Number One in Hardcover Fiction: Yesteryear (Indies Introduce): Caro Claire Burke, published by Knopf.
Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday,May10, 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
- Yesteryear (Indies Introduce)
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30, 9780593804216 - The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $29, 9798217154746 - The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430 - The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35, 9781954118812 - John of John
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $28, 9780802167194 - Our Perfect Storm
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $30, 9780593953242 - Go Gentle
Maria Semple, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, $30, 9798217176632 - Transcription
Ben Lerner, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25, 9780374618599 - Platform Decay
Martha Wells, Tor Books, $24.99, 9781250827005 - Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176 - Kin
Tayari Jones, Knopf, $32, 9780525659181 - We Burned So Bright
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $25.99, 9781250881236 - Angel Down
Daniel Kraus, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781668068458 - Vigil
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780525509622 - Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28, 9780374619237
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318 - Famesick: A Memoir
Lena Dunham, Random House, $32, 9780593129326 - Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children
Mac Barnett, Little, Brown and Company, $20, 9780316601122 - 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 - Backtalker: An American Memoir
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781982181000 - One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148 - When We See You Again
Rachel Goldberg-Polin, Random House, $30, 9798217198009 - The Sane One: A Memoir by the Co-creator of Pen15
Anna Konkle, Random House, $30, 9780593243992 - Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005 - The Mission Generation: Reclaim Your Purpose, Rewrite Success, Rebuild Our Future
Arun Gupta, Thomas J. Fewer, Wiley, $29, 9781394408177 - The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love
Alice Hoffman (Ed.), Scribner, $22, 9781668209028 - Ghost Stories: A Memoir
Siri Hustvedt, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668218945 - The Rolling Stones: The Biography
Bob Spitz, Penguin Press, $38, 9780593489093 - A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck (Indies Introduce)
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512 - Project Hail Mary (Movie Tie-In)
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22, 9798217299461 - Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164 - Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254 - The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594 - Rejection: Fiction
Tony Tulathimutte, William Morrow Paperbacks, $18.99, 9780063337886 - I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600 - Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637 - James
Percival Everett, Vintage, $20, 9780593686867 - The Last Contract of Isako
Fonda Lee, Orbit, $19.99, 9780316568654 - Red Rising
Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18, 9780345539809 - Audition
Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $18, 9780593852347 - Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $20, 9780593685778 - Lonesome Dove
Larry McMurtry, Simon & Schuster, $24.99, 9781439195260 - The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- Turning to Birds: The Power and Beauty of Noticing
Lili Taylor, Crown, $20, 9780593728598 - Hell in a Handbag
Jibz Cameron, DOPAMINE/Semiotext, $17.95, 9781635902785 - Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves
Sophie Gilbert, Penguin Books, $20, 9780593656310 - All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060959470 - Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $22, 9780593800027 - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560 - Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles
Rosecrans Baldwin, Picador, $19, 9781250849199 - Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386 - Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences
Anton Jäger, Verso, $19.95, 9781836742074 - The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9798888904510 - I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831 - Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228 - Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
Judi Dench, Brendan O’Hea, St. Martin’s Griffin, $20, 9781250386175 - The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $22, 9780385348768 - The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689
