The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended May 5 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. Table for Two: Fictions: Amor Towles
2. The Women: Kristin Hannah
3. Funny Story: Emily Henry
4. James: Percival Everett
5. The Paris Novel: Ruth Reichl
6. The Familiar: Leigh Bardugo
7. North Woods: Daniel Mason
8. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt
9. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: James McBride
10. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War: Erik Larson
2. Somehow: Thoughts on Love: Anne Lamott
3. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder: Salman Rushdie
4. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s: Doris Kearns Goodwin
5. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
6. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones: James Clear
7. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder: David Grann
8. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook: Hampton Sides
9. Open Wide: A Cookbook for Friends: benny blanco, Jess Damuck
10. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent: Judi Dench, Brendan O’Hea
MASS MARKET
1. Dune: Frank Herbert
2. Dune Messiah: Frank Herbert
3. 1984: George Orwell
4. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
5. The Name of the Wind: Patrick Rothfuss
6. Hyperion: Dan Simmons
7. Slaughterhouse-Five: Kurt Vonnegut
8. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson
9. The Catcher in the Rye: J.D. Salinger
10. Guards! Guards!: Terry Pratchett
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. A Court of Thorns and Roses: Sarah J. Maas
2. Dune: Frank Herbert:
3. The Midnight Library: Matt Haig
4. Happy Place: Emily Henry
5. Pineapple Street: Jenny Jackson
6. Just for the Summer: Abby Jimenez
7. Bunny: Mona Awad
8. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Taylor Jenkins Reid
9. The Secret History: Donna Tartt
10. Beach Read: Emily Henry
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