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    This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores
    • April 8, 2026

    The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended April 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. The Keeper: Tana French

    2. The Correspondent: Virginia Evans

    3. Heart the Lover: Lily King

    4. Kin: Tayari Jones

    5. Vigil: George Saunders

    6. Lost Lambs: Madeline Cash

    7. The News from Dublin: Stories: Colm Tóibín

    8. Half His Age: Jennette McCurdy

    9. The Night We Met (Indie Exclusive Edition): Abby Jimenez

    10. Wild Dark Shore: Charlotte McConaghy

    HARDCOVER NONFICTION

    1. A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness: Michael Pollan

    2. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage: Belle Burden

    3. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism: Stewart Reynolds

    4. How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay: Tips and Tricks That Kept Me Alive, Happy, and Creative in Spite of Myself: Jenny Lawson

    5. Good Writing: 36 Ways to Improve Your Sentences: Neal Allen, Anne Lamott

    6. The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness: Arthur C. Brooks

    7. Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery: Gavin Newsom

    8. Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!: Liza Minnelli

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

    10. The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love: Alice Hoffman (Ed.)

    TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

    1. Project Hail Mary (Movie Tie-In): Andy Weir

    2. Theo of Golden: Allen Levi

    3. I Who Have Never Known Men: Jacqueline Harpman

    4. Heated Rivalry: Rachel Reid

    5. Dungeon Crawler Carl: Matt Dinniman

    6. The Lion Women of Tehran: Marjan Kamali

    7. Remarkably Bright Creatures: Shelby Van Pelt

    8. The Song of Achilles: Madeline Miller

    9. Wuthering Heights (Movie Tie-In): Emily Brontë

    10. Red Rising: Pierce Brown

    TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

    1. Raising Hare: A Memoir: Chloe Dalton

    2. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War: Erik Larson

    3. Your Retirement Sketchbook: 125 Retirement Planning Lessons from Financial Experts: Jamie P. Hopkins, Bonnie Treichel

    4. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession: Michael Finkel

    5. I’m Glad My Mom Died: Jennette McCurdy

    6. The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition: Julia Cameron

    7. The Backyard Bird Chronicles: Amy Tan

    8. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon: Kevin Fedarko

    9. Fight Oligarchy: Senator Bernie Sanders

    10. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Hunter S. Thompson

    ​ Orange County Register 

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