The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended April 6 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. Say You’ll Remember Me: Abby Jimenez
2. James: Percival Everett
3. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore
4. All Fours: Miranda July
5. Deep Cuts: Holly Brickley
6. Dream Count: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
7. Broken Country: Clare Leslie Hall
8. Playground: Richard Powers
9. The Dream Hotel: Laila Lalami
10. The Antidote: Karen Russell
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About: Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins
2. Abundance: Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
3. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
4. Everything Is Tuberculosis (Signed Edition): The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection: John Green
5. Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service: Michael Lewis (Ed.)
6. When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines: Graydon Carter
7. Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism: Sarah Wynn-Williams
8. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This: Omar El Akkad
9. How to Love Better: The Path to Deeper Connection Through Growth, Kindness, and Compassion: Yung Pueblo
10. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World: Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.)
MASS MARKET
1. 1984: George Orwell
2. The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank
3. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson
4. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
5. Dune: Frank Herbert
6. Words of Radiance: Brandon Sanderson
7. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams
8. Jurassic Park: Michael Crichton
9. Animal Farm: George Orwell
10. Arcanum Unbounded: Brandon Sanderson
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar
2. Parable of the Sower: Octavia E. Butler
3. Orbital: Samantha Harvey
4. North Woods: Daniel Mason
5. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman
6. Funny Story: Emily Henry
7. The Ministry of Time: Kaliane Bradley
8. Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver
9. Yellowface: R. F. Kuang
10. The Alchemist: Paulo Coelho