Alta Journal California Bestseller List (Jan 18, 2023)

With reports from the California Independent Booksellers Association, Alta Journal Brings you a list of the best-selling titles in independent bookstores across Northern and Southern California for the week ending January 15, 2023.

Leigh Bardugo, Los Angeles-based creator and Netflix series creator, grishverse, On the menu this week with a new novel. sure bentBardugo’s highly anticipated sequel to The ninth house Follows Alex Stern whose quiet life in Los Angeles is upended as she tries to rescue a soul from hell. and Dasher Keltner, professor at the University of California, Berkeley and consultant to Pixar inside outjoins the non-fiction ranking with Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonders and How They Can Change Your Life. Keltner’s book examines awe and how it changes our brains.

For a complete list of titles and categories, visit the California Independent Booksellers Association.

Southern California

Hard imagination

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1. Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrowBuy it: Gabriel Zeven, Knopf, $28
2. Lessons in chemistryBuy it: Bonnie Garmos Doubleday, $29
3. a horseGeraldine Brooks, Viking, $28
4. The Copperhead DemonBarbara Kingsolver Harper $32.50
5. trustHernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $28

Noncongestion hardness



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1. additionalBuy it: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Random House, $36
2. The Light We Carry: Overcoming Uncertain TimesMichelle Obama, Crown Publishing Group, $32.50
3. I am happy that my mother is deadJeannette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99
4. The book of daysBuy it: Patti Smith, Random House, $28.99
5. Atomic Habits: An Easy, Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad HabitsJames Claire Avery $27

Trade paper direction



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1. the maidNita Prose, Ballantine Books, $18
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn HugoTaylor Jenkins Red, Washington Square Press, $17
3. It starts with usColin Hoover, Atria Books, $17.99
4. The silent patientAlex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99
5. ends with usColin Hoover, Atria Books, $16.99

Cardboard deprivation



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1. All About Love: New InsightsBell Hooks, William Morrow, $16.99
2. January 6th reportSet Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol and Others, Celadon Books, $17.99
3. Meditations: a new (revised) translation.Marcus Aurelius, The Modern Library, $11
4. The year of magical thinkingJoan Didion Vintage, $17
5. Sweetgrass Braiding for Young People: Aboriginal Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and Plant TeachingsRobin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Edition, $20

Northern California

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Hard imagination



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1. Lessons in chemistryBuy it: Bonnie Garmos Doubleday, $29
2. The Copperhead DemonBarbara Kingsolver Harper $32.50
3. sure bentLeigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99
4. Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrowBuy it: Gabriel Zeven, Knopf, $28
5. a horseGeraldine Brooks, Viking, $28

Noncongestion hardness



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1. additionalBuy it: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Random House, $36
2. The Light We Carry: Overcoming Uncertain TimesMichelle Obama, Crown Publishing Group, $32.50
3. Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonders and How They Can Change Your LifeDacher Keltner, Penguin Press, $28
4. Phenomenal World: How Animals’ Senses Reveal the Hidden Worlds Around UsEd Young, Random House, $30
5. I am happy that my mother is deadJeannette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99

Trade paper direction



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1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn HugoTaylor Jenkins Red, Washington Square Press, $17
2. the maidNita Prose, Ballantine Books, $18
3. ends with usColin Hoover, Atria Books, $16.99
4. Achilles songMadeline Miller Ecco $17.99
5. Cocoland cloudAnthony Doerr, Scribner, $20

Cardboard deprivation



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1. All About Love: New InsightsBell Hooks, William Morrow, $16.99
2. Sweetgrass Braiding for Young People: Aboriginal Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and Plant TeachingsRobin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Edition, $20
3. January 6th reportSet Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol and Others, Celadon Books, $17.99
4. Dopamine nation: Finding balance in an age of indulgenceDr. Anna Lembeck, Dutton, $18
5. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal FreedomDon Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen Publishing, $12.95

Source: California Independent Booksellers Alliance