The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SCIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, May 12, 2013. Based on reporting from the independent 
booksellers of the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association and 
IndieBound.  For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. A Delicate Truth
John le Carre, Viking, $28.95, 9780670014897
2. Life After Life
Kate Atkinson, Reagan Arthur Books, $27.99, 9780316176484
3. Maya's Notebook
Isabel Allende, Harper, $27.99, 9780062105622
4. Paris
Edward Rutherfurd, Doubleday, $32.5, 9780385535304
5. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364
6. The Burgess Boys
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $26, 9781400067688
7. The Woman Upstairs
Claire Messud, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307596901
8. The Flamethrowers
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $26.99, 9781439142004
9. All That Is
James Salter, Knopf, $26.95, 9781400043132
10. Dead Ever After
Charlaine Harris, Ace, $27.95, 9781937007881
11. The Hit
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $27.99, 9781455521210
12. Silken Prey
John Sandford, Putnam Adult, $27.95, 9780399159312
13. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $35, 9780553801477
14. The Interestings
Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594488399
15. The Round House
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $27.99, 9780062065247

HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $27, 9780316154697
2. Lean In
Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf, $24.95, 9780385349949
3. It's All Good
Gwyneth Paltrow, Grand Central, $32, 9781455522712
4. Cooked
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594204210
5. Vader's Little Princess
Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452118697
6. Mom & Me & Mom
Maya Angelou, Random House, $22, 9781400066117
7. I Could Pee on This
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452110585
8. Help, Thanks, Wow
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95, 9781594631290
9. My Beloved World
Sonia Sotomayor, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307594884
10. My Dog: The Paradox
The Oatmeal, Matthew Inman, Andrews McMeel, $9.99, 9781449437527
11. Dirty Wars
Jeremy Scahill, Nation Books, $29.99, 9781568586717
12. Henri, Le Chat Noir
William Braden, Ten Speed Press, $12.99, 9781607745105
13. Unsinkable
Debbie Reynolds, Dorian Hannaway, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062213655
14. VB6
Mark Bittman, Clarkson Potter, $26, 9780385344746
15. Waiting to Be Heard
Amanda Knox, Harper, $28.99, 9780062217202

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. The Great Gatsby
F.Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $15, 9781451689433
2. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061928178
3. Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel, Picador USA, $16, 9781250024176
4. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316204262
5. The Black Box
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $14.99, 9781455526956
6. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $14, 9781451696196
7. Phantom
Jo Nesbo, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307951151
8. The Art Forger
B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $14.95, 9781616203160
9. Broken Harbor
Tana French, Penguin, $16, 9780143123309
10. The Orphan Master's Son
Adam Johnson, Random House, $15, 9780812982626
11. The Yellow Birds
Kevin Powers, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316219341
12. The Language of Flowers
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Ballantine, $15, 9780345525550
13. A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar
Suzanne Joinson, Bloomsbury, $16, 9781608198337
14. Istanbul Passage
Joseph Kanon, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781439156438
15. Elizabeth the First Wife
Lian Dolan, Prospect Park, $15.95, 9781938849053

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074
2. Proof of Heaven
Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99, 9781451695199
3. Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156
4. The 5 Love Languages
Gary Chapman, Northfield, $14.99, 9780802473158
5. What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-One Women on the Gifts That Mattered Most
Elizabeth Benedict (Ed.), Algonquin, $15.95, 9781616201357
6. Zagat 2013 Los Angeles/So. California Restaurants
, Zagat, $15.95, 9781604785166
7. Paris: A Love Story
Kati Marton, S&S, $14.99, 9781451691559
8. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16, 9780374533557
9. F in Exams
Richard Benson, Chronicle, $9.95, 9780811878319
10. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16, 9780375725609
11. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
12. Why Does the World Exist?
Jim Holt, Liveright, $16.95, 9780871403599
13. Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Jenny Lawson, Berkley, $16, 9780425261019
14. The Untethered Soul
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $16.95, 9781572245372
15. Midnight in Peking
Paul French, Penguin, $16, 9780143123361

MASS MARKET
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
2. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $6.99, 9780812550702
3. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345535429
4. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553582024
5. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Warner, $6.99, 9780316769488
6. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345543981
7. Judgment Call
J.A. Jance, Harper, $9.99, 9780061732805
8. Mrs. Jeffries Turns the Tide
Emily Brightwell, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425252123
9. Stolen Prey
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425260999
10. Cat Nap
Claire Donally, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425252130

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. Miss Maple's Seeds
Eliza Wheeler, Nancy Paulsen Books, $16.99, 9780399257926
5. Love You Forever
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
6. Are You My Mother?
P.D. Eastman, Random House, $4.99, 9780679890478
7. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $17.95, 9780060254926
8. The Dark
Lemony Snicket, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316187480
9. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
10. Safari: A Photicular Book
Dan Kainen, Carol Kaufmann, Workman, $24.95, 9780761163800

CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
2. Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Stephan Pastis, Candlewick, $14.99, 9780763660505
3. The 5th Wave
Rick Yancey, Putnam, $18.99, 9780399162411
4. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142402511
5. Poems to Learn by Heart
Caroline Kennedy, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $19.99, 9781423108054
6. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, HarperTrophy, $7.99, 9780064400558
7. Art2-D2's Guide to Folding and Doodling
Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95, 9781419705342
8. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780061992254
9. The Sign of the Beaver
Elizabeth George Speare, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $6.99, 9780547577111
10. Paper Towns
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142414934

CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES 
1. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House 
2. Ivy & Bean
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
3. Captain Underpants
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet 
5. The Secret Series
Pseudonymous Bosch, Little Brown 
6. Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
7. Legend Trilogy
Marie Lu, Putnam
8. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion
9. Big Nate
Lincoln Peirce, Harper
10. Geronimo Stilton
Geronimo Stilton, Scholastic