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Number One in Hardcover Fiction:Yesteryear (Indies Introduce):Caro Claire Burke, published by Knopf.
Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday,May 24, 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
- Yesteryear (Indies Introduce)
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30, 9780593804216 - The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430 - John of John
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $28, 9780802167194 - The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $29, 9798217154746 - Ironwood
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316595384 - The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35, 9781954118812 - Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176 - Our Perfect Storm
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $30, 9780593953242 - Kin
Tayari Jones, Knopf, $32, 9780525659181 - A Parade of Horribles
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $32, 9798217190065 - Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28, 9780374619237 - Go Gentle
Maria Semple, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, $30, 9798217176632 - Lázár
Nelio Biedermann, S&S/Summit Books, $28, 9781668200551 - Transcription
Ben Lerner, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25, 9780374618599 - Vigil
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780525509622
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318 - Famesick: A Memoir
Lena Dunham, Random House, $32, 9780593129326 - London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35, 9780385548533 - Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children
Mac Barnett, Little, Brown and Company, $20, 9780316601122 - One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148 - Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Simon Six, $26, 9781668249970 - How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at Stanford University
Theo Baker, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593832837 - Dig In!: Over 100 Easy, Delicious, and Stress-Free Recipes to Make on Repeat
Erin O’Brien, S&S/Simon Element, $35, 9781668077160 - Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005 - The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love
Alice Hoffman (Ed.), Scribner, $22, 9781668209028 - A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $32, 9781984881991 - Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825 - Pretend to Be Fancy: A Field Guide to Style and Sophistication
Whitney Marston Pierce, Chronicle Books, $19.95, 9781797236605 - The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg–and the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema
Paul Fischer, Celadon Books, $32, 9781250878724 - The Power of Positive Habits
Jon Gordon, Wiley, $28, 9781119757412
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512 - Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22, 9798217299461 - Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254 - Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164 - Angel Down
Daniel Kraus, Atria Books, $18, 9781668068519 - Taiwan Travelogue
Shuang-zi Yang, Graywolf Press, $18, 9781644453155 - I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600 - Great Big Beautiful Life
Emily Henry, Berkley, $20, 9780593441237 - The Knight and the Moth (Indie Exclusive Edition)
Rachel Gillig, Orbit, $19.99, 9780316608503 - Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $20, 9780593685778 - James
Percival Everett, Vintage, $20, 9780593686867 - The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594 - Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182 - The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007 - Sunburn
Chloe Michelle Howarth, Melville House, $19.99, 9781685892111
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI
Karen Hao, Penguin Books, $20, 9780593657522 - The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490 - All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060959470 - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114 - Things in Nature Merely Grow
Yiyun Li, Picador, $18, 9781250437976 - The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257 - Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21, 9780593689004 - The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18, 9781400078431 - Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles
Rosecrans Baldwin, Picador, $19, 9781250849199 - The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456 - Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386 - The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689 - Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service
Michael Lewis (Ed.), Riverhead Books, $19, 9798217047826 - The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $22, 9780385348768 - The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin Books, $19, 9780143127741
MASS MARKET
- Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342 - 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935 - Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11, 9780553283686 - The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553577129 - Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987 - Childhood’s End
Arthur C. Clarke, Del Rey, $10, 9780345347954 - Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 - Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487 - Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296 - Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $10, 9780553293357
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- Dad
Christian Robinson, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9781250397041 - Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 - Guess How Much I Love You
Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210637 - Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035 - Los Angeles, Baby!
Feather Flores, Asia Ellington (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $14.99, 9781797207216 - Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?: Stamped Edges Special Edition
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $10.99, 9781250445506 - The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9780399255373 - Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274 - Grumpy Monkey Father’s Day Fuss
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $12.99, 9780593709405 - Escargot
Dashka Slater, Sydney Hanson (Illus.), Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $9.99, 9780374314286
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338762488 - Spy School Secret Service the Graphic Novel
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665956635 - Trapped
Bella Olson, Natalya Kljajic (Illus.), BenBella Books, $12.95, 9781637748701 - KPop Demon Hunters: The Movie in Comics: The Official Retelling in Comic Form
Random House Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9798217234301 - Wombat Waiting
Katherine Applegate, Storytide, $19.99, 9780063221178 - Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga
Dav Pilkey, Motojiro (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546151210 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410318 - The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $8.99, 9780394820378 - A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L’Engle, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250153272 - Matilda
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410370
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic - Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers - Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams - Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix - Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix - Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion - Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion - Dory Fantasmagory
Abby Hanlon, Puffin - InvestiGators
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second - FunJungle
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
