The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended March 16 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. Dream Count: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
2. All Fours: Miranda July
3. James: Percival Everett
4. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore
5. The Dream Hotel: Laila Lalami
6. Intermezzo: Sally Rooney
7. The Antidote: Karen Russell
8. Stag Dance: A Novel & Stories: Torrey Peters
9. Dream State: Eric Puchner
10. Three Days in June: Anne Tyler
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism: Sarah Wynn-Williams
2. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This: Omar El Akkad
3. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About: Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins
4. The Tell: A Memoir: Amy Griffin
5. How to Love Better: The Path to Deeper Connection Through Growth, Kindness, and Compassion: Yung Pueblo
6. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World: Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.)
7. The Win-Win Workplace: How Thriving Employees Drive Bottom-Line Success: Angela Jackson
8. Say Everything: A Memoir: Ione Skye
9. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
10. Raising Hare: A Memoir: Chloe Dalton
MASS MARKET
1. 1984: George Orwell
2. Animal Farm: George Orwell
3. The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank
4. Women Who Run With the Wolves: Clarissa Pinkola Estes
5. The Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger
6. The Brothers Karamazov: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
7. Slaughterhouse-Five: Kurt Vonnegut
8. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams
9. Dune: Frank Herbert
10. Lord of the Flies: William Golding
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar
2. Parable of the Sower: Octavia E. Butler
3. Orbital: Samantha Harvey
4. The Handmaid’s Tale: Margaret Atwood
5. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman
6. Fourth Wing: Rebecca Yarros
7. Good Material: Dolly Alderton
8. North Woods: Daniel Mason
9. The Unworthy: Agustina Bazterrica
10. The Alchemist: Paulo Coelho