The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended May 25 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. The Emperor of Gladness: Ocean Vuong

2. Nightshade: Michael Connelly

3. James: Percival Everett

4. Fever Beach: Carl Hiaasen

5. My Name Is Emilia del Valle: Isabel Allende

6. Great Big Beautiful Life: Emily Henry

7. Spent: Alison Bechdel

8. My Friends: Fredrik Backman

9. The Knight and the Moth: Rachel Gillig

10. Anima Rising: Christopher Moore

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again: Jake Tapper, Alex Thompson

2. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About: Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins

3. Who Knew: Barry Diller

4. Is a River Alive?: Robert Macfarlane

5. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin

6. Mark Twain: Ron Chernow

7. Notes to John: Joan Didion

8. Abundance: Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson

9. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This: Omar El Akkad

10. Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism: Sarah Wynn-Williams

MASS MARKET

1. 1984: George Orwell

2. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Maya Angelou

3. Animal Farm: George Orwell

4. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams

5. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson

6. The Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger

7. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson

8. Jurassic Park: Michael Crichton

9. Slaughterhouse-Five: Kurt Vonnegut

10. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories: Oscar Wilde

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar

2. All Fours: Miranda July

3. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt

4. The Ministry of Time: Kaliane Bradley

5. The Paris Novel: Ruth Reichl

6. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman

7. Orbital: Samantha Harvey

8. Tom Lake: Ann Patchett

9. Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver

10. The Covenant of Water: Abraham Verghese