The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended May 8 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. Sea of Tranquility: Emily St. John Mandel
2. City on Fire: Don Winslow
3. Lessons in Chemistry: Bonnie Garmus
4. The Candy House: Jennifer Egan
5. The Paris Apartment: Lucy Foley
6. I Wore This Dress Today for You, Mom: Kim Dower
7. The Midnight Library: Matt Haig
8. Book of Night: Holly Black
9. Time Is a Mother: Ocean Vuong
10. Cloud Cuckoo Land: Anthony Doerr
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Finding Me: A Memoir: Viola Davis
2. The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor — the Truth and the Turmoil: Tina Brown
3. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir: Michelle Zauner
4. This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future: Jonathan Martin, Alexander Burns
5. Hello, Molly!: A Memoir: Molly Shannon, Sean Wilsey
6. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience: Brené Brown
7. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones: James Clear
8. I’ll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood: Jessi Klein
9. Playing with Myself: Randy Rainbow
10. Anna: The Biography: Amy Odell
MASS MARKET
1. Dune: Frank Herbert
2. Bridgerton: The Duke and I: Julia Quinn
3. A Raisin in the Sun: Lorraine Hansberry
4. Bridgerton: Romancing Mister Bridgerton: Julia Quinn
5. Flowers For Algernon: Daniel Keyes
6. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams
7. The Hero of Ages: Brandon Sanderson
8. The Well of Ascension: Brandon Sanderson
9. Zodiac: Robert Graysmith
10. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me: Julia Quinn
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Book Lovers: Emily Henry
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Taylor Jenkins Reid
3. Klara and the Sun: Kazuo Ishiguro
4. Oh William!: Elizabeth Strout
5. The Song of Achilles: Madeline Miller
6. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous: Ocean Vuong
7. Pachinko: Min Jin Lee
8. Circe: Madeline Miller
9. The House in the Cerulean Sea: TJ Klune
10. It Ends with Us: Colleen Hoover