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,May 31, 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, $30.00, 9780593804216 - The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28.00, 9780593798430 - John of John
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802167194 - The Midnight Train
Matt Haig, Viking, $30.00, 9780593833377 - Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It
Brooke Averick, Crown, $28.00, 9798217088263 - The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $29.00, 9798217154746 - Ironwood
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $32.00, 9780316595384 - The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812 - Transcription
Ben Lerner, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25.00, 9780374618599 - Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802165176 - Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28.00, 9780374619237 - Kin
Tayari Jones, Knopf, $32.00, 9780525659181 - A Parade of Horribles
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $32.00, 9798217190065 - Go Gentle
Maria Semple, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, $30.00, 9798217176632 - Before I Knew I Loved You
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $22.99, 9781335000682
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- The Land and Its People: Essays
David Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316264839 - Famesick: A Memoir
Lena Dunham, Random House, $32.00, 9780593129326 - Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30.00, 9780593733318 - Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children
Mac Barnett, Little, Brown and Company, $20.00, 9780316601122 - London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533 - How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at Stanford University
Theo Baker, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593832837 - Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Simon Six, $26.00, 9781668249970 - One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593804148 - All We Say: The Battle for American Identity
Ben Rhodes, Random House, $35.00, 9780593595121 - Crisis of the Common Good: The Fight for Meaning and Connection in a Broken America
Chris Murphy, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29.00, 9780374621117 - Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground
Zayd Ayers Dohrn, W. W. Norton & Company, $32.99, 9781324089315 - Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13.00, 9781538778005 - American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed
Isaac Fitzgerald, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593537794 - The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593652886 - Start With Yourself: A New Vision for Work & Life
Emma Grede, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668085486
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9798217299461 - Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781668236512 - Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20.00, 9780593820254 - Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164 - Great Big Beautiful Life
Emily Henry, Berkley, $20.00, 9780593441237 - The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498 - The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624 - I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600 - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593466490 - James
Percival Everett, Vintage, $20.00, 9780593686867 - Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $20.00, 9780593685778 - Audition
Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $18.00, 9780593852347 - The Divorce
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $18.99, 9781464249631 - Stoner
John Williams, NYRB Classics, $16.95, 9781590171998 - The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI
Karen Hao, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780593657522 - The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24.00, 9780143129257 - Things in Nature Merely Grow
Yiyun Li, Picador, $18.00, 9781250437976 - The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456 - The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
M.D. Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin Books, $19.00, 9780143127741 - Sonny Boy: A Memoir
Al Pacino, Penguin Books, $22.00, 9780593655139 - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22.00, 9781571313560 - The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400078431 - Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves
Sophie Gilbert, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780593656310 - Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18.00, 9780374531386 - Communion: The Female Search for Love
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060938291 - Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe
Laura Lynne Jackson, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $22.00, 9780399591617 - A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $22.00, 9781501183065 - Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21.00, 9780593689004 - On the Fragility of Life
Nick Cave, Eris, $8.00, 978196775173
MASS MARKET
- 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935 - The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 - Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553208849 - Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451526342 - Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487 - A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716 - The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125 - The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484 - Mythology
Edith Hamilton, Grand Central, $10.99, 9780446574754 - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- Grumpy Monkey Father’s Day Fuss
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $12.99, 9780593709405 - Dad
Christian Robinson, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9781250397041 - Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274 - Construction Site: Dad and His Crew Power Through!
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797238500 - Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926 - Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 - This Is Not My Hat (The Hat Trilogy #2)
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $10.99, 9781536228052 - Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035 - Decoy Saves Opening Day
Shohei Ohtani, Michael Blank, Fanny Liem (Illus.), HarperCollins, $21.99, 9780063460775 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338762488 - KPop Demon Hunters: The Movie in Comics: The Official Retelling in Comic Form
Random House, Random House (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9798217234301 - Wombat Waiting
Katherine Applegate, Storytide, $19.99, 9780063221178 - The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Special Edition)
Stephen Chbosky, Simon Pulse, $15.99, 9781665982412 - The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Yearling, $14.99, 9781524764234 - Howl’s Moving Castle Deluxe Limited Edition
Diana Wynne Jones, Greenwillow Books, $24.99, 9780063416468 - Spy School Secret Service the Graphic Novel
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665956635 - The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel: Deluxe Edition
Gareth Hinds, Gareth Hinds (Illus.), Candlewick, $29.99, 9781536254525 - Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic - Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix - Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams - The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press - I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Haus Haus Studio (Illus.), Scholastic - My First I Can Read
James Dean, Kimberly Dean (Illus.), Harper - Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novels
Ann M. Martin, DK Yingst (Illus.), Graphix - Warriors Graphic Novels
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley - InvestiGators
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second - Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
