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 24, 2024.
James, the long-awaited novel by California Book Club author Percival Everett, is finally here. Everett’s adaptation of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn captures Jim’s perspective in a gripping yet humorous narrative. Also on the list is The Three-Body Problem, by Cixin Liu. This Hugo Award–winning sci-fi book paints an eerie future in which Earthlings prepare for an alien invasion.
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
- James, Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28. Read an excerpt in Alta.
- 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
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- The Creative Act: A Way of Being, Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32
- The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir, RuPaul, Dey Street Books, $29.99
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, David Grann, Doubleday, $30
- How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen, David Brooks, Random House, $30
- Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood, Ed Zwick, Gallery Books, $28.99
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Dune, Frank Herbert, Ace Books, $18
- A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19
- Happy Place, Emily Henry, Berkley Books, $19
- Horse, Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $19
- The Midnight Library, Matt Haig, Penguin Books, $18
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- All About Love: New Visions, bell hooks, William Morrow, $16.99
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk, MD, Penguin Books, $19
- Crying in H Mart: A Memoir, Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17
- Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir, Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99
- Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships, Nina Totenberg, Simon & Schuster, $18.99
Northern California
HARDCOVER FICTION
- The Women, Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30
- James, Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28. Read an excerpt in Alta.
- Wandering Stars, Tommy Orange, Knopf, $29. Read the Alta review.
- The Hunter, Tana French, Viking, $32
- The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28
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
- How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen, David Brooks, Random House, $30
- Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection, Charles Duhigg, Random House, $30
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Dune, Frank Herbert, Ace Books, $18
- A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19
- Happy Place, Emily Henry, Berkley Books, $19
- The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu, Tor Books, $18.99
- Birnam Wood, Eleanor Catton, Picador, $19
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- All About Love: New Visions, bell hooks, William Morrow, $16.99
- Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World, Malcolm Harris, Back Bay Books, $22.99
- 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
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk, MD, Penguin Books, $19
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.
