The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and CALIBA, for the
sales week ended Sunday, April 27, 2025. 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, Berkley, $29, 9780593441299
2. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
3. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
4. Audition
Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593852323
5. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
6. The Dream Hotel
Laila Lalami, Pantheon, $29, 9780593317600
7. Broken Country
Clare Leslie Hall, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668078181
8. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635
9. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
10. Strangers in Time
David Baldacci, Grand Central Publishing, $30, 9781538742051
11. The Antidote
Karen Russell, Knopf, $30, 9780593802250
12. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
13. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30, 9780593820247
14. Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
15. Dream Count
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $32, 9780593802724
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Notes to John
Joan Didion, Knopf, $32, 9780593803677
2. Abundance
Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668023488
3. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About
Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366
4. Fahrenheit-182: A Memoir
Mark Hoppus, Dan Ozzi, Dey Street Books, $32.50, 9780063318915
5. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
6. Everything Is Tuberculosis (Signed Edition): The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525426059
7. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
8. When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines
Graydon Carter, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593655900
9. Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
Sarah Wynn-Williams, Flatiron Books, $32.99, 9781250391230
10. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843
11. Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service
Michael Lewis (Ed.), Riverhead Books, $30, 9798217047802
12. Medieval Cats: Claws, Paws, and Kitties of Yore
Catherine Nappington, Ten Speed Press, $15.99, 9780593837504
13. The Golden Hour: A Story of Family and Power in Hollywood
Matthew Specktor, Ecco, $32, 9780063008335
14. The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life
Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $30, 9780593734636
15. The Tell: A Memoir
Amy Griffin, The Dial Press, $29, 9780593731208
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
2. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
3. Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
4. Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Penguin Books, $19, 9780593296394
5. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $18, 9780525435006
6. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
7. The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668045152
8. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
9. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
10. The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $19, 9780812986372
11. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20, 9780593135228
12. Funny Story
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441213
13. The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $18, 9781101906118
14. Tom Lake
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $19, 9780063327535
15. Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, William Morrow Paperbacks, $18.99, 9780063250857
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
2. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
3. Sociopath: A Memoir
Patric Gagne, Ph.D., Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781668003190
4. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
5. Grief Is for People
Sloane Crosley, Picador, $18, 9781250371782
6. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
7. The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18, 9781400078431
8. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
Cat Bohannon, Vintage, $20, 9780345806208
9. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
Hanif Abdurraqib, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593448809
10. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
11. Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386
12. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
13. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20, 9780143129257
14. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
15. Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity: 10th Anniversary Edition
David Lynch, Tarcher, $20, 9780143130147
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
2. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
5. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
6. The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572
7. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $11.99, 9780756407919
8. Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286
9. Small Gods
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062237378
10. Carrie
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743664
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
2. Little Blue Truck and Racer Red
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063387843
3. Don't Trust Fish
Neil Sharpson, Dan Santat (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780593616673
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. Rosemary Long Ears
Susie Ghahremani, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316573320
6. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
7. I Am Glinda (Little Golden Book)
Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896884
8. Grumpy Monkey Mom for a Day
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $12.99, 9780593709313
9. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
10. I Am Elphaba (Little Golden Book)
Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896860
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215
2. Outsider Kids: A Parachute Kids Graphic Novel
Betty C. Tang, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338832716
3. Game On! (Cloud Puppy #2)
Kelly Leigh Miller, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781665932158
4. A Song for You and I: A Graphic Novel
K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182307
5. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Yearling, $14.99, 9781524764234
6. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
7. Wings of Starlight
Allison Saft, Disney Press, $18.99, 9781368098458
8. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
9. All Better Now
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781534432758
10. The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press 
2. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
3. I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Karen De la Vega (Illus.), Scholastic 
4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion 
5. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic 
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams 
7. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix 
8. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 
9. Warriors Graphic Novels
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley 
10. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers