The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and CALIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, May 9, 2021. 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 Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271
2. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
3. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28, 9780593318171
4. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S, $27, 9781501171345
5. Great Circle
Maggie Shipstead, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656975
6. First Person Singular
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $28, 9780593318072
7. Whereabouts
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $24, 9780593318317
8. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
9. The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250178602
10. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
11. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606
12. Sooley
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385547680
13. Sorrowland
Rivers Solomon, MCD, $27, 9780374266776
14. Hour of the Witch
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385542432
15. When the Stars Go Dark
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $28, 9780593237892
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
Michael Lewis, Norton, $30, 9780393881554
2. Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
3. The Bomber Mafia
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $27, 9780316296618
4. World Travel
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35, 9780062802798
5. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
6. What Happened to You?
Oprah Winfrey, Bruce D. Perry, Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $28.99, 9781250223180
7. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251
8. Persist
Elizabeth Warren, Metropolitan Books, $27.99, 9781250799241
9. Cook This Book
Molly Baz, Clarkson Potter, $32.50, 9780593138274
10. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
11. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258
12. The Hummingbirds' Gift: Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $20, 9781982176082
13. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735213616
14. Elizabeth & Margaret
Andrew Morton, Grand Central, $28, 9781538700464
15. You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
Tarana Burke, Brené Brown (Eds.), Random House, $27, 9780593243626
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
2. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
3. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
4. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
5. The Rose Code
Kate Quinn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062943477
6. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17, 9780062963680
7. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
8. One by One
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16.99, 9781501188824
9. The Law of Innocence
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538752548
10. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $17, 9780802124944
11. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
12. A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $17, 9780593157497
13. Interior Chinatown
Charles Yu, Vintage, $16, 9780307948472
14. The Island of Sea Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $18, 9781501154867
15. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $17, 9780143111399
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong, One World, $18, 9781984820389
2. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
3. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
4. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $18.99, 9781524763145
5. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
6. The Chiffon Trenches
André Leon Talley, Ballantine, $18, 9780593129272
7. The Body
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
8. Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties
Mike Davis, Jon Wiener, Verso, $24.95, 9781839761225
9. The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes
Sam Sifton, Ten Speed Press, $28, 9781984858474
10. Barbarian Days
William Finnegan, Penguin, $18, 9780143109396
11. Why Fish Don't Exist
Lulu Miller, S&S, $17, 9781501160349
12. Nomadland
Jessica Bruder, Norton, $16.95, 9780393356311
13. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
14. All About Love
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
15. We Do This 'til We Free Us
Mariame Kaba, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9781642595253
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. The Sentinel
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818485
3. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
5. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
6. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688
7. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877795964
8. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697
9. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
10. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. I Love Mom With the Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $8.99, 9780451533463
2. The Rock from the Sky
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536215625
3. Mommy
Leslie Patricelli, Candlewick, $7.99, 9781536203813
4. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
5. Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race
Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, Isabel Roxas (Illus.), Rise x Penguin Workshop, $8.99, 9780593382639
6. Raya and the Last Dragon Little Golden Book
Golden Books/Disney, $5.99, 9780736441070
7. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274
8. Dream Animals
Emily Winfield Martin, Random House, $8.99, 9780553521900
9. My Mom Is Magical!
Sabrina Moyle, Eunice Moyle (Illus.), Abrams Appleseed, $7.99, 9781419729621
10. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Realm Breaker
Victoria Aveyard, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780062872623
2. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
3. Horse Girl
Carrie Seim, Penguin Workshop, $16.99, 9780593095485
4. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
5. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
6. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
7. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
8. Blade of Secrets
Tricia Levenseller, Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250756800
9. Take Me Home Tonight
Morgan Matson, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781481498982
10. When You Trap a Tiger
Tae Keller, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781524715700
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
2. Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR 
3. The Bad Guys
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic 
4. Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR 
5. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic 
6. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Abrams 
8. The Folk of the Air
Holly Black, Rovina Cai (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 
9. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick 
10. King of Scars
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish