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Bestsellers: Affairs, confidence men and Cleopatra

Here are the new top sellers at Southern California independent bookstores.

Hardcover Fiction
1. The Affair
Lee Child
2. Feast Day of Fools
James Lee Burke
3. Reamde
Neal Stephenson
4. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern
5. The Paris Wife
Paula McLain

Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Confidence Men
Ron Suskind
2. Killing Lincoln
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
3. The Swerve
Stephen Greenblatt
4. Here Comes Trouble
Michael Moore
5. Jacqueline Kennedy
Caroline Kennedy, Michael Beschloss

More after the jump.

Trade Paperback Fiction

1. The Help

Kathryn Stockett

2. Freedom

Jonathan Franzen

3. Started Early, Took My Dog

Kate Atkinson

4. A Visit From the Goon Squad

Jennifer Egan

5. By Nightfall

Michael Cunningham

Trade Paperback Nonfiction
1. Cleopatra
Stacy Schiff
2. Unlikely Friendships
Jennifer S. Holland
3. Moneyball
Michael Lewis
4. Life
Keith Richards
5. Just Kids
Patti Smith

Mass Market
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin
2. The Reversal
Michael Connelly
3. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin
4. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin
5. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin

Through sales of last Sunday. Full lists


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