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 March 10, 2024.
This week brings us two new books: a crime novel by award-winning author Tana French and a memoir from legendary drag star RuPaul. In The Hunter, French takes readers into a small western Ireland village where two mysterious men with uncertain futures have just arrived. And in The House of Hidden Meanings, San Diego native RuPaul shares memories from his early days as a queer Black kid grappling with identity.
For a full list of titles and categories, visit the California Independent Booksellers Alliance.•
Southern California
HARDCOVER FICTION
- The Women, Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30
- The Hunter, Tana French, Viking, $32
- Wandering Stars, Tommy Orange, Knopf, $29. Read the Alta review.
- The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28
- North Woods, Daniel Mason, Random House, $28. Read the Alta review.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir, RuPaul, Dey Street Books, $29.99
- The Creative Act: A Way of Being, Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, David Grann, Doubleday, $30
- Grief Is for People, Sloane Crosley, MCD, $27
- Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones, James Clear, Avery, $27
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Dune, Frank Herbert, Ace Books, $18
- A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19
- Bride, Ali Hazelwood, Berkley Books, $19
- I Have Some Questions for You, Rebecca Makkai, Penguin Books, $19. Read the Alta review.
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria Books, $17
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017, Rashid Khalidi, Picador, $19.99
- All About Love: New Visions, bell hooks, William Morrow, $16.99
- Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (movie tie-in edition), David Grann, Vintage, $18
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk, MD, Penguin Books, $19
Northern California
HARDCOVER FICTION
- Wandering Stars, Tommy Orange, Knopf, $29. Read the Alta review.
- The Hunter, Tana French, Viking, $32
- The Women, Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30
- The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28
- North Woods, Daniel Mason, Random House, $28. Read the Alta review.
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- Burn Book: A Tech Love Story, Kara Swisher, Simon & Schuster, $30
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, David Grann, Doubleday, $30
- The Creative Act: A Way of Being, Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32
- Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection, Charles Duhigg, Random House, $30
- The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir, RuPaul, Dey Street Books, $29.99
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19
- Dune, Frank Herbert, Ace Books, $18
- Horse, Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $19
- Trust, Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17
- A Court of Mist and Fury, Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017, Rashid Khalidi, Picador, $19.99
- Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (movie tie-in edition), David Grann, Vintage, $18
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20
- All About Love: New Visions, bell hooks, William Morrow, $16.99
- Solito: A Memoir, Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18. Register for Zamora’s California Book Club event.
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.
