Alta Journal’s California Bestsellers List (August 2, 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 July 30, 2023.

We travel to Venice Beach this week with Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, a captivating novel that follows college pals turned business partners Sam Masur and Sadie Green over the span of three decades. Together, they navigate newfound fame from their first blockbuster video game, Ichigo, and the complexities that come with a lifelong friendship. In Michael Finkel’s The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession, we encounter another pair entangled in a web of personal emotions and professional ambitions. Despite eight years of successful heists, master art thief Stéphane Breitwieser and his girlfriend, Anne-Catherine Kleinklaus, might have just completed their final act.

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

Southern California

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28
2. The Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32
3. Crook Manifesto, Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $29
4. Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50
5. Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros, Red Tower Books, $29.99

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. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity, Peter Attia, MD, with Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32
4. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession, Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28
5. Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones, James Clear, Avery, $27

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 Alchemist, Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25
2. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, David Grann, Vintage, $17
3. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir, Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17
4. All About Love: New Visions, bell hooks, William Morrow, $16.99
5. Happy-Go-Lucky, David Sedaris, Back Bay Books, $18.99

Northern California

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50
2. Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros, Red Tower Books, $29.99
3. The Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32
4. Crook Manifesto, Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $29
5. Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29

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. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity, Peter Attia, MD, with Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32
4. Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones, James Clear, Avery, $27
5. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession, Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Trust, Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17
2. The Midnight Library, Matt Haig, Penguin Books, $18
3. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17
4. The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O’Farrell, Vintage, $17
5. The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25
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. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir, Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17
5. Happy-Go-Lucky, David Sedaris, Back Bay Books, $18.99

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.