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

HARDCOVER FICTION 
1. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364
2. Moonglow
Michael Chabon, Harper, $28.99, 9780062225559
3. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062491794
4. Swing Time
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $27, 9781594203985
5. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
6. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947135
7. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
8. Difficult Women
Roxane Gay, Grove Press, $25, 9780802125392
9. Small Great Things
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780345544957
10. The Whistler
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541190
11. The Spy
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $22, 9781524732066
12. Today Will Be Different
Maria Semple, Little Brown, $27, 9780316403436
13. The Girls
Emma Cline, Random House, $27, 9780812998603
14. The Nix
Nathan Hill, Knopf, $27.95, 9781101946619
15. The Girl from Venice
Martin Cruz Smith, S&S, $27, 9781439140239
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
2. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780399588174
3. The Undoing Project
Michael Lewis, Norton, $28.95, 9780393254594
4. The Book of Joy
The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26, 9780399185045
5. The Princess Diarist
Carrie Fisher, Blue Rider, $26, 9780399173592
6. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
7. Thank You for Being Late
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $28, 9780374273538
8. Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen, S&S, $32.50, 9781501141515
9. Designing Your Life
Bill Burnett, Dave Evans, Knopf, $24.95, 9781101875322
10. Atlas Obscura
Joshua Foer, et al., Workman, $35, 9780761169086
11. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $25, 9780812993547
12. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307
13. Tools of Titans
Timothy Ferriss, Houghton Mifflin, $28, 9781328683786
14. Upstream
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $26, 9781594206702
15. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25, 9780812988406
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024
2. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124944
3. The Sellout
Paul Beatty, Picador USA, $16, 9781250083258
4. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
5. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501115073
6. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609450786
7. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Broadway, $16, 9780553418798
8. The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $15, 9781101906118
9. My Name Is Lucy Barton
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $16, 9780812979527
10. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
11. The Japanese Lover
Isabel Allende, Atria, $16, 9781501116995
12. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $16, 9780735212152
13. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $16, 9780307887443
14. The Little Red Chairs
Edna O'Brien, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316378246
15. The Association of Small Bombs
Karan Mahajan, Penguin, $16, 9780143109273
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062363602
2. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143034759
3. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16, 9781451697728
4. The Road to Little Dribbling
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $16.95, 9780804172714
5. Barbarian Days
William Finnegan, Penguin, $17, 9780143109396
6. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631492228
7. The Invention of Nature
Andrea Wulf, Vintage, $17, 9780345806291
8. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471
9. Urban Trails San Francisco: Coastal Bluffs & Waterfront, City Parks, the Presidio
Kenin Alexandra, Mountaineers Books, $16.95, 9781680510201
10. We Gon' Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation
Jeff Chang, Picador USA, $16, 9780312429485
11. Modern Romance
Aziz Ansari, Penguin, $17, 9780143109259
12. H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124739
13. Hardwiring Happiness
Rick Hanson, Harmony, $16, 9780385347334
14. Men Explain Things to Me
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $12.95, 9781608464661
15. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2017
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $14.99, 9781600572050
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062472106
4. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
5. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741
6. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
7. It Can't Happen Here
Sinclair Lewis, Signet Classics, $9.99, 9780451465641
8. Breakdown
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345541420
9. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
10. X
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $9.99, 9781101981870
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES 
1. Dog Man Unleashed
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935203
2. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay (Harry Potter)
J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine Books, $24.99, 9781338109061
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9781419723445
4. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One & Two
J.K. Rowling, et al., Arthur A. Levine Books, $29.99, 9781338099133
5. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
6. Ada Twist, Scientist
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $17.95, 9781419721373
7. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608
8. Talons of Power (Wings of Fire, Book 9)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9780545685405
9. Rad Women Worldwide
Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl (Illus.), Ten Speed Press, $15.99, 9780399578861
10. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
11. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
12. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $11.99, 9781594749025
13. Tales from a Not-So-Friendly Frenemy (Dork Diaries, #11)
Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin, $13.99, 9781481479202
14. The Sun Is Also a Star
Nicola Yoon, Delacorte, $18.99, 9780553496680
15. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
16. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K.Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427
17. Big Nate: Revenge of the Cream Puffs
Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel, $9.99, 9781449462284
18. Rosie Revere, Engineer
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $17.95, 9781419708459
19. The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9780399255373
20. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
21. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060
22. The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1)
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316201568
23. The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 2)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781423160922
24. When the Sea Turned to Silver
Grace Lin, Little Brown, $18.99, 9780316125925
25. Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
Pablo Hidalgo, DK Publishing, $30, 9781465452634