This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores
The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended May 18 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. James: Percival Everett
3. Fever Beach: Carl Hiaasen
4. My Friends: Fredrik Backman
5. My Name Is Emilia del Valle: Isabel Allende
6. Great Big Beautiful Life: Emily Henry
7. Anima Rising: Christopher Moore
8. Audition: Katie Kitamura
9. Marble Hall Murders: Anthony Horowitz
10. The Wedding People: Alison Espach
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. We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life’s 20 Questions: Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, Amanda Doyle
4. Mark Twain: Ron Chernow
5. The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life: Suleika Jaouad
6. Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism: Sarah Wynn-Williams
7. I Regret Almost Everything: A Memoir: Keith McNally
8. Notes to John: Joan Didion
9. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection: John Green
10. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
MASS MARKET
1. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
2. Animal Farm: George Orwell
3. 1984: George Orwell
4. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Maya Angelou
5. The Brothers Karamazov: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
6. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson
7. Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen
8. A Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin
9. The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories: Oscar Wilde
10. Dune: Frank Herbert
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt
2. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar
3. All Fours: Miranda July
4. Tom Lake: Ann Patchett
5. The Paris Novel: Ruth Reichl
6. One Golden Summer: Carley Fortune
7. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin
8. The Ministry of Time: Kaliane Bradley
9. Fourth Wing: Rebecca Yarros
10. Parable of the Sower: Octavia E. Butler