This week’s bestsellers at independent bookstores in Southern California – Orange County Register

The SoCal Independent Best Sellers list for the sales week ending May 19 is based on reports from Southern California Independent Booksellers, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. On all fours: Miranda July

2. Funny story: Emilie Henri

3. James: Percival Everett

4. Table for two: Fictions: Love Towles

5. Women: Kristin Hannah

6. Long Island: Colm Toibín

7. Martyrdom! : Kaveh Akbar

8. The familiar: Leigh Bardugo

9. The Ministry of Time: Kaliane Bradley

10. The Parisian novel: Ruth Reichl

HARD COVER NON-FICTION

1. The Demon of Troubles: A Saga of Pride, Sorrow, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War: Eric Larson

2. The creative act: a way of being: Rick Rubin

3. Rebel Girl: My life as a feminist punk: Kathleen Hanna

4. Fire in the hole! : The Untold Story of My Traumatic Life and Explosive Success: Bob Parsons

5. One Way or Another: Thoughts on Love: Anne Lamot

6. The bet: a story of shipwreck, mutiny and murder: David Grann

7. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis: George Stephanopoulos, Lisa Dickey

8. The Light Eaters: How the invisible world of plant intelligence offers new understanding of life on Earth: Zoe Schlanger

9. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Childhood Overhaul is Driving an Epidemic of Mental Illness: Jonathan Haidt

10. Inspire Greatness: How to Motivate Employees with a Simple, Repeatable, and Scalable Process: Matt Tenney, Matt Holt

MASS MARKET

1. Dunes: Frank Herbert

2. The Messiah of the dunes: Frank Herbert

3. Carrie: Stephen King

4. Children of Dune: Frank Herbert

5. Mistborn: The Final Empire: Brandon Sanderson

6. The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank

7. The Rye Catcher: J.D. Salinger

8. Slaughterhouse-Five: Kurt Vonnegut

9. The Way of Kings: Brandon Sanderson

10. A Game of Thrones: George RR Martin

COMMERCIAL PAPER FICTION

1. A court of thorns and roses: Sarah J. Maas

2. The Midnight Library: Matt Haig

3.Red: Mona Awad

4. The three-body problem: Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (Trans.)

5. Happy Place: Emilie Henri

6. The guest: Emma Cline

7. Just for summer: Abby Jiménez

8. Trust: Hernán Diaz

9. The Alchemist: paulo Coelho

10. This ends with us: Colleen Hoover