The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended April 17 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. Time Is a Mother: Ocean Vuong

2. The Candy House: Jennifer Egan

3. Sea of Tranquility: Emily St. John Mandel

4. Young Mungo: Douglas Stuart

5. The Paris Apartment: Lucy Foley

6. Lessons in Chemistry: Bonnie Garmus

7. One Italian Summer: Rebecca Serle

8. French Braid: Anne Tyler

9. Portrait of a Thief: Grace D. Li

10. The Lincoln Highway: Amor Towles

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir: Michelle Zauner

2. Hello, Molly!: A Memoir: Molly Shannon, Sean Wilsey

3. Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin’s Wrath: Bill Browder

4. Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life: A Memoir: Delia Ephron

5. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience: Brené Brown

6. Half Baked Harvest Every Day: Recipes for Balanced, Flexible, Feel-Good Meals: Tieghan Gerard

7. Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records: Jim Ruland

8. Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm: Dan Charnas

9. From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life: Arthur C. Brooks

10. Brighter by the Day: Waking Up to New Hopes and Dreams: Robin Roberts

MASS MARKET

1. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me: Julia Quinn

2. Bridgerton: The Duke and I: Julia Quinn

3. Dune: Frank Herbert

4. Animal Farm: George Orwell

5. Mythology: Edith Hamilton

6. Women Who Run With the Wolves: Clarissa Pinkola Estés

7. The Black Ice: Michael Connelly

8. 1984: George Orwell

9. Bridgerton: An Offer From a Gentleman: Julia Quinn

10. The Ocean at the End of the Lane: Neil Gaiman

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Taylor Jenkins Reid

2. Klara and the Sun: Kazuo Ishiguro

3. It Ends with Us: Colleen Hoover

4. Where the Crawdads Sing: Delia Owens

5. Great Circle: Maggie Shipstead

6. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous: Ocean Vuong

7. Circe: Madeline Miller

8. First Person Singular: Stories: Haruki Murakami

9. The Dark Hours: Michael Connelly

10. People We Meet on Vacation: Emily Henry

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