The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SCIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, May 4, 2014. 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. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30, 9780316055437
2. The Serpent of Venice
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779763
3. The Invention of Wings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $27.95, 9780670024780
4. The Target
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $28, 9781455521203
5. One More Thing
B.J. Novak, Knopf, $24.95, 9780385351836
6. Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
Francine Prose, Harper, $26.99, 9780061713781
7. Can't and Won't
Lydia Davis, FSG, $26, 9780374118587
8. In Paradise
Peter Matthiessen, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594633171
9. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $25.99, 9780062255655
10. Frog Music
Emma Donoghue, Little Brown, $27, 9780316324687
11. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Gabrielle Zevin, Algonquin, $24.95, 9781616203214
12. Natchez Burning
Greg Iles, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062311078
13. Off Course
Michelle Huneven, Sarah Crichton Books, $26, 9780374224479
14. Poems That Make Grown Men Cry
Anthony Holden, Ben Holden, S&S, $25, 9781476712772
15. The Martian
Andy Weir, Crown, $24, 9780804139021
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. A Fighting Chance
Elizabeth Warren, Metropolitan, $28, 9781627790529
2. Flash Boys
Michael Lewis, Norton, $27.95, 9780393244663
3. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book
Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307977618
4. Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty, Belknap Press, $39.95, 9780674430006
5. Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty
Diane Keaton, Random House, $26, 9780812994261
6. John Wayne
Scott Eyman, S&S, $32.5, 9781439199589
7. Congratulations, by the Way
George Saunders, Random House, $14, 9780812996272
8. 10% Happier
Dan Harris, It Books, $25.99, 9780062265425
9. Living With a Wild God
Barbara Ehrenreich, Twelve, $26, 9781455501762
10. The Divide
Matt Taibbi, Spiegel & Grau, $27, 9780812993424
11. The Sixth Extinction
Elizabeth Kolbert, Holt, $28, 9780805092998
12. Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State
Ralph Nader, Nation Books, $25.99, 9781568584546
13. The Forest Feast: Simple Vegetarian Recipes from My Cabin in the Woods
Erin Gleeson, Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, $35, 9781617690815
14. The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials Into Triumph
Ryan Holiday, Portfolio, $24.95, 9781591846352
15. Grain Brain
David Perlmutter, Little Brown, $27, 9780316234801
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Broadway, $15, 9780307588371
2. The Circle
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345807298
3. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307455925
4. A Tale for the Time Being
Ruth Ozeki, Penguin, $16, 9780143124870
5. The Interestings
Meg Wolitzer, Riverhead, $17, 9781594632341
6. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Robin Sloan, Picador, $15, 9781250037756
7. The Flamethrowers
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $17, 9781439142011
8. Orphan Train
Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $14.99, 9780061950728
9. The Burgess Boys
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $15, 9780812979510
10. Lexicon
Max Barry, Penguin, $16, 9780143125426
11. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Karen Joy Fowler, Plume, $16, 9780142180822
12. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316204262
13. The Dinner
Herman Koch, Hogarth, $14, 9780385346856
14. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061928178
15. The Golem and the Jinni
Helene Wecker, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062110848
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Assholes: A Theory
Aaron James, Anchor, $14.95, 9780804171359
2. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849922077
3. Empty Mansions
Bill Dedman, Paul Clark Newell, Jr., Ballantine, $17, 9780345534538
4. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $16, 9780812979329
5. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279
6. The Empathy Exams
Leslie Jamison, Graywolf Press, $15, 9781555976712
7. How Music Works
David Byrne, McSweeney's, $20, 9781938073533
8. Going Clear
Lawrence Wright, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307745309
9. Cooked
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $17, 9780143125334
10. Eleven Rings
Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty, Penguin, $17, 9780143125341
11. Gulp
Mary Roach, Norton, $15.95, 9780393348743
12. My Beloved World
Sonia Sotomayor, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345804839
13. Hyperbole and a Half
Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $17.99, 9781451666175
14. Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Led Zeppelin: Classic Rock Wisdom
Benjamin Darling, Enthusiast, $12.95, 9781595837486
15. Detroit: An American Autopsy
Charlie LeDuff, Penguin, $17, 9780143124467
 
MASS MARKET
1. Never Go Back
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246329
2. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
3. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553582017
4. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345535429
5. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741
6. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780060589462
7. Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman, Avon, $7.99, 9780380789016
8. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316769488
9. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345543981
10. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9780399255373
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
4. Frozen (Little Golden Book)
Victoria Saxon, Grace Lee (Illus.), Random House/Disney, $3.99, 9780736430517
5. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
7. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.99, 9780060254926
8. The Pigeon Needs a Bath!
Mo Willems, Disney Press, $16.99, 9781423190875
9. Locomotive
Brian Floca, Atheneum, $17.99, 9781416994152
10. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Speak, $12.99, 9780142424179
2. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142402511
3. Minecraft: Redstone Handbook
Scholastic, Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545685153
4. An Abundance of Katherines
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142410707
5. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686
6. Minecraft: Essential Handbook
Scholastic, Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545669931
7. Paper Towns
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142414934
8. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780385754729
9. Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
Kate DiCamillo, K.G. Campbell (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9780763660406
10. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
 
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES 
1. Divergent
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
2. Ivy & Bean
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
3. The Maze Runner
James Dashner, Delacorte
4. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. Emily Windsnap
Liz Kessler, Natacha Ledwidge (Illus.), Candlewick
6. Ranger's Apprentice
John Flanagan, Puffin
7. The Heroes of Olympus
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
8. Big Nate
Lincoln Peirce, Harper/Andrews McMeel
9. Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk
10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet