Number One in Hardcover Fiction: The Correspondent: Virginia Evans, published by Crown.
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 12, 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 Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430 - Yesteryear
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30, 9780593804216 - American Fantasy
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $30, 9798217046850 - The Keeper
Tana French, Viking, $32, 9780593493465 - Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176 - Transcription
Ben Lerner, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25, 9780374618599 - The Night We Met (Indie Exclusive Edition)
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $30, 9781538780688 - Rites of the Starling
Devney Perry, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781682816752 - Kin
Tayari Jones, Knopf, $32, 9780525659181 - Brawler: Stories
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593418420 - Daughter of Egypt
Marie Benedict, St. Martin’s Press, $29, 9781250280732 - Vigil
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780525509622 - Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28, 9780374619237 - The Ending Writes Itself
Evelyn Clarke, Harper, $30, 9780063444614 - Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35, 9780385548533 - 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 - Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery
Gavin Newsom, Penguin Press, $30, 9781984881939 - Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005 - Good Writing: 36 Ways to Improve Your Sentences
Neal Allen, Anne Lamott, Avery, $27, 9798217046959 - 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 - The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About
Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366 - The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness
Arthur C. Brooks, Portfolio, $30, 9780593545423 - One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148 - Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund
Molly Crabapple, One World, $32, 9780593229453 - The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg–and the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema
Paul Fischer, Celadon Books, $32, 9781250878724 - Bookshop Cats
Daphne Du Meowier, HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780008710200 - This Is Running: A Celebration of the World of Running, Exploring the Culture, History, Brands, Races and People Behind It
Raziq Rauf, Batsford, $30, 9781837330423 - History Matters
David McCullough, Simon & Schuster, $27, 9781668098998
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Project Hail Mary (Movie Tie-In)
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22, 9798217299461 - Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512 - Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254 - Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164 - I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600 - Hamnet
Maggie O’Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876 - The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594 - Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $20, 9780593685778 - Sunburn
Chloe Michelle Howarth, Melville House, $19.99, 9781685892111 - Audition
Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $18, 9780593852347 - The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498 - The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925 - Wifehouse
Sonya Walger, Union Square & Co., $18.99, 9781454963301 - Red Rising
Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18, 9780345539809 - We Do Not Part
Han Kang, Hogarth, $17, 9780593595466
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $22, 9780385348768 - Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21, 9780593689004 - The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456 - Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles
Rosecrans Baldwin, Picador, $19, 9781250849199 - When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines
Graydon Carter, Penguin Books, $22, 9780593655924 - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560 - All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470 - I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831 - Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe
Laura Lynne Jackson, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $22, 9780399591617 - Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386 - A People’s History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $23.99, 9780062397348 - The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18, 9781400078431 - A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $22, 9781501183065 - The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781668065969 - The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $18.95, 9781572245372
MASS MARKET
- 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935 - Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 - Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342 - The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 - Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233 - A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716 - The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $10.99, 9781668094853 - The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129 - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803 - The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- It’s My Bird-Day!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454999621 - The Future Book
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217033171 - Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 - For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books (Illus.), Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977 - Goldfinches
Mary Oliver, Melissa Sweet (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593692417 - The Runaway Bunny
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780061074295 - Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926 - 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 - Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga
Dav Pilkey, Motojiro (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546151210 - Fruitcake: A Graphic Novel
Rex Ogle, Dave Valeza (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781338575071 - A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic: Or, Like Lightning in an Umbrella Storm
Philip C. Stead, Philip C. Stead (Illus.), Neal Porter Books, $18.99, 9780823458097 - Release Me (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Tahereh Mafi, Storytide, $25.99, 9780063480339 - The Lions’ Run
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9781250392817 - Last Day Pool Party
Emma Steinkellner, Labyrinth Road, $14.99, 9798217031412 - The Escape Game
Marissa Meyer, Tamara Moss, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $22.99, 9798217006120 - The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215 - Fairy Door Diaries: Eliza and the Flower Fairies
Megan McDonald, Lenny Wen (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.99, 9781536243949 - The Squad: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315
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 - Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion - I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Cassie Anderson (Illus.), Scholastic - The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press - Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Gabriella Chianello (Illus.), Aladdin - Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers - Warriors Graphic Novels
Erin Hunter, Gibson Twist, Sammy Savos (Illus.), HarperAlley - InvestiGators
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
