With mostly foggy weather at the beach this summer, catching up on reading is even easier this year. The fiction and children’s bestsellers have been pretty consistent the last couple of months, with series books in both categories-Stieg Larsson, Percy Jackson and Wimpy Kids-occupying readers’ time. Recommended by Southern California Independent Booksellers as part of the “SoCal, So Cool, So Readable” program, “Point Dume,” “Blame” and “Crazy for the Storm” are bestsellers in fiction and nonfiction this month. The nonfiction list is filled with many new titles, some paperback reprints, but many new hardback titles as well. Besides “Crazy for the Storm,” a local favorite, there is exciting, engaging writing to be read between the covers of “Orange Sunshine,” “The Art of Travel” and “The Lost City of Z.”
Fiction
1. “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” by Stieg Larsson, paperback, Vintage, $14.95
2. “Point Dume,” by Katie Arnoldi, hardcover, Overlook Press, $24.95
3. “The Girl Who Played With Fire,” by Stieg Larsson, paperback, Vintage, $15.95
4. “Innocent,” by Scott Turow, hardcover, Grand Central, $27.99
5. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” by Stieg Larsson, hardcover, Knopf, $27.95
6. “The Beaufort Diaries,” by T. Cooper, hardcover, Melville House, $15.95
7. “Savages,” by Don Winslow, hardcover, Simon & Schuster, $25
8. “Cutting for Stone,” by Abraham Verghese, paperback, Vintage, $15.95
9. “Little Bee,” by Chris Cleave, paperback, Simon & Schuster, $14
10. “Blame,” by Michelle Huneven, paperback, Picador, $15
Nonfiction
1. “Man, Interrupted: Welcome to the Bizarre World of OCD, Where Once More is Never Enough,” by James Bailey, Mainstream Publishing, $14.95
2. “Eat, Pray, Love,” by Elizabeth Gilbert, paperback, Penguin, $15
3. “Crazy for the Storm: A Story of Survival,” by Norman Ollestad, paperback, Ecco, $14.99
4. “Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything,” by Geneen Roth, hardcover, Scribner, $24
5. “Sh*t My Dad Says,” by Justin Halpern, hardcover, It Books, $15.99
6. “How We Decide,” by Jonah Lerner, paperback, Mariner Books, $14.95
7. “Orange Sunshine: The Brotherhood of Eternal Love and Its Quest to Spread Peace, Love, and Acid to the World,” by Michael Schou, hardcover, Thomas Dunne Books, $24.99
8. “The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon,” by David Grann, paperback, Vintage, $15.95
9. “The Art of Travel,” by Alain De Botton, paperback, Vintage, $15
10. “Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M., Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the Dawn of the Modern Woman,” by Sam Wasson, hardcover, Harper, $19.99
Children
1. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Do-It-Yourself Book,” by Jeff Kinney, hardcover, Harry N. Abrams, $10.95
2. “The Kane Chronicles, The Book One: Red Pyramid,” by Rick Riordan, hardcover, Hyperion Books, $17.99
3. “The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson No. 1),” by Rick Riordan, paperback, Disney-Hyperion, $7.99
4. “The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary,” by Jeff Kinney, hardcover, Harry N. Abrams, $14.95
5. “Out of My Mind,” by Sharon M. Draper, hardcover, Atheneum, $16.99
6. “The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson No. 4),” by Rick Riordan, paperback, Disney-Hyperion, $7.99
7. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days,” by Jeff Kinney, hardcover, Harry N. Abrams, $13.95
8. “If I Found a Wistful Unicorn: A Gift of Love, by Ann Ashford,” hardcover, Peachtree, $8.95
9. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules,” by Jeff Kinney, hardcover, Harry N. Abrams, $13.95
10. “Treasure Island,” by Robert Louis Stevenson, paperback, Puffin, $4.99
Book list provided by Diesel, A Bookstore