Number One in Hardcover Fiction:All Fours,by Miranda July,
published by Riverhead Books.
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 19, 2024. 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
- All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265 - Funny Story
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441282 - James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369 - Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Viking, $32, 9780593296370 - The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633 - Long Island
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $28, 9781476785110 - Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28, 9780593537619 - The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250884251 - The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145 - The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29, 9780812996302 - North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House, $28, 9780593597033 - Think Twice
Harlan Coben, Grand Central, $30, 9781538756317 - Wandering Stars
Tommy Orange, Knopf, $29, 9780593318256 - The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946 - Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744 - The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886 - Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
Kathleen Hanna, Ecco, $29.99, 9780062825230 - Fire in the Hole!: The Untold Story of My Traumatic Life and Explosive Success
Bob Parsons, Forefront Books, $29, 9781637632987 - Somehow: Thoughts on Love
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $22, 9780593714416 - The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260 - The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
George Stephanopoulos, Lisa Dickey, Grand Central, $35, 9781538740767 - The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
Zoë Schlanger, Harper, $29.99, 9780063073852 - The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030 - Inspire Greatness: How to Motivate Employees with a Simple, Repeatable, Scalable Process
Matt Tenney, Matt Holt, $28, 9781637745076 - The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764 - An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982108663 - Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World
Jen Psaki, Scribner, $28.99, 9781668019856 - New Happy: Getting Happiness Right in a World That’s Got It Wrong
Stephanie Harrison, TarcherPerigee, $28, 9780593541388 - Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
Judi Dench, Brendan O’Hea, St. Martin’s Press, $32, 9781250325778
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569 - The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498 - Rouge
Mona Awad, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $18.99, 9781982169701 - The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (Transl.), Tor, $18.99, 9780765382030 - Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441190 - The Guest
Emma Cline, Random House, $18, 9780812988031 - Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431 - Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324 - The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007 - It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368 - A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707 - Hula
Jasmin Iolani Hakes, HarperVia, $18.99, 9780063384446 - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17, 9781501161933 - Death Valley
Melissa Broder, Scribner, $17.99, 9781668024867 - Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780441013593
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $20, 9780593133255 - The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651 - All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131 - Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles
Rosecrans Baldwin, Picador, $19, 9781250849199 - Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791 - Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
Nina Totenberg, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982188092 - Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951 - The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19, 9780143129257 - Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice
Cristina Rivera Garza, Hogarth, $18, 9780593244111 - The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310 - The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25, 9781250858801 - Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know
Adam Grant, Penguin, $20, 9781984878120 - The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741 - 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, $18.99, 9781668065969
MASS MARKET
- Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340 - Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233 - Carrie
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743664 - Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024 - Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 - The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129 - The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488 - Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296 - The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765365279 - A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274 - Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 - Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 - The Curious Why
Angela DiTerlizzi, Lorena Alvarez Gómez (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316500142 - Grumpy Monkey
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $8.99, 9780593123997 - May You Love and Be Loved: Wishes for Your Life
Cleo Wade, Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250873958 - Maybe
Kobi Yamada, Gabriella Barouch (Illus.), Compendium Publishing, $18.95, 9781946873750 - Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illus.), Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780689707490 - Built to Last
Minh Lê, Dan Santat (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593569177
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- The One and Only Family
Katherine Applegate, Harper, $19.99, 9780063221123 - The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196 - Blood at the Root
LaDarrion Williams, Labyrinth Road, $20.99, 9780593711927 - James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780142410363 - Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Ember, $14.99, 9780593374191 - The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Penguin Books, $12.99, 9780142424179 - Sweet Nightmare (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Tracy Wolff, Entangled: Teen, $24.99, 9781649377012 - A Child’s Introduction to Asian American and Pacific Islander History: The Heroes, the Stories, and the Cultures That Helped to Build America
Naomi Hirahara, Sarah Demonteverde (Illus.), Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, $21.99, 9780762483969 - Olivetti
Allie Millington, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250326935
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet - Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix - Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion - Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novels
Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina (Illus.), Graphix - Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers - Ivy & Bean
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle - Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic - A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember - Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - Charlie Thorne
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
