



The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended May 11 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. Great Big Beautiful Life: Emily Henry
2. My Friends: Fredrik Backman
3. James: Percival Everett
4. My Name Is Emilia del Valle: Isabel Allende
5. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore
6. Broken Country: Clare Leslie Hall
7. Audition: Katie Kitamura
8. Wild Dark Shore: Charlotte McConaghy
9. Silver Elite: Dani Francis
10. Strangers in Time: David Baldacci
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About: Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins
2. Abundance: Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
3. Life of Your Dreams: How to Take Your Family, Fun, and Financial Freedom to a Whole ‘Notha Level: Mark Pentecost
4. The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life: Suleika Jaouad
5. We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life’s 20 Questions: Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, Amanda Doyle
6. Notes to John: Joan Didion
7. Joy Prescriptions: How I Learned to Stop Chasing Perfection and Embrace Connection: Tiffany Moon, M.D.
8. Raising Hare: A Memoir: Chloe Dalton
9. Conquering Crisis: Ten Lessons to Learn Before You Need Them: Adm. William H. McRaven
10. The Prism: Seven Steps to Heal Your Past and Transform Your Future: Laura Day
MASS MARKET
1. 1984: George Orwell
2. Jurassic Park: Michael Crichton
3. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
4. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams
5. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories: Oscar Wilde
6. It Can’t Happen Here: Sinclair Lewis
7. Slaughterhouse-Five: Kurt Vonnegut
8. Nine Stories: J.D. Salinger
9. The Well of Ascension: Brandon Sanderson
10. Bless Me, Ultima: Rudolfo Anaya
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt
2. Table for Two: Fictions: Amor Towles
3. One Golden Summer: Carley Fortune
4. The Paris Novel: Ruth Reichl
5. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar
6. The Covenant of Water: Abraham Verghese
7. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman
8. Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver
9. Orbital: Samantha Harvey
10. The Handmaid’s Tale: Margaret Atwood