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 November 5, 2023.
This week’s bestsellers list features two books now appearing on-screen. The first is Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, by David Grann. Set in 1920s Oklahoma, the story follows the Osage Nation, once affluent landowners, as they fall victim to a nefarious scheme. Last month, director Martin Scorsese released his adaptation of the first two sections of the book for the big screen. And on a small screen near you: All the Light We Cannot See premiered on Netflix last week. The limited series, starring Mark Ruffalo and Hugh Laurie, is based on Anthony Doerr’s 2014 historical fiction novel about the parallel lives of a French boy and a German girl during World War II.
For a full list of titles and categories, visit the California Independent Booksellers Alliance.•
Southern California
HARDCOVER FICTION
- Tom Lake, Ann Patchett, Harper, $30
- Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros, Red Tower Books, $29.99
- The Exchange: After The Firm, John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95
- The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- The Woman in Me, Britney Spears, Gallery Books, $32.99
- The Creative Act: A Way of Being, Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32
- Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon, Michael Lewis, W.W. Norton & Company, $30
- Elon Musk, Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $35
- Be Seen: Find Your Voice. Build Your Brand. Live Your Dream., Jen Gottlieb, Hay House Business, $26.99
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Trust, Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17
- A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19
- The Way Forward, Yung Pueblo, Andrews McMeel Publishing, $16.99
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17
- The Thursday Murder Club, Richard Osman, Penguin Books, $18
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (movie tie-in edition), David Grann, Vintage, $18
- Stay True: A Memoir, Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17. Read Alta’s coverage here.
- The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity, Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19
- Crying in H Mart: A Memoir, Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17
- All About Love: New Visions, bell hooks, William Morrow, $16.99
Northern California
HARDCOVER FICTION
- Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29
- Tom Lake, Ann Patchett, Harper, $30
- The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28
- The Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32
- Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros, Red Tower Books, $29.99
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- The Woman in Me, Britney Spears, Gallery Books, $32.99
- How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen, David Brooks, Random House, $30
- Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America, Heather Cox Richardson, Viking, $30
- The Creative Act: A Way of Being, Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32
- Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism, Rachel Maddow, Crown, $32
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Trust, Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17
- A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17
- All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.99
- The Way Forward, Yung Pueblo, Andrews McMeel Publishing, $16.99
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (movie tie-in edition), David Grann, Vintage, $18
- Solito: A Memoir, Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18
- Crying in H Mart: A Memoir, Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17
- All About Love: New Visions, bell hooks, William Morrow, $16.99
- The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $21
Source: California Independent Booksellers Alliance
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.
