Number One in Hardcover Fiction:The Keeper:Tana French, published by Viking.
Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday, April 5, 2026. 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
- The Keeper
Tana French, Viking, $32, 9780593493465 - The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430 - Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176 - Kin
Tayari Jones, Knopf, $32, 9780525659181 - Vigil
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780525509622 - Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28, 9780374619237 - The News from Dublin: Stories
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $29, 9781476785141 - Half His Age
Jennette McCurdy, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593723739 - The Night We Met (Indie Exclusive Edition)
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $30, 9781538780688 - Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951 - Brawler: Stories
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593418420 - Wolf Worm
T. Kingfisher, Tor Nightfire, $29.99, 9781250829825 - The Lost Daughter of Sparta
Felicia Day, Rowan MacColl (Illus.), Gallery Books, $28, 9781668010723 - Daughter of Egypt
Marie Benedict, St. Martin’s Press, $29, 9781250280732 - Flesh
David Szalay, Scribner, $28.99, 9781982122799
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $32, 9781984881991 - Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318 - Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005 - How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay: Tips and Tricks That Kept Me Alive, Happy, and Creative in Spite of Myself
Jenny Lawson, Penguin Life, $29, 9780593833216 - Good Writing: 36 Ways to Improve Your Sentences
Neal Allen, Anne Lamott, Avery, $27, 9798217046959 - The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness
Arthur C. Brooks, Portfolio, $30, 9780593545423 - Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery
Gavin Newsom, Penguin Press, $30, 9781984881939 - Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!
Liza Minnelli, Grand Central Publishing, $36, 9781538773666 - One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148 - The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love
Alice Hoffman (Ed.), Scribner, $22, 9781668209028 - The Little Frog’s Guide to Life: Love, Advice and Inspiration for Every Day from the Internet’s Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837994731 - Football
Chuck Klosterman, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593490648 - Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120 - The Life You Want
Adam Phillips, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $26, 9780374617974 - Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $30, 9781668094716
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Project Hail Mary (Movie Tie-In)
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22, 9798217299461 - Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512 - I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600 - Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637 - Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254 - The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594 - Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164 - The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624 - Wuthering Heights (Movie Tie-In)
Emily Brontë, Penguin Books, $18, 9780143139140 - Red Rising
Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18, 9780345539809 - Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182 - The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007 - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490 - Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $18, 9780593311295 - The Long Game
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534644
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21, 9780593689004 - The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $22, 9780385348768 - Your Retirement Sketchbook: 125 Retirement Planning Lessons from Financial Experts
Jamie P. Hopkins, Bonnie Treichel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9781804091951 - The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456 - I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831 - The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131 - A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $22, 9781501183065 - Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson, Vintage, $18, 9780679785897 - All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470 - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114 - The Pocket Thich Nhat Hanh (Shambhala Pocket Classics)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Shambhala, $11.95, 9781590309360 - Cereal City Guide: Los Angeles
Rosa Park, Harry N. Abrams, $24.99, 9781419747151 - Embrace Your Weird: Face Your Fears and Unleash Creativity
Felicia Day, Gallery, $19, 9781982113223
MASS MARKET
- 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935 - The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 - Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342 - Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 - Macbeth
William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $6.99, 9780743477109 - A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716 - The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488 - Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296 - The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Signet, $8.95, 9780451530608 - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- It’s My Bird-Day!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454999621 - Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 - For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977 - I Am a Bunny
Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden Books, $8.99, 9780375827785 - Pat the Bunny Board Book
Dorothy Kunhardt, Random House Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9798217120949 - If We Were Dogs
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316581721 - Guess How Much I Love You
Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210637 - Decoy Saves Opening Day
Shohei Ohtani, Michael Blank, Fanny Liem (Illus.), HarperCollins, $21.99, 9780063460775 - KPop Demon Hunters: The Official Poster Book
Random House Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9798217233960
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- KPop Demon Hunters: The Movie in Comics: The Official Retelling in Comic Form
Random House Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9798217234301 - Unsettling Salad! (Jasper Rabbit’s Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961110 - The Faraway Inn
Sarah Beth Durst, Delacorte Press, $14.99, 9798217024308 - Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891 - Pocket Bear
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362 - Troubling Tonsils! (Jasper Rabbit’s Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961080 - The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457 - The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $14.99, 9780593374238 - The Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World
Jonathan Haidt, Catherine Price, Cynthia Yuan Cheng (Illus.), Rocky Pond Books, $14.99, 9798217111916 - The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Storytide, $10.99, 9780062991324
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic - Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams - Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix - Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers - InvestiGators
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second - Who Would Win?
Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illus.), Scholastic - The Legendborn Cycle
Tracy Deonn, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - FunJungle
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - The First Cat in Space
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), HarperAlley - Dory Fantasmagory
Abby Hanlon, Puffin
