. Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50
4. Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29
5. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, Lisa See, Scribner, $28

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Creative Act: A Way of Being, Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32
2. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, David Grann, Doubleday, $30
3. Pageboy: A Memoir, Elliot Page, Flatiron Books, $29.99
4. Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones, James Clear, Avery, $27
5. Stay True: A Memoir, Hua Hsu, Doubleday, $26

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Trust, Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17
2. Carrie Soto Is Back, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $18
3. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17
4. Time Is a Mother, Ocean Vuong, Penguin Books, $17
5. The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir, Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17
2. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, David Grann, Vintage, $17
3. Happy-Go-Lucky, David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $18.99
4. All About Love: New Visions, bell hooks, William Morrow, $16.99
5. Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $17.99

Northern California

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32
2. Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50
3. Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29
4. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28
5. The Wind Knows My Name, Isabel Allende, Ballantine Books, $28

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, David Grann, Doubleday, $30
2. The Creative Act: A Way of Being, Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32
3. Pageboy: A Memoir, Elliot Page, Flatiron Books, $29.99
4. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds, Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $30
5. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity, Peter Attia, MD, with Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Trust, Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17
3. The Midnight Library, Matt Haig, Penguin Books, $18
4. The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99
5. The Candy House, Jennifer Egan, Scribner, $17.99

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir, Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17
2. Solito: A Memoir, Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18
3. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, David Grann, Vintage, $17
4. Happy-Go-Lucky, David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $18.99
5. Bay Curious: Exploring the Hidden True Stories of the San Francisco Bay Area, Olivia Allen-Price, Chronicle Books, $15.95

Source: California Independent Booksellers Alliance

Elizabeth Casillas

Elizabeth Casillas is an assistant editor at Alta Journal. A graduate of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, she has previously written for the Poly Post and Enspire Magazine.