This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores
The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended May 19 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. All Fours: Miranda July
2. Funny Story: Emily Henry
3. James: Percival Everett
4. Table for Two: Fictions: Amor Towles
5. The Women: Kristin Hannah
6. Long Island: Colm Tóibín
7. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar
8. The Familiar: Leigh Bardugo
9. The Ministry of Time: Kaliane Bradley
10. The Paris Novel: Ruth Reichl
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War: Erik Larson
2. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
3. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk: Kathleen Hanna
4. Fire in the Hole!: The Untold Story of My Traumatic Life and Explosive Success: Bob Parsons
5. Somehow: Thoughts on Love: Anne Lamott
6. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder: David Grann
7. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis: George Stephanopoulos, Lisa Dickey
8. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth: Zoë Schlanger
9. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness: Jonathan Haidt
10. Inspire Greatness: How to Motivate Employees with a Simple, Repeatable, Scalable Process: Matt Tenney, Matt Holt
MASS MARKET
1. Dune: Frank Herbert
2. Dune Messiah: Frank Herbert
3. Carrie: Stephen King
4. Children of Dune: Frank Herbert
5. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
6. The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank
7. The Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger
8. Slaughterhouse-Five: Kurt Vonnegut
9. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson
10. A Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. A Court of Thorns and Roses: Sarah J. Maas
2. The Midnight Library: Matt Haig
3. Rouge: Mona Awad
4. The Three-Body Problem: Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (Transl.)
5. Happy Place: Emily Henry
6. The Guest: Emma Cline
7. Just for the Summer: Abby Jimenez
8. Trust: Hernan Diaz
9. The Alchemist: Paulo Coelho
10. It Ends with Us: Colleen Hoover