The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and CALIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, May 5, 2024. 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. Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Viking, $32, 9780593296370
2. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633
3. Funny Story
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441282
4. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
5. The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29, 9780812996302
6. The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250884251
7. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House, $28, 9780593597033
8. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
9. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946
10. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
11. Real Americans
Rachel Khong, Knopf, $29, 9780593537251
12. Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
13. The Husbands
Holly Gramazio, Doubleday, $29, 9780385550611
14. When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance: Poems
Joan Baez, David R. Godine Publisher, $25.95, 9781567928013
15. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
2. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $22, 9780593714416
3. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $28, 9780593730249
4. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982108663
5. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
6. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
7. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
8. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764
9. Open Wide: A Cookbook for Friends
benny blanco, Jess Damuck, Dey Street Books, $35, 9780063315938
10. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea, St. Martin's Press, $32, 9781250325778
11. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
Amanda Montell, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.99, 9781668007976
12. The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing
Adam Moss, Penguin Press, $45, 9780593297582
13. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House, $30, 9780593230060
14. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $26.99, 9780062457714
15. Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End
Alua Arthur, Mariner Books, $28.99, 9780063240032
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780441013593
3. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
4. Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441190
5. Pineapple Street
Jenny Jackson, Penguin, $18, 9780593490716
6. Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431
7. Bunny
Mona Awad, Penguin, $17, 9780525559757
8. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17, 9781501161933
9. The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18, 9781400031702
10. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
11. A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575583
12. A Most Agreeable Murder
Julia Seales, Random House, $18, 9780593450000
13. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324
14. Weyward
Emilia Hart, St. Martin's Griffin, $19, 9781250842725
15. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $19, 9780399562976
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
2. The Eater Guide to Los Angeles
Eater, Abrams Image, $19.99, 9781419765827
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
4. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
5. Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20, 9780593239933
6. Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
Rainn Wilson, Hachette Go, $19.99, 9780306828287
7. Cinema Speculation
Quentin Tarantino, Harper Perennial, $21, 9780063112575
8. Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
Nina Totenberg, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982188092
9. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19, 9780143129257
10. The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $17, 9781400078431
11. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
12. Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Pekka Hämäläinen, Liveright, $22, 9781324094067
13. Cat and Bird: A Memoir
Kyoko Mori, Belt Publishing, $19.99, 9781953368690
14. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18, 9780593470831
15. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
2. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
5. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
6. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686
7. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
8. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765365279
9. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
10. Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225757
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Built to Last
Minh Lê, Dan Santat (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593569177
2. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
5. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
6. Grumpy Monkey
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $8.99, 9780593123997
7. Dragon's First Taco
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178
8. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
9. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
10. Eloise
Kay Thompson, Hilary Knight (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780671223502
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Powerful: A Powerless Story
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665966306
2. The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207
3. A Tempest of Tea
Hafsah Faizal, Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, $20.99, 9780374389406
4. Ferris
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536231052
5. Finally Heard
Kelly Yang, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665947930
6. Check & Mate
Ali Hazelwood, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $14, 9780593619919
7. Orris and Timble: The Beginning
Kate DiCamillo, Carmen Mok (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536222791
8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196
9. Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Ember, $14.99, 9780593374191
10. Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES
1. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
2. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic 
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet 
4. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
5. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
6. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin,  Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix 
7. Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 
8. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember 
9. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion 
10. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers