Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday,March 29, 2026. This list is 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
- The Night We Met (Indie Exclusive Edition)
Abby Jimenez, Hachette Book Group, $30, 9781538780688 - The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430 - Kin
Tayari Jones, Knopf, $32, 9780525659181 - Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176 - Vigil
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780525509622 - Brawler: Stories
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593418420 - Judge Stone
James Patterson, Viola Davis, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316579834 - Half His Age
Jennette McCurdy, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593723739 - Once and Again
Rebecca Serle, Atria Books, $27, 9781668025918 - Daughter of Egypt
Marie Benedict, St. Martin’s Press, $29, 9781250280732 - Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $30, 9780063434387 - This Is Not About Us: Fiction
Allegra Goodman, The Dial Press, $29, 9780593447840 - Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28, 9780374619237 - Sisters in Yellow
Mieko Kawakami, Knopf, $30, 9780593537732 - Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $32, 9781984881991 - Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318 - The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love
Alice Hoffman (Ed.), Scribner, $22, 9781668209028 - Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery
Gavin Newsom, Penguin Press, $30, 9781984881939 - You with the Sad Eyes: A Memoir
Christina Applegate, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316594929 - Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!
Liza Minnelli, Grand Central Publishing, $36, 9781538773666 - One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148 - Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005 - History Matters
David McCullough, Simon & Schuster, $27, 9781668098998 - Writing Creativity and Soul
Sue Monk Kidd, Knopf, $29, 9780593804643 - Becoming the Warrior: Harnessing Your Inner Strength to Silence Self-Doubt
Jenn Donahue, Amplify Publishing, $28, 9798891386457 - The Anatomy of Awakening: The 5 Hidden Codes to Activate Self-Healing, Unlock Your Higher Consciousness, and Live Your Divine Destiny
Dr. Sue Morter, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401998608 - In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man: A Memoir
Tom Junod, Doubleday, $32, 9780375400391 - Delusions: Of Grandeur, of Romance, of Progress
Cazzie David, St. Martin’s Press, $29, 9781250357632 - Good Writing: 36 Ways to Improve Your Sentences
Neal Allen, Anne Lamott, Avery, $27, 9798217046959
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228 - Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512 - Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254 - Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $20, 9780593685778 - I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600 - Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164 - Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637 - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490 - Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182 - The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925 - Wuthering Heights (Movie Tie-In)
Emily Brontë, Penguin Books, $18, 9780143139140 - Hamnet
Maggie O’Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876 - The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070 - The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987 - The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9798888904510 - The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257 - The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490 - I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831 - All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470 - The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $22, 9780385348768 - Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21, 9780593689004 - Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386 - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560 - When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines
Graydon Carter, Penguin Books, $22, 9780593655924 - The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741 - The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
Griffin Dunne, Penguin Books, $21, 9780593652848 - Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity: 10th Anniversary Edition
David Lynch, Tarcher, $20, 9780143130147 - The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $18.95, 9781572245372 - The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
MASS MARKET
- 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935 - Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342 - A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716 - Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11, 9780553283686 - The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 - Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340 - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803 - The Fall of Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Bantam, $11, 9780553288209 - The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484 - Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Plata Publishing, $9.99, 9781612681139
