The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended May 17 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. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce): Caro Claire Burke
2. The Things We Never Say: Elizabeth Strout
3. The Correspondent: Virginia Evans
4. John of John: Douglas Stuart
5. A Parade of Horribles: Matt Dinniman
6. Our Perfect Storm: Carley Fortune
7. The Calamity Club: Kathryn Stockett
8. Go Gentle: Maria Semple
9. Transcription: Ben Lerner
10. Heart the Lover: Lily King
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage: Belle Burden
2. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth: Patrick Radden Keefe
3. Famesick: A Memoir: Lena Dunham
4. Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children: Mac Barnett
5. Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter: Neil deGrasse Tyson
6. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
7. A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness: Michael Pollan
8. The Mission Generation: Reclaim Your Purpose, Rewrite Success, Rebuild Our Future: Arun Gupta, Thomas J. Fewer
9. Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund: Molly Crabapple
10. The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love: Alice Hoffman (Ed.)
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Project Hail Mary: Andy Weir
2. Theo of Golden: Allen Levi
3. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt
4. Dungeon Crawler Carl: Matt Dinniman
5. Angel Down: Daniel Kraus
6. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore
7. James: Percival Everett
8. The Lion Women of Tehran: Marjan Kamali
9. Isola: Allegra Goodman
10. The Midnight Library: Matt Haig
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession: Michael Finkel
2. Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves: Sophie Gilbert
3. The Backyard Bird Chronicles: Amy Tan
4. The Year of Magical Thinking: Joan Didion
5. Turning to Birds: The Power and Beauty of Noticing: Lili Taylor
6. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir: Ina Garten
7. All About Love: New Visions: bell hooks
8. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants: Robin Wall Kimmerer
9. Meditations: Marcus Aurelius
10. Raising Hare: A Memoir: Chloe Dalton