Southern California Independent Bookstores' Bestseller List for September 2026

**Hardcover Fiction**

1. Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593321461

2. The Disappearers by Marlon James, Riverhead Books, $32.00, 9780593717202

3. Switzy by Emma Cline, Random House, $32.00, 9780593595244

4. Taipei Story (Deluxe Limited Edition) by F. Kuang, William Morrow, $32.00, 9780063473744

5. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce) by Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593804216

6. Whistler by Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063511637

7. The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812

8. The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon, Doubleday, $32.00, 9780385550345

9. Dead Beat (Ninth House Series #3) by Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250884312

10. We Chase Shadows: A We Solve Murders Mystery by Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $31.00, 9798217060399

**Hardcover Nonfiction**

1. Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, Simon & Schuster, $34.00, 9781668067246

2. The Perilous Fight by Colin Kaepernick, Legacy Lit, $32.50, 9781538777879

3. End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $32.00, 9780374621384

4. The Map vs. the Terrain: A Leader’s Field Guide to Navigating Uncertainty by Bill Fournet, Wiley, $28.00, 9781394428588

5. Profiles in Cowardice: A Study of Collaboration in the Trump Era by Jacob Weisberg, Penguin Press, $31.00, 9798217062591

**Paperback Fiction**

1. Theo of Golden by Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781668236512

2. Fruit Fly by Josh Silver, Crooked Lane Books, $19.99, 9798892426374

3. Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20.00, 9780593820254

4. Circe by Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $19.99, 9780316556323

5. East of Eden by John Steinbeck, Penguin, $25.00, 9780142004234

**Paperback Nonfiction**

1. Bread of Angels: A Memoir by Patti Smith, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20.00, 9781101910177

2. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060899226

3. Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $20.00, 9781668094723

4. Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature by Emily Wilson, Liveright, $19.99, 9781324099406

5. Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays by Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18.00, 9780374531386

**Mass Market Paperback**

1. 1984 by George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935

2. Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $12.99, 9780345538987

3. Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $12.99, 9780345409874

4. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553577129

5. The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626

**Children’s Illustrated**

1. Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson, Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409

2. Gruffalo Granny by Julia Donaldson, Dial Books, $19.99, 9798217238736

3. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617

4. Dragon Dog by Suzanne Lang, Random House Studio, $18.99, 9798217223718

5. Wonderful Halloween by Emily Winfield Martin, Random House Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9798217233175.