The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended May 15 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. Young Mungo: Douglas Stuart

2. The Candy House: Jennifer Egan

3. City on Fire: Don Winslow

4. Trust: Hernan Diaz

5. Book of Night: Holly Black

6. Time Is a Mother: Ocean Vuong

7. Sea of Tranquility: Emily St. John Mandel

8. The Ravaged: Norman Reedus

9. Elektra: Jennifer Saint

10. The Lioness: Chris Bohjalian

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Finding Me: A Memoir: Viola Davis

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

3. The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor — the Truth and the Turmoil: Tina Brown

4. I’ll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood: Jessi Klein

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

6. Anna: The Biography: Amy Odell

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

8. Taste: My Life Through Food: Stanley Tucci

9. The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living: Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman

10. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones: James Clear

MASS MARKET

1. The Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger

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

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

4. The Wise Man’s Fear: Patrick Rothfuss

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

6. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson

7. The Last Wish: Andrzej Sapkowski

8. Dune Messiah: Frank Herbert

9. Carrie: Stephen King

10. A Matter of Hive and Death: Nancy Coco

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Book Lovers: Emily Henry

2. The Paper Palace: Miranda Cowley Heller

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

4. It Ends with Us: Colleen Hoover

5. Pachinko: Min Jin Lee

6. Verity: Colleen Hoover

7. Oh William!: Elizabeth Strout

8. The Plot: Jean Hanff Korelitz

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

10. Funny You Should Ask: Elissa Sussman

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