
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 27, 2025. 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
- Great Big Beautiful Life – Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441299
- James – Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
- Wild Dark Shore – Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
- Audition – Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593852323
- The God of the Woods – Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
- The Dream Hotel – Laila Lalami, Pantheon, $29, 9780593317600
- Broken Country – Clare Leslie Hall, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668078181
- Intermezzo – Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635
- The Wedding People – Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
- Strangers in Time – David Baldacci, Grand Central Publishing, $30, 9781538742051
- The Antidote – Karen Russell, Knopf, $30, 9780593802250
- All Fours – Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
- Dungeon Crawler Carl – Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30, 9780593820247
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold – Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
- Dream Count – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $32, 9780593802724
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- Notes to John – Joan Didion, Knopf, $32, 9780593803677
- Abundance – Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668023488
- 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
- Fahrenheit-182: A Memoir – Mark Hoppus, Dan Ozzi, Dey Street Books, $32.50, 9780063318915
- The Creative Act: A Way of Being – Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
- Everything Is Tuberculosis (Signed Edition): The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection – John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525426059
- One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This – Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
- When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines – Graydon Carter, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593655900
- Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism – Sarah Wynn-Williams, Flatiron Books, $32.99, 9781250391230
- Raising Hare: A Memoir – Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843
- Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service – Michael Lewis (Ed.), Riverhead Books, $30, 9798217047802
- Medieval Cats: Claws, Paws, and Kitties of Yore – Catherine Nappington, Ten Speed Press, $15.99, 9780593837504
- The Golden Hour: A Story of Family and Power in Hollywood – Matthew Specktor, Ecco, $32, 9780063008335
- The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life – Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $30, 9780593734636
- The Tell: A Memoir – Amy Griffin, The Dial Press, $29, 9780593731208
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Martyr! – Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
- The Frozen River – Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
- Orbital – Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
- Table for Two: Fictions – Amor Towles, Penguin Books, $19, 9780593296394
- The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $18, 9780525435006
- I Who Have Never Known Men – Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
- The Ministry of Time – Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668045152
- North Woods – Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow – Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
- The Paris Novel – Ruth Reichl, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $19, 9780812986372
- Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20, 9780593135228
- Funny Story – Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441213
- The Vegetarian – Han Kang, Hogarth, $18, 9781101906118
- Tom Lake – Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $19, 9780063327535
- Yellowface – R. F. Kuang, William Morrow Paperbacks, $18.99, 9780063250857
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century – Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder – David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
- Sociopath: A Memoir – Patric Gagne, Ph.D., Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781668003190
- All About Love: New Visions – bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
- Grief Is for People – Sloane Crosley, Picador, $18, 9781250371782
- The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession – Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
- The Year of Magical Thinking – Joan Didion, Vintage, $18, 9781400078431
- Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution – Cat Bohannon, Vintage, $20, 9780345806208
- There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension – Hanif Abdurraqib, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593448809
- The Backyard Bird Chronicles – Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
- Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays – Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants – Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
- The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition – Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20, 9780143129257
- Just Kids – Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
- Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity: 10th Anniversary Edition – David Lynch, Tarcher,
MASS MARKET
- Mistborn: The Final Empire – Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
- The Way of Kings – Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
- 1984 – George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
- Animal Farm – George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
- The Well of Ascension – Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572
- The Wise Man’s Fear – Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $11.99, 9780756407919
- Words of Radiance – Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286
- Small Gods – Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062237378
- Carrie – Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743664
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- Goodnight Moon – Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
- Little Blue Truck and Racer Red – Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063387843
- Don’t Trust Fish – Neil Sharpson, Dan Santat (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780593616673
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
- Rosemary Long Ears – Susie Ghahremani, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316573320
- Dragons Love Tacos – Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
- I Am Glinda (Little Golden Book) – Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896884
- Grumpy Monkey Mom for a Day – Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $12.99, 9780593709313
- Pat the Bunny – Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
- I Am Elphaba (Little Golden Book) – Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896860
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel – Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215
- Outsider Kids: A Parachute Kids Graphic Novel – Betty C. Tang, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338832716
- Game On! (Cloud Puppy #2) – Kelly Leigh Miller, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781665932158
- A Song for You and I: A Graphic Novel – K. O’Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182307
- The Eyes and the Impossible – Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Yearling, $14.99, 9781524764234
- Smile: A Graphic Novel – Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
- Wings of Starlight – Allison Saft, Disney Press, $18.99, 9781368098458
- Impossible Creatures – Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
- All Better Now – Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781534432758
- The Outsiders – S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press
- Dog Man – Dav Pilkey, Graphix
- I Survived – Lauren Tarshis, Karen De la Vega (Illus.), Scholastic
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians – Rick Riordan, Hyperion
- Wings of Fire – Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
- Baby-Sitters Club Graphix – Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix
- The Wild Robot – Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Warriors Graphic Novels – Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley
- Magic Tree House – Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers