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This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores

The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended April 12 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 Correspondent: Virginia Evans

2. Yesteryear: Caro Claire Burke

3. American Fantasy: Emma Straub

4. The Keeper: Tana French

5. Heart the Lover: Lily King

6. Transcription: Ben Lerner

7. The Night We Met (Indie Exclusive Edition): Abby Jimenez

8. Rites of the Starling: Devney Perry

9. Kin: Tayari Jones

10. Brawler: Stories: Lauren Groff

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth: Patrick Radden Keefe

2. A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness: Michael Pollan

3. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage: Belle Burden

4. Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery: Gavin Newsom

5. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism: Stewart Reynolds

6. Good Writing: 36 Ways to Improve Your Sentences: Neal Allen, Anne Lamott

7. How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay: Tips and Tricks That Kept Me Alive, Happy, and Creative in Spite of Myself: Jenny Lawson

8. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About: Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins

9. The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness: Arthur C. Brooks

10. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This: Omar El Akkad

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Project Hail Mary (Movie Tie-In): Andy Weir

2. Theo of Golden: Allen Levi

3. Dungeon Crawler Carl: Matt Dinniman

4. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt

5. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman

6. Hamnet: Maggie O’Farrell

7. The Lion Women of Tehran: Marjan Kamali

8. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar

9. Sunburn: Chloe Michelle Howarth

10. Audition: Katie Kitamura

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War: Erik Larson

2. Raising Hare: A Memoir: Chloe Dalton

3. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession: Michael Finkel

4. Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles: Rosecrans Baldwin

5. When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines: Graydon Carter

6. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants: Robin Wall Kimmerer

7. All About Love: New Visions: bell hooks

8. I’m Glad My Mom Died: Jennette McCurdy

9. Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe: Laura Lynne Jackson

10. Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays: Joan Didion

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