Alta Journal, using reports from the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, brings you this handy list of top-selling titles at independent bookstores in Northern and Southern California for the sales week ending July 10, 2022.
These titles include Taste: my life through food, a memoir by actor and culinary connoisseur Stanley Tucci covering different periods of his life through intimate stories and recipes. Home cooked meals can have a significant impact on a person because High explored in an interview with chef and restaurateur Alice Waters. Also on this week’s list is Malcolm Gladwell The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of WWII, which follows a group of military officers focused on strategic bombing during World War II. Notice to war enthusiasts: this period also serves as a backdrop to Highit is serialization by Marianne Wiggins Properties of thirst, in which we present the opening section of this powerful novel through a series of five excerpts. For a full list of titles and categories, visit California Independent Booksellers Alliance.•
Southern California
HARDBACK FICTION
- HorseGeraldine Brooks, Viking, $28
- Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrowGabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28
- LapvoneOttessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $27
- Chemistry classBonnie Garmus, Double Day, $29
- The Nantucket HotelElin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown and Company, $29
HARD-COVER NON-FICTION
- Crying in H Mart: A MemoirMichelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95
- Leadership: Six Studies in Global StrategyHenry Kissinger, Penguin Press, $36
- Happy-Go-LuckyDavid Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $29
- A Huge World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around UsEd Yong, Random House, $30
- Taste: my life through foodStanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $28
COMMERCIAL POCKET FICTION
- It ends with usColleen Hoover, Earbuds, $16.99
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn HugoTaylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17
- Where the Crawdads singDelia Owens, GP Putnam’s Sons, $18
- CirceMadeline Miller, Back Bay Books, $16.99
- book loversEmily Henry, Berkeley, $17
COMMERCIAL PAPER NON-FICTION
- The Untethered Soul: the journey beyond yourselfMichael A. Singer, Harbinger New Publications, $18.95
- Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los AngelesRosecrans Baldwin, Picador, $18
- All About Love: New Visionsbell hooks, William Morrow & Company, $16.99
- The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of WWIIMalcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, $18.99
- How to loveThich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illustrator), Parallax Press, $9.95
Northern California
HARDBACK FICTION
- HorseGeraldine Brooks, Viking, $28
- sea of tranquilityEmily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $25
- Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrowGabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28
- Chemistry classBonnie Garmus, Double Day, $29
- LapvoneOttessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $27
HARD-COVER NON-FICTION
- Happy-Go-LuckyDavid Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $29
- A Huge World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around UsEd Yong, Random House, $30
- Crying in H Mart: A MemoirMichelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95
- Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human ExperienceBrené Brown, Random House, $30
- Atomic Habits: An Easy, Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad OnesJames Clear, Avery, $27
COMMERCIAL POCKET FICTION
- Where the Crawdads singDelia Owens, GP Putnam’s Sons, $18
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn HugoTaylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17
- It ends with usColleen Hoover, Earbuds, $16.99
- book loversEmily Henry, Berkeley, $17
- CirceMadeline Miller, Back Bay Books, $16.99
COMMERCIAL PAPER NON-FICTION
- Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Science and Plant TeachingsRobin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Publishing, $20
- All About Love: New Visionsbell hooks, William Morrow & Company, $16.99
- Body Keeps Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in Trauma HealingBessel van der Kolk, MD, Penguin Books, $19
- Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the ForestSuzanne Simard, Vintage, $17
- The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of WWIIMalcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, $18.99
Source: California Independent Booksellers Alliance
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