The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SCIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, April 14, 2019. 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. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
2. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $27, 9781524798628
3. Circe
Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27, 9780316556347
4. The Island of Sea Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $27, 9781501154850
5. Outside Looking In
T.C. Boyle, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062882981
6. Metropolis
Philip Kerr, Putnam, $28, 9780735218895
7. The American Agent
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $27.99, 9780062436665
8. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697
9. The Tale Teller
Anne Hillerman, Harper, $26.99, 9780062391957
10. Trust Exercise
Susan Choi, Holt, $27, 9781250309884
11. Women Talking
Miriam Toews, Bloomsbury, $24, 9781635572582
12. There There
Tommy Orange, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525520375
13. Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Marlon James, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780735220171
14. Gingerbread
Helen Oyeyemi, Riverhead Books, $27, 9781594634659
15. The Border
Don Winslow, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062664488
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504
2. Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too!
Chelsea Handler, Spiegel & Grau, $27, 9780525511779
3. Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir
Ruth Reichl, Random House, $27, 9781400069996
4. The Library Book
Susan Orlean, S&S, $28, 9781476740188
5. Bad Blood
John Carreyrou, Knopf, $27.95, 9781524731656
6. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
7. The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life's Direction and Purpose
Oprah Winfrey, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250307507
8. Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault: Essays from the Grown-Up Years
Cathy Guisewite, Putnam, $26, 9780735218420
9. This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism
Ashton Applewhite, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250311481
10. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $24.99, 9780062457714
11. Working
Robert A. Caro, Knopf, $25, 9780525656340
12. Women Rowing North
Mary Pipher, Bloomsbury, $27, 9781632869609
13. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307
14. Dreyer's English
Benjamin Dreyer, Random House, $25, 9780812995701
15. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Lori Gottlieb, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9781328662057
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Warlight
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $16, 9780525562962
2. Washington Black
Esi Edugyan, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525563242
3. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439
4. The Huntress
Kate Quinn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062740373
5. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
6. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $17.95, 9780393356687
7. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
8. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455563920
9. The Power
Naomi Alderman, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316547604
10. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690
11. Supermarket
Bobby Hall, S&S, $17.99, 9781982127138
12. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
13. The Friend
Sigrid Nunez, Riverhead Books, $16, 9780735219458
14. Less
Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316316132
15. An American Marriage
Tayari Jones, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781616208684
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110
2. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198
3. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
4. I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062319791
5. The Collected Schizophrenias
Esmé Weijun Wang, Graywolf Press, $16, 9781555978273
6. How to Fight
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason Deantonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781941529867
7. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18, 9781501145254
8. The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $17, 9780143129257
9. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483
10. Wild LA: Explore the Amazing Nature in and Around Los Angeles
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, et al., Timber Press, $24.95, 9781604697100
11. The 5 Love Languages
Gary Chapman, Northfield, $15.99, 9780802412706
12. Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $16, 9780307949332
13. 111 Places in Los Angeles That You Must Not Miss
Laurel Moglen, Julia Posey, Emons Publishers, $19.9, 9783954518845
14. Fascism: A Warning
Madeleine Albright, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062802200
15. How Democracies Die
Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt, Broadway, $15, 9781524762940
 
MASS MARKET
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
3. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
4. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
5. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
6. Relic
Alan Dean Foster, Del Rey, $7.99, 9781101967652
7. Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare, S&S, $5.99, 9780743482745
8. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
9. The Pharaoh Key
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $8.99, 9781455525812
10. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550702
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
2. Don't Let Them Disappear
Chelsea Clinton, Gianna Marino (Illus.), Philomel Books, $17.99, 9780525514329
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes
Dubose Heyward, Marjorie Flack (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780395185575
5. The Undefeated
Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson (Illus.), Versify, $17.99, 9781328780966
6. The Runaway Bunny
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061074295
7. Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $19.99, 9780399167898
8. Not Quite Narwhal
Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781481469098
9. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780544568037
10. The Big Book of the Blue
Yuval Zommer, Thames & Hudson, $19.95, 9780500651193
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal
Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books, $13.99, 9781419740275
2. The Red Scrolls of Magic
Cassandra Clare, Wesley Chu, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $24.99, 9781481495080
3. Rumple Buttercup: A Story of Bananas, Belonging, and Being Yourself
Matthew Gray Gubler, Random House Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780525648444
4. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
5. Five Feet Apart
Rachael Lippincott, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534451568
6. The Sun Is Also a Star
Nicola Yoon, Ember, $12.99, 9780553496710
7. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
8. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060
9. Dragon Pearl
Yoon Ha Lee, Rick Riordan Presents, $16.99, 9781368013352
10. Max and the Midknights
Lincoln Peirce, Crown Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781101931080
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES
1. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
3. Dork Diaries
Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin
4. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
6. Big Nate
Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel
7. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion
8. Captain Underpants
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
9. Amulet
Kazu Kibuishi, Graphix
10. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House