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    This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores
    • May 7, 2025

    The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended May 4 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. Audition: Katie Kitamura

    4. Broken Country: Clare Leslie Hall

    5. All Fours: Miranda July

    6. Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition): Rebecca Yarros

    7. The Wedding People: Alison Espach

    8. Wild Dark Shore: Charlotte McConaghy

    9. Small Things Like These: Claire Keegan

    10. Intermezzo: Sally Rooney

    HARDCOVER NONFICTION

    1. Abundance: Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson

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

    3. Notes to John: Joan Didion

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

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

    6. The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward: Melinda French Gates

    7. Conquering Crisis: Ten Lessons to Learn Before You Need Them: Admiral William H. McRaven

    8. Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service: Michael Lewis (Ed.)

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

    10. Matriarch: A Memoir: Tina Knowles

    MASS MARKET

    1. Animal Farm: George Orwell

    2. 1984: George Orwell

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

    4. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams

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

    6. The Brothers Karamazov: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    7. The Name of the Wind: Patrick Rothfuss

    8. Lord of the Flies: William Golding

    9. And Then There Were None: Agatha Christie

    10. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson

    TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

    1. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt

    2. Orbital: Samantha Harvey

    3. The Paris Novel: Ruth Reichl

    4. Martyr!: Kaveh Akbar

    5. Parable of the Sower: Octavia E. Butler

    6. Table for Two: Fictions: Amor Towles

    7. Tom Lake: Ann Patchett

    8. The Handmaid’s Tale: Margaret Atwood

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

    10. The Alchemist: Paulo Coelho

    ​ Orange County Register 

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