Here Are Current Bestsellers at Southern California’s Independent Bookstores

1. James
   Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
   2. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
   Stephen Graham Jones, S&S/Saga Press, $29.99, 9781668075081
   3. Dream Count
   Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $32, 9780593802724
   4. The Wedding People
   Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
   5. The Antidote
   Karen Russell, Knopf, $30, 9780593802250
   6. The Dream Hotel
   Laila Lalami, Pantheon, $29, 9780593317600
   7. Onyx Storm (Standard Edition)
   Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649377159
   8. The Paris Express
   Emma Donoghue, S&S/Summit Books, $26.99, 9781668082799
   9. All Fours
   Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
   10. The God of the Woods
   Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
   11. Three Days in June
   Anne Tyler, Knopf, $27, 9780593803486
   12. Wild Dark Shore
   Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
   13. Dungeon Crawler Carl
   Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30, 9780593820247
   14. Small Things Like These
   Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
   15. Stag Dance: A Novel & Stories
   Torrey Peters, Random House, $28, 9780593595640

 1. Everything Is Tuberculosis (Signed Edition): The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525426059
2. Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
Sarah Wynn-Williams, Flatiron Books, $32.99, 9781250391230
3. 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
4. Abundance
Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668023488
5. The Tell: A Memoir
Amy Griffin, The Dial Press, $29, 9780593731208
6. Notorious: Portraits of Stars from Hollywood, Culture, Fashion, and Tech
Maureen Dowd, Harper, $32.50, 9780063392229
7. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
8. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
9. Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service
Michael Lewis (Ed.), Riverhead Books, $30, 9798217047802
10. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
11. Make Money Easy: Create Financial Freedom and Live a Richer Life
Lewis Howes, Hay House Business, $27.99, 9781401993931
12. How to Love Better: The Path to Deeper Connection Through Growth, Kindness, and Compassion
Yung Pueblo, Harmony, $27, 9780593582275
13. Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live
Susan Morrison, Random House, $36, 9780812988871
14. Golden State: The Making of California
Michael Hiltzik, Mariner Books, $32.5, 9780358539346
15. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805

 1. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
2. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
3. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
4. Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
5. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182
6. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
7. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
8. Funny Story
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441213
9. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
10. Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, William Morrow Paperbacks, $18.99, 9780063250857
11. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20, 9780593135228
12. The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18, 9781400031702
13. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club
Helen Simonson, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18, 9781984801333
14. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
15. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371

1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
2. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
3. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
4. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
5. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
Cat Bohannon, Vintage, $20, 9780345806208
6. The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20, 9780143129257
7. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
8. Grief Is for People
Sloane Crosley, Picador, $18, 9781250371782
9. Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather
Mark Seal, Gallery Books, $20.99, 9781982158606
10. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
11. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
12. 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
James Kaplan, Penguin Books, $20, 9780525561026
13. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158
14. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
15. Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
Tom O’Neill, Back Bay Books, $24.99, 9780316477543

1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
3. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
4. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
5. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $10.99, 9780063221086
6. Killing Me Soufflé
Ellie Alexander, Minotaur Books, $9.99, 9781250326218
7. The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626
8. Warbreaker
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765360038
9. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
10. The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Signet, $8.95, 9780451530608

1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
3. Easter Fun: A Lift-the-Flap Book (Peter Rabbit)
Beatrix Potter, Warne, $9.99, 9780241716489
4. The Octopus Escapes
Maile Meloy, Felicita Sala (Illus.), G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593533970
5. Guess How Much I Love You
Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210637
6. I Am a Bunny
Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden Books, $8.99, 9780375827785
7. Peekaboo: Chick (Peekaboo You)
Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536223934
8. Bluey: Easter
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593658383
9. Grumpy Monkey Spring Fever
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $11.99, 9780593652336
10. Little Blue Truck’s Springtime
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544938090

 1. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
2. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
3. A Wolf Called Fire
Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780063415133
4. Powerless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
5. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203
6. Words with Wings and Magic Things
Matthew Burgess, Doug Salati (Illus.), Tundra Books, $19.99, 9781774880289
7. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324
8. Noodle & Bao
Shaina Lu, Quill Tree Books, $15.99, 9780063283404
9. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544340688
10. The Squad: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315

1. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press
2. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
4. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
5. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
6. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
7. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick
8. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
9. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix
10. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion