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    This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores
    • April 30, 2025

    The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended April 27 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. Great Big Beautiful Life: Emily Henry

    2. James: Percival Everett

    3. Wild Dark Shore: Charlotte McConaghy

    4. Audition: Katie Kitamura

    5. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore

    6. The Dream Hotel: Laila Lalami

    7. Broken Country: Clare Leslie Hall

    8. Intermezzo: Sally Rooney

    9. The Wedding People: Alison Espach

    10. Strangers in Time: David Baldacci

    HARDCOVER NONFICTION

    1. Notes to John: Joan Didion

    2. Abundance: Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson

    3. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About: Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins

    4. Fahrenheit-182: A Memoir: Mark Hoppus, Dan Ozzi

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

    6. Everything Is Tuberculosis (Signed Edition): The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection: John Green

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

    8. When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines: Graydon Carter

    9. Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism: Sarah Wynn-Williams

    10. Raising Hare: A Memoir: Chloe Dalton

    MASS MARKET

    1. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson

    2. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson

    3. 1984: George Orwell

    4. Animal Farm: George Orwell

    5. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Maya Angelou

    6. The Well of Ascension: Brandon Sanderson

    7. The Wise Man’s Fear: Patrick Rothfuss

    8. Words of Radiance: Brandon Sanderson

    9. Small Gods: Terry Pratchett

    10. Carrie: Stephen King

    TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

    1. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar

    2. The Frozen River: Ariel Lawhon

    3. Orbital: Samantha Harvey

    4. Table for Two: Fictions: Amor Towles

    5. The Handmaid’s Tale: Margaret Atwood

    6. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman

    7. The Ministry of Time: Kaliane Bradley

    8. North Woods: Daniel Mason

    9. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin

    10. The Paris Novel: Ruth Reichl

    ​ Orange County Register 

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