The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended April 19 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 (Indies Introduce): Caro Claire Burke
3. Go Gentle: Maria Semple
4. The Keeper: Tana French
5. American Fantasy: Emma Straub
6. Transcription: Ben Lerner
7. Heart the Lover: Lily King
8. Kin: Tayari Jones
9. Vigil: George Saunders
10. The Faith of Beasts: James S. A. Corey
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Famesick: A Memoir: Lena Dunham
2. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage: Belle Burden
3. Start With Yourself: A New Vision for Work & Life: Emma Grede
4. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth: Patrick Radden Keefe
5. A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness: Michael Pollan
6. The Future Is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land: Aziz Abu Sarah, Maoz Inon
7. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism: Stewart Reynolds
8. We Are as Gods: A Survival Guide for the Age of Abundance: Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler
9. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This: Omar El Akkad
10. The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
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. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore
5. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar
6. Audition: Katie Kitamura
7. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt
8. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman
9. East of Eden: John Steinbeck
10. Heated Rivalry: Rachel Reid
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Raising Hare: A Memoir: Chloe Dalton
2. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession: Michael Finkel
3. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change: Rebecca Solnit
4. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon: Kevin Fedarko
5. I’m Glad My Mom Died: Jennette McCurdy
6. The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition: Julia Cameron
7. When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines: Graydon Carter
8. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century: Timothy Snyder
9. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants: Robin Wall Kimmerer
10. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland: Patrick Radden Keefe