The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026, including hardcover and paperback ...

1. James by Percival Everett (Doubleday: $28) An action-packed reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” 2. Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books: $40) The fifth book in the ...

1. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (Berkley: $29) Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of an heiress. 2. James by Percival Everett (Doubleday: $28) An ...

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Kennedy Ryan doesn’t just write romance novels. She reshapes the genre with every book. As a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, her stories showcase Black women as complex, desirable, ...

1. James by Percival Everett (Doubleday: $28) An action-packed reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” 2. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (Grove Press: $20) During the 1985 ...

2. Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $29) Two grieving brothers come to terms with their history and the people they love. 3. The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami ...