The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended April 20 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
1. James: Percival Everett
2. Audition: Katie Kitamura
3. The Wedding People: Alison Espach
4. All Fours: Miranda July
5. Strangers in Time: David Baldacci
6. Say You’ll Remember Me: Abby Jimenez
7. Dream Count: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
8. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore
9. Iron Flame: Rebecca Yarros
10. Broken Country: Clare Leslie Hall
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About: Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins
2. Everything Is Tuberculosis (Signed Edition): The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection: John Green
3. Fahrenheit-182: A Memoir: Mark Hoppus, Dan Ozzi
4. Abundance: Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
5. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This: Omar El Akkad
6. How to Work with Complicated People: Strategies for Effective Collaboration with (Nearly) Anyone: Ryan Leak
7. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
8. Raising Hare: A Memoir: Chloe Dalton
9. The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward: Melinda French Gates
10. Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service: Michael Lewis (Ed.)
MASS MARKET
1. Animal Farm: George Orwell
2. 1984: George Orwell
3. Dune: Frank Herbert
4. The Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger
5. Rich Dad Poor Dad: Robert T. Kiyosaki
6. The Name of the Wind: Patrick Rothfuss
7. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Maya Angelou
8. The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank
9. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
10. Dune Messiah: Frank Herbert
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar
2. Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver
3. Orbital: Samantha Harvey
4. North Woods: Daniel Mason
5. The Ministry of Time: Kaliane Bradley
6. Table for Two: Fictions: Amor Towles
7. Lessons in Chemistry: Bonnie Garmus
8. Wild and Wrangled: Lyla Sage
9. Parable of the Sower: Octavia E. Butler
10. The Husbands: Holly Gramazio