Number One in Hardcover Fiction Great Big Beautiful Life:,by Emily Henry,
published by Berkley.
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 11, 2025. 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
- Great Big Beautiful Life — Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441299
- My Friends — Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
- James — Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
- My Name Is Emilia del Valle — Isabel Allende, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593975091
- The God of the Woods — Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
- Broken Country — Clare Leslie Hall, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668078181
- Audition — Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593852323
- Wild Dark Shore — Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
- Silver Elite — Dani Francis, Del Rey, $32.99, 9780593875469
- Strangers in Time — David Baldacci, Grand Central Publishing, $30, 9781538742051
- Dungeon Crawler Carl — Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30, 9780593820247
- Twist — Colum McCann, Random House, $28, 9780593241738
- The Wedding People — Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
- Heartwood — Amity Gaige, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668063606
- Foster — Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802160140
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About — Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366
- Abundance — Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668023488
- Life of Your Dreams: How to Take Your Family, Fun, and Financial Freedom to a Whole ‘Notha Level — Mark Pentecost, Mission Driven Press, $28, 9781637634233
- The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life — Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $30, 9780593734636
- We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life’s 20 Questions — Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, Amanda Doyle, The Dial Press, $34, 9780593977644
- Notes to John — Joan Didion, Knopf, $32, 9780593803677
- Joy Prescriptions: How I Learned to Stop Chasing Perfection and Embrace Connection — Tiffany Moon, M.D., Legacy Lit, $29, 9780306834530
- Raising Hare: A Memoir — Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843
- Conquering Crisis: Ten Lessons to Learn Before You Need Them — Admiral William H. McRaven, Grand Central Publishing, $26, 9781538771747
- The Prism: Seven Steps to Heal Your Past and Transform Your Future — Laura Day, Spiegel & Grau, $32, 9781954118706
- Matriarch: A Memoir — Tina Knowles, One World, $35, 9780593597408
- The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 — Rick Atkinson, Crown, $42, 9780593799185
- From Panic to Profit: Uncover Value, Boost Revenue, and Grow Your Business with the 80/20 Principle — Bill Canady, Wiley, $28, 9781394331581
- Moral Ambition: Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference — Rutger Bregman, Little, Brown and Company, $30, 9780316580359
- I Regret Almost Everything: A Memoir — Keith McNally, Gallery Books, $29.99, 9781668017647
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Remarkably Bright Creatures — Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
- Table for Two: Fictions — Amor Towles, Penguin Books, $19, 9780593296394
- One Golden Summer — Carley Fortune, Berkley, $19, 9780593638910
- The Paris Novel — Ruth Reichl, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $19, 9780812986372
- Martyr! — Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
- The Covenant of Water — Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $22, 9780802162731
- I Who Have Never Known Men — Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
- Demon Copperhead — Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
- Orbital — Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
- The Handmaid’s Tale — Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $18, 9780525435006
- The Ministry of Time — Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668045152
- The Frozen River — Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
- The Husbands — Holly Gramazio, Vintage, $18, 9780593687512
- Tom Lake — Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $19, 9780063327535
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow — Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century — Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder — David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
- The Backyard Bird Chronicles — Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131
- Sociopath: A Memoir — Patric Gagne, Ph.D., Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781668003190
- The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition — Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20, 9780143129257
- The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession — Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
- All About Love: New Visions — bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
- The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness — Andy McCullough, Grand Central Publishing, $21.99, 9780306832604
- The Best of Me — David Sedaris, Back Bay, $21.99, 9780316242400
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma — Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
- The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness — Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781668065969
- Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity: 10th Anniversary Edition — David Lynch, Tarcher, $20, 9780143130147
- Happy-Go-Lucky — David Sedaris, Back Bay, $19.99, 9780316392433
- The Fire Next Time — James Baldwin, Vintage, $14, 9780679744726
- The Year of Magical Thinking — Joan Didion, Vintage, $18, 9781400078431
MASS MARKET
- 1984 — George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
- Jurassic Park — Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
- Mistborn: The Final Empire — Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
- The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories — Oscar Wilde, Signet, $6.95, 9780451530455
- It Can’t Happen Here — Sinclair Lewis, Signet, $10.99, 9780451465641
- Slaughterhouse-Five — Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
- Nine Stories — J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316769501
- The Well of Ascension — Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572
- Bless Me, Ultima — Rudolfo Anaya, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538769850
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- Odder: An Otter’s Story — Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250323590
- Good Night, Gorilla — Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
- Goodnight Moon — Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
- What Would Bluey’s Mum Do? — Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593888964
- Grumpy Monkey Mom for a Day — Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $12.99, 9780593709313
- Rosemary Long Ears — Susie Ghahremani, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316573320
- Will the Pigeon Graduate? — Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454960430
- Happy Mother’s Day from the Crayons — Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593624586
- The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn’s Great Big Wish — Shawn Harris, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593571910
- Knight Owl — Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel — Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338777215
- The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon (Deluxe Limited Edition) — Grace Lin, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316478328
- The Trouble with Heroes — Kate Messner, Bloomsbury Children’s Books, $17.99, 9781547616398
- A Wolf Called Fire — Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780063415133
- Odder — Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
- Orris and Timble: Lost and Found — Kate DiCamillo, Carmen Mok (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536225303
- Words with Wings and Magic Things — Matthew Burgess, Doug Salati (Illus.), Tundra Books, $19.99, 9781774880289
- Better Than the Movies — Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
- Werewolf Hamlet — Kerry Madden-Lunsford, Charlesbridge Moves, $18.99, 9781623544331
- Iron Widow — Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $11.99, 9780735269958
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Dog Man — Dav Pilkey, Graphix
- The Hunger Games — Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians — Rick Riordan, Hyperion
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid — Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
- The Wild Robot — Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- The Powerless Trilogy — Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Wings of Fire — Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
- Spy School — Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Magic Tree House — Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
- Elephant & Piggie — Mo Willems, Hyperion
