The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended May 7 is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of Southern California, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin
2. Happy Place: Emily Henry
3. The Covenant of Water: Abraham Verghese
4. Lessons in Chemistry: Bonnie Garmus
5. In the Lives of Puppets: TJ Klune
6. Hello Beautiful: Ann Napolitano
7. Small Mercies: Dennis Lehane
8. Romantic Comedy: Curtis Sittenfeld
9. I Have Some Questions for You: Rebecca Makkai
10. Horse: Geraldine Brooks
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder: David Grann
2. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
3. Poverty, by America: Matthew Desmond
4. Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir: Lucinda Williams
5. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones: James Clear
6. Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma: Claire Dederer
7. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: Charlie Mackesy
8. I’m Glad My Mom Died: Jennette McCurdy
9. You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir: Maggie Smith
10. I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan: Katie Porter
MASS MARKET
1. 1984: George Orwell
2. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories: Oscar Wilde
3. The Martian Chronicles: Ray Bradbury
4. Mythology: Edith Hamilton
5. Dune: Frank Herbert
6. A Raisin in the Sun: Lorraine Hansberry
7. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
8. The Autobiography of Malcolm X: Malcolm X
9. Crime and Punishment: Fyodor Dostoevsky
10. Animal Farm: George Orwell
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Candy House: Jennifer Egan
2. Trust: Hernan Diaz
3. The Last Thing He Told Me: Laura Dave
4. Pure Colour: Sheila Heti
5. Circe: Madeline Miller
6. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Taylor Jenkins Reid
7. Daisy Jones & The Six: Taylor Jenkins Reid
8. Klara and the Sun: Kazuo Ishiguro
9. The Idiot: Elif Batuman
10. Meet Me at the Lake: Carley Fortune