Southern California Best Sellers
hardcover fiction
1. Tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Knopf: $28) Lifelong best friends collaborate on a blockbuster video game.
2. I have some questions for you by Rebecca Makkai (Viking: $28) A film teacher, who is also a podcast host, returns to her boarding school and finds herself embroiled in an investigation of a murder that occurred there when she was a student.
3. Copperhead Demon by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper: $33) The story of a boy born into poverty to a teenage single mother in Appalachia.
4. Chemistry lessons by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday: $29) In the 1960s, a chemist becomes a single mom, then a celebrity chef.
5. A day of fallen night by Samantha Shannon (Bloomsbury: $35) Four women work to save the world in this prequel to “Orange Priory.”
6. Old Babies in the Woods by Margaret Atwood (Doubleday: $30) A collection of short stories from the author of “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
7. Every man a king by Walter Mosley (Mulholland: $28) Joe King Oliver is asked to investigate on behalf of a white nationalist accused of espionage and murder in this sequel to “Down the River Unto the Sea.”
8. Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton (FSG: $28) A New Zealand environmental collective forms an uneasy alliance with an American billionaire doomsteader.
9. Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson (Pamela Dorman: $28) The wealth of old money is seen once again in a novel that follows three women in a Brooklyn family.
10. Someone else’s shoes by Jojo Moyes (Pamela Dorman: $29) A struggling working woman has a life-changing experience when she tries on a pair of shoes belonging to a wealthy divorcee.
hardcover nonfiction
1. The creative act by Rick Rubin (Penguin: $32) The music producer’s guide to being a creative person.
2. enchantment by Katherine May (Riverhead: $26) The author of “Wintering” takes readers on her journey to discover what was missing from her life.
3. I’m glad my mom died by Jennette McCurdy (Simon & Schuster: $28) Memoir of the star of the TV shows “iCarly” and “Sam & Cat.”
4. The mindset of greatness by Lewis Howes (Hay House: $27) A self-help guide to living your best life from the author of “The School of Greatness.”
5. It’s OK to be angry at capitalism. by Bernie Sanders, John Nichols (Crown: $28) The Vermont senator and former presidential candidate takes on modern day capitalism.
6. The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse by Charlie Mackesy (HarperOne: $23) A modern fable explores life’s universal lessons through four archetypes.
7. Time saving by Jenny Odell (Random House: $29) The author of “How to Do Nothing” suggests new ways to experience time.
8. No script by James B. Stewart, Rachel Abrams (Penguin: $32) The inside story of the battle for control of the multibillion-dollar entertainment empire overseen by the Redstone family.
9. Atomic habits by James Clear (Avery: $27) The self-help expert’s guide to developing good habits and breaking bad ones through small changes in behavior.
10. 8 rules of love by Jay Shetty (Simon & Schuster: $29) Romance advice from the author of “Think Like a Monk.”
paperback fiction
1. The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Washington Square: $17)
2. Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine: $17)
3. The house of sweets by Jennifer Egan (Writer: $18)
4. The Paris apartment by Lucy Foley (tomorrow: $19)
5. The maid by Nita Prose (Ballantine: $18)
6. End with us by Colleen Hoover (Atria: $17)
7. An Italian summer by Rebecca Serle (Atria: $18)
8. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury: $19)
9. Combat partners by John Grisham (Harvest: $18)
10. Parable of the sower by Octavia E. Butler (Grand Central: $17)
paperback nonfiction
1. All about love by bell hooks (tomorrow: $17)
2. Bent over to Bethlehem by Joan Didion (FSG: $17)
3. These precious days by Ann Patchett (Harper: $18)
4. The body keeps score by Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin: $19)
5. Sweet Grass Braid by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed: $20)
6. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Amber-Allen: $13)
7. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (Modern Library: $11)
8. Caste by Isabel Wilkerson (Random House: $20)
9. Confessions of an economic hitman by John Perkins (Berrett-Koehler: $22)
10. We don’t know ourselves by Fintan O’Toole (Liveright: $20)