Number One in Hardcover Fiction:Whistler:Ann Patchett, published by Harper.
Here is the SoCal Indie Bestsellers List, brought to you by IndieBound and the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, for the sales week ending Sunday,June 7, 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
- Whistler
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063511637 - Yesteryear (Indies Introduce)
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593804216 - Land
Maggie O’Farrell, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593320648 - The Midnight Train
Matt Haig, Viking, $30.00, 9780593833377 - The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $29.00, 9798217154746 - The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812 - The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28.00, 9780593798430 - Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802165176 - Ironwood
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $32.00, 9780316595384 - The Typing Lady: And Other Fictions
Ruth Ozeki, Viking, $31.00, 9780593832714 - Transcription
Ben Lerner, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25.00, 9780374618599 - Kin
Tayari Jones, Knopf, $32.00, 9780525659181 - Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It
Brooke Averick, Crown, $28.00, 9798217088263 - John of John
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802167194 - The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820285
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- Famesick: A Memoir
Lena Dunham, Random House, $32.00, 9780593129326 - The Land and Its People: Essays
David Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316264839 - Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30.00, 9780593733318 - London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533 - A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9781984881991 - All We Say: The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches
Ben Rhodes, Random House, $35.00, 9780593595121 - Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children
Mac Barnett, Little, Brown and Company, $20.00, 9780316601122 - Shameful Silence: What You Don’t Know about Domestic Violence
Alexandra Lozano, Jossey-Bass, $28.00, 9781394430277 - The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593652886 - The Little Frog’s Guide to Life: Love, Advice and Inspiration for Every Day from the Internet’s Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837994731 - Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Simon Six, $26.00, 9781668249970 - How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at Stanford University
Theo Baker, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593832837 - Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund
Molly Crabapple, One World, $32.00, 9780593229453 - Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13.00, 9781538778005 - The Rolling Stones: The Biography
Bob Spitz, Penguin Press, $38.00, 9780593489093
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9798217299461 - Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20.00, 9780593820254 - Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781668236512 - I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600 - Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164 - Angel Down
Daniel Kraus, Atria Books, $18.00, 9781668068519 - The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), Norton, $18.95, 9780393356250 - The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498 - Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $20.00, 9780593685778 - James
Percival Everett, Vintage, $20.00, 9780593686867 - The Road to Tender Hearts
Annie Hartnett, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593873465 - The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594 - The Knight and the Moth (Indie Exclusive Edition)
Rachel Gillig, Orbit, $19.99, 9780316608503 - Stoner
John Williams, NYRB Classics, $16.95, 9781590171998 - Sunburn
Chloe Michelle Howarth, Melville House, $19.99, 9781685892111
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060899226 - Rewrite the Program: How to Stop Conforming, Start Exploring, and Find Fulfillment
Eli Bowman, Storybuilders Press, $18.99, 9798898330262 - All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060959470 - Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI
Karen Hao, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780593657522 - The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24.00, 9780143129257 - The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin Books, $19.00, 9780143127741 - Things in Nature Merely Grow
Yiyun Li, Picador, $18.00, 9781250437976 - The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456 - Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18.00, 9780374531386 - The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490 - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14.00, 9780804190114 - Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi, Pantheon, $18.00, 9780375714573 - The White Album: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18.00, 9780374532079 - The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $18.00, 9781878424310 - Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences
Anton JŠger, Verso, $19.95, 9781836742074
MASS MARKET
- 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935 - Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553208849 - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803 - Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451526342 - Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340 - The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553577129 - Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487 - Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 - The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 - The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274 - Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 - Grumpy Monkey Father’s Day Fuss
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $12.99, 9780593709405 - It’s My Bird-Day!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454999621 - Is This a Plum? A Peek-Through Picture Book
Dan Ojari, Finn Ojari, Random House Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9798217223138 - Watermelon Pool
Bonsoir Lune, Dial Books, $19.99, 9798217111787 - Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 - Chirri & Chirra, Among the Cherry Blossoms
Kaya Doi, David Boyd (Transl.), Enchanted Lion, $16.99, 9781592704828 - Sing the 50 United States! (Classic Seuss)
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217228560
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- KPop Demon Hunters: The Movie in Comics: The Official Retelling in Comic Form
Random House, Random House (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9798217234301 - A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic: Or, Like Lightning in an Umbrella Storm
Philip C. Stead, Neal Porter Books, $18.99, 9780823458097 - The Sun-Sational Summer Activity Book: Filled with Mazes, Spot-The-Difference Puzzles, Matching Pairs, and Other Fun Games
Kathryn Selbert (Illus.), Buster Books, Buster Books Us, $9.99, 9781837251674 - The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Storytide, $10.99, 9780062991324 - The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338762488 - Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokemon)
Scholastic, Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019 - The Heirs
Faridah Ëb’kŽ-êy’m’dŽ, Feiwel & Friends, $20.99, 9781250326997 - The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457 - The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $8.99, 9780394820378 - Esperanza Rising
Pam Munoz Ryan, Scholastic, $7.99, 9780439120425
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams - Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic - InvestiGators
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second - The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press - Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers - Summer Brain Quest
Persephone Walker, Claire Piddock (Illus.), Workman - Who Would Win?
Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illus.), Scholastic - Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix - Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
