The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended May 25 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. The Emperor of Gladness: Ocean Vuong

2. Nightshade: Michael Connelly

3. Great Big Beautiful Life: Emily Henry

4. Never Flinch: Stephen King

5. My Friends: Fredrik Backman

6. Spent: Alison Bechde

7. James: Percival Everett

8. Fever Beach: Carl Hiaasen

9. My Name Is Emilia del Valle: Isabel Allende

10. Audition: Katie Kitamura

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. Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again: Jake Tapper, Alex Thompson,

3. Abundance: Ezra Klein

4. The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life: Suleika Jaouad

5. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin

6. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This: Omar El Akkad

7. Steve Martin Writes the Written Word: Collected Written Word Works by Steve Martin: Steve Martin

8. Mark Twain: Ron Chernow

9. Notes to John: Joan Didion

10. Is a River Alive?: Robert Macfarlane

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. All Fours: Miranda July

2. Problematic Summer Romance: Ali Hazelwood

3. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt

4. Orbital: Samantha Harvey

5. Sandwich: Catherine Newman

6. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar

7. The Safekeep: Yael van der Wouden

8. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman

9. One Golden Summer: Carley Fortune

10. A Court of Thorns and Roses: Sarah J. Maas

CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED

1. Oh, the Places You’ll Go!: Dr. Seuss

2. Goodnight Moon: Margaret Wise Brown

3. Will the Pigeon Graduate?: Mo Willems

4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Eric Carle

5. Where the Wild Things Are: Maurice Sendak

6. Madeline Ludwig Bemelmans,

7. The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse: Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.)

8. The Octopus Escapes: Maile Meloy, Felicita Sala (Illus.)

9. Knight Owl: Christopher Denise

10. Bluey: The Big Blue Guy’s Book of Dad Goals

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