The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the 
week ended Sunday, January 8, 2017. Based on reporting from the independent 
booksellers of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an 
independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org. 

HARDCOVER FICTION 
1. The Whistler
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541190
2. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364
3. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062491794
4. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
5. Small Great Things
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780345544957
6. Difficult Women
Roxane Gay, Grove Press, $25, 9780802125392
7. Here I Am
Jonathan Safran Foer, FSG, $28, 9780374280024
8. No Man's Land
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29, 9781455586516
9. Swing Time
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $27, 9781594203985
10. Moonglow
Michael Chabon, Harper, $28.99, 9780062225559
11. Victoria
Daisy Goodwin, St. Martin's, $26.99, 9781250045461
12. The Mistress
Danielle Steel, Delacorte, $28.99, 9780345531117
13. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
14. Cross the Line
James Patterson, Little Brown, $29, 9780316407090
15. Night School
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28.99, 9780804178808
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
2. The Undoing Project
Michael Lewis, Norton, $28.95, 9780393254594
3. The Book of Joy
The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26, 9780399185045
4. Books for Living
Will Schwalbe, Knopf, $25.95, 9780385353540
5. Atlas Obscura
Joshua Foer, et al., Workman, $35, 9780761169086
6. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
7. Spark: How to Lead Yourself and Others to Greater Success
Angie Morgan, et al., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780544716186
8. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780399588174
9. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25, 9780812988406
10. Thank You for Being Late
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $28, 9780374273538
11. Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen, S&S, $32.50, 9781501141515
12. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $25, 9780812993547
13. Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My Corner of the South
Vivian Howard, Little Brown, $40, 9780316381109
14. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307
15. A Life Well Played
Arnold Palmer, St. Martin's, $22.99, 9781250085948
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024
2. The Sellout
Paul Beatty, Picador USA, $16, 9781250083258
3. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609450786
4. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
5. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $16, 9780735212152
6. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
7. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501115073
8. The Swans of Fifth Avenue
Melanie Benjamin, Bantam, $16, 9780345528704
9. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124944
10. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Broadway, $16, 9780553418798
11. My Name Is Lucy Barton
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $16, 9780812979527
12. In a Dark, Dark Wood
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16, 9781501112331
13. A Dog's Purpose
W.Bruce Cameron, Forge, $14.99, 9780765388117
14. Ordinary Grace
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $16, 9781451645859
15. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316204262
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062363602
2. The Road to Character
David Brooks, Random House, $18, 9780812983418
3. The Road to Little Dribbling
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $16.95, 9780804172714
4. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2017
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $14.99, 9781600572050
5. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812984965
6. The Invention of Nature
Andrea Wulf, Vintage, $17, 9780345806291
7. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143034759
8. We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95, 9781101911761
9. The Light of the World
Elizabeth Alexander, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455599868
10. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471
11. The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World Library, $15, 9781577314806
12. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
13. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16, 9780060936228
14. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger, Sentinel, $17, 9780143129431
15. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631492228
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
3. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
4. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455538966
5. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $9.99, 9780399501487
6. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $11, 9780140177398
7. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
8. A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $7.95, 9780679755333
9. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741
10. The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas, Bantam, $6.95, 9780553213508
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Ada Twist, Scientist
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $17.95, 9781419721373
2. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
3. Rosie Revere, Engineer
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $17.95, 9781419708459
4. The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $9.99, 9780394800011
5. Barnyard Dance!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9781563054426
6. Give Please a Chance
Bill O'Reilly, James Patterson, Jimmy Patterson, $17.99, 9780316276887
7. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95, 9780060254926
8. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
9. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking, $6.99, 9780670867332
10. Little Owl
Chronicle, $6.99, 9781452102214
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375869020
2. The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton, Puffin, $9.99, 9780140385724
3. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
4. James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142410363
5. The BFG
Roald Dahl, Puffin, $7.99, 9781101997697
6. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142410318
7. Eleanor & Park
Rainbow Rowell, St. Martin's Griffin, $18.99, 9781250012579
8. Fantastic Mr. Fox
Roald Dahl, Puffin, $6.99, 9780142414552
9. Every Hidden Thing
Kenneth Oppel, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781481464161
10. I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition)
Malala Yousafzai, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316327916
 
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES TITLES 
1. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay (Harry Potter)
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine Books, $24.99, 9781338109061
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9781419723445
3. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One & Two
J.K. Rowling, et al., Arthur A. Levine Books, $29.99, 9781338099133
4. The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 2)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781423160922
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K.Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427
6. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J.K.Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780439064873
7. Dog Man Unleashed
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935203
8. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780439136365
9. Talons of Power (Wings of Fire, Book 9)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic, $16.99, 9780545685405
10. Tales of the Peculiar (Companion to Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children)
Ransom Riggs, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $24.99, 9780399538537