Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday, May 26, 2024. This list 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
- James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
- Funny Story
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441282
- All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
- Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Viking, $32, 9780593296370
- The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633
- Lies and Weddings
Kevin Kwan, Doubleday, $29, 9780385546294
- The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29, 9780812996302
- You Like It Darker: Stories
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781668037713
- Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28, 9780593537619
- Long Island
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $28, 9781476785110
- The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250884251
- Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
- The Guncle Abroad
Steven Rowley, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, $29, 9780593540459
- The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145
- The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
- The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
- Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
Kathleen Hanna, Ecco, $29.99, 9780062825230
- What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
Bill Maher, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668051351
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
- Somehow: Thoughts on Love
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $22, 9780593714416
- The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
George Stephanopoulos, Lisa Dickey, Grand Central, $35, 9781538740767
- Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts)
Serj Tankian, Hachette Books, $30, 9780306831928
- An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982108663
- Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy
Elizabeth Beller, Gallery Books, $29.99, 9781982178963
- The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764
- Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
Ed Zwick, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781668046999
- The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
- In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
Sebastian Junger, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781668050835
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
- The Guest
Emma Cline, Random House, $18, 9780812988031
- The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007
- Kairos
Jenny Erpenbeck, Michael Hofmann (Transl.), New Directions, $16.95, 9780811238533
- The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
- The Postcard
Anne Berest, Europa Editions, $18.95, 9798889660354
- Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441190
- Big Swiss
Jen Beagin, Scribner, $17, 9781982153090
- This Summer Will Be Different
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $19, 9780593638880
- The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (Transl.), Tor, $18.99, 9780765382030
- The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
- Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
- Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324
- A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707
- Bunny
Mona Awad, Penguin, $17, 9780525559757
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
- The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
- All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
- The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
- Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice
Cristina Rivera Garza, Hogarth, $18, 9780593244111
- The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
- Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles
Rosecrans Baldwin, Picador, $19, 9781250849199
- The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19, 9780143129257
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
- The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
David Von Drehle, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781476773933
- Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
Ilyon Woo, 37 Ink, $19.99, 9781501191060
- Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
- The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $17, 9781400078431
- Meditations: A New Translation
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11, 9780812968255
- The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont
Shawn Levy, Anchor, $18, 9780525435662
MASS MARKET
- Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
- 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
- Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
- Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
- Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062476371
- Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
- The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
- The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
- Moby-Dick
Herman Melville, Bantam Classics, $5.95, 9780553213119
- Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
- Dalmartian: A Mars Rover’s Story
Lucy Ruth Cummins, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665911955
- Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
- Built to Last
Minh Lę, Dan Santat (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593569177
- The Octopus Escapes
Maile Meloy, Felicita Sala (Illus.), G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593533970
- Corduroy
Don Freeman, Viking Children’s Books, $7.99, 9780451470799
- Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
- The Rainbow Parade: A Celebration of LGBTQIA+ Identities and Allies
Shane Jordan, Rick Hendrix, Jieting Chen (Illus.), Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, $18.99, 9781464224188
- After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again)
Dan Santat, Roaring Brook Press, $18.99, 9781626726826
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- The One and Only Family
Katherine Applegate, Harper, $19.99, 9780063221123
- Road Home
Rex Ogle, Norton Young Readers, $18.99, 9781324019923
- The Misfits #1: A Royal Conundrum
Lisa Yee, Dan Santat (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781984830296
- Anatomy: A Love Story
Dana Schwartz, Wednesday Books, $14, 9781250342898
- The Worst Ronin
Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Faith Schaffer (Illus.), HarperAlley, $18.99, 9780358464938
- Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
- The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207
- Charlotte’s Web
E.B. White, Harper, $10.99, 9780064400558
- Immortality: A Love Story
Dana Schwartz, Wednesday Books, $14, 9781250343192
- The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel
Dan Santat, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545497619
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
- Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novels
Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina (Illus.), Graphix
- Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
- Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
- Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion
- FunJungle
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Brian Churilla (Illus.), Scholastic
- InvestiGators
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
- Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers