The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended March 29 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. The Night We Met (Indie Exclusive Edition): Abby Jimenez
2. The Correspondent: Virginia Evans
3. Kin: Tayari Jones
4. Heart the Lover: Lily King
5. Vigil: George Saunders
6. Brawler: Stories: Lauren Groff
7. Judge Stone: James Patterson, Viola Davis
8. Half His Age: Jennette McCurdy
9. Once and Again: Rebecca Serle
10. Daughter of Egypt: Marie Benedict
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness: Michael Pollan
2. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage: Belle Burden
3. The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love: Alice Hoffman (Ed.)
4. Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery: Gavin Newsom
5. You with the Sad Eyes: A Memoir: Christina Applegate
6. Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!: Liza Minnelli
7. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This: Omar El Akkad
8. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism: Stewart Reynolds
9. History Matters: David McCullough
10. Writing Creativity and Soul: Sue Monk Kidd
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Project Hail Mary: Andy Weir
2. Theo of Golden: Allen Levi
3. Dungeon Crawler Carl: Matt Dinniman
4. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar
5. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman
6. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt
7. Heated Rivalry: Rachel Reid
8. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin
9. Parable of the Sower: Octavia E. Butler
10. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change: Rebecca Solnit
2. The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition: Julia Cameron
3. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder: David Grann
4. I’m Glad My Mom Died: Jennette McCurdy
5. All About Love: New Visions: bell hooks
6. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War: Erik Larson
7. Raising Hare: A Memoir: Chloe Dalton
8. Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays: Joan Didion
9. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants: Robin Wall Kimmerer
10. When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines: Graydon Carter