This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores
The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended April 16 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. Lessons in Chemistry: Bonnie Garmus
2. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin
3. Romantic Comedy: Curtis Sittenfeld
4. I Have Some Questions for You: Rebecca Makkai
5. Hello Beautiful: Ann Napolitano
6. Pineapple Street: Jenny Jackson
7. Demon Copperhead: Barbara Kingsolver
8. Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
9. The White Lady: Jacqueline Winspear
10. Small Things Like These: Claire Keegan
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Poverty, by America: Matthew Desmond
2. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones: James Clear
3. Sweet Enough: A Dessert Cookbook: Alison Roman
4. I’m Glad My Mom Died: Jennette McCurdy
5. I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan: Katie Porter
6. The Creative Act: A Way of Being: Rick Rubin
7. On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking’s Final Theory: Thomas Hertog
8. Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock: Jenny Odell
9. You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir: Maggie Smith
10. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: Charlie Mackesy
MASS MARKET
1. Foundation: Isaac Asimov
2. Crime and Punishment: Fyodor Dostoevsky
3. 1984: George Orwell
4. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson
5. Animal Farm: George Orwell
6. The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank
7. Romeo and Juliet: William Shakespeare
8. Dune: Frank Herbert
9. Dune Messiah: Frank Herbert
10. Thrawn: Timothy Zahn
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Daisy Jones & The Six: Taylor Jenkins Reid
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: Taylor Jenkins Reid
3. The Last Thing He Told Me: Laura Dave
4. The Candy House: Jennifer Egan
5. Sea of Tranquility: Emily St. John Mandel
6. The Song of Achilles: Madeline Miller
7. It Ends with Us: Colleen Hoover
8. The Alchemist: Paulo Coelho
9. One Italian Summer: Rebecca Serle
10. The Paris Apartment: Lucy Foley