The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SCIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, July 27, 2014. Based on reporting from the independent 
booksellers of the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association and 
IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION 
1. California
Edan Lepucki, Little Brown, $26, 9780316250818
2. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30, 9780316055437
3. The Heist
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062320056
4. Wayfaring Stranger
James Lee Burke, S&S, $27.99, 9781476710792
5. The Book of Life
Deborah Harkness, Viking, $28.95, 9780670025596
6. The Silkworm
Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling, Mulholland, $28, 9780316206877
7. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
8. China Dolls
Lisa See, Random House, $27, 9780812992892
9. The Invention of Wings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $27.95, 9780670024780
10. Written in My Own Heart's Blood
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte, $35, 9780385344432
11. A Perfect Life
Danielle Steel, Delacorte Press, $28, 9780345530943
12. One Plus One
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $27.95, 9780525426585
13. Tom Clancy: Support and Defend
Mark Greaney, Putnam Adult, $28.95, 9780399173349
14. Act of War
Brad Thor, Atria, $27.99, 9781476717128
15. The Girls from Corona del Mar
Rufi Thorpe, Knopf, $24.95, 9780385351966
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $28, 9781400064168
2. Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Roz Chast, Bloomsbury, $28, 9781608198061
3. Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty, Belknap Press, $39.95, 9780674430006
4. Blue Mind
Wallace J. Nichols, Little Brown, $27, 9780316252089
5. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book
Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307977618
6. Hard Choices
Hillary Rodham Clinton, S&S, $35, 9781476751443
7. Carsick
John Waters, FSG, $26, 9780374298630
8. #Girlboss
Sophia Amoruso, Portfolio, $26.95, 9780399169274
9. The Mockingbird Next Door
Marja Mills, Penguin Press, $27.95, 9781594205194
10. Clinton, Inc.
Daniel Halper, Broadside, $27.99, 9780062311238
11. David and Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29, 9780316204361
12. Think Like a Freak
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062218339
13. The Alliance
Reid Hoffman, et al., Harvard Business School Press, $25, 9781625275776
14. Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach, Ricardo Cortes (Illus.), Akashic, $14.95, 9781617750250
15. Tibetan Peach Pie
Tom Robbins, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062267405
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Broadway, $15, 9780307588371
2. The Valley of Amazement
Amy Tan, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062107329
3. The Signature of All Things
Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $17, 9780143125846
4. My Struggle, Book One
Karl Ove Knausgaard, FSG, $16, 9780374534141
5. The Lowland
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307278265
6. The Rosie Project
Graeme Simsion, S&S, $15.99, 9781476729091
7. The Circle
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345807298
8. The Cuckoo's Calling
Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling, Mulholland, $18, 9780316206853
9. And the Mountains Echoed
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $16, 9781594632389
10. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316204262
11. Police
Jo Nesbo, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307951168
12. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307455925
13. Orphan Train
Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $14.99, 9780061950728
14. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $14.99, 9780062255662
15. Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Kwan, Anchor, $15, 9780345803788
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471
2. Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17, 9780316154703
3. Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo, Random House, $16, 9780812979329
4. Orange Is the New Black
Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812986181
5. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074
6. Lawrence in Arabia
Scott Anderson, Anchor, $17.95, 9780307476418
7. Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156
8. Heaven Is for Real
Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson, $16.99, 9780849922077
9. Empty Mansions
Bill Dedman, Paul Clark Newell, Jr., Ballantine, $17, 9780345534538
10. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307886279
11. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
12. Thinking in Numbers: On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math
Daniel Tammet, Back Bay, $16, 9780316187367
13. Men Explain Things to Me
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket, $11.95, 9781608463862
14. One Summer: America, 1927
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $16.95, 9780767919418
15. Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $14.95, 9780307387172
 
MASS MARKET
1. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
2. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780345514400
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4. Spider Woman's Daughter
Anne Hillerman, Harper, $9.99, 9780062270498
5. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $9.99, 9780399501487
6. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488
7. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553582017
8. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Grand Central, $8.99, 9780446310789
9. Inferno
Dan Brown, Anchor, $9.99, 9781400079155
10. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553390568
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9780399255373
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. The Pigeon Needs a Bath!
Mo Willems, Disney Press, $16.99, 9781423190875
5. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.99, 9780060254926
7. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
8. On the Night You Were Born
Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $7.99, 9780312601553
9. Frozen: Anna's Act of Love/Elsa's Icy Magic
Lisa Marsoli, Joey Chou (Illus.), Random House/Disney, $4.99, 9780736430616
10. Hug
Jez Alborough, Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763615765
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Speak, $12.99, 9780142424179
2. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142402511
3. If I Stay
Gayle Forman, Speak, $10.99, 9780147514530
4. Minecraft: Essential Handbook
Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545669931
5. Minecraft: Redstone Handbook
Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545685153
6. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Harcourt, $9.99, 9780544340688
7. Paper Towns
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142414934
8. An Abundance of Katherines
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142410707
9. Will Grayson, Will Grayson
John Green, David Levithan, Speak, $9.99, 9780142418475
10. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780385754729
 
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. Divergent
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
2. The Maze Runner
James Dashner, Delacorte
3. The Land of Stories
Chris Colfer, Little Brown
4. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion
5. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
7. Big Nate
Lincoln Peirce, Harper
8. Emily Windsnap
Liz Kessler, Natacha Ledwidge (Illus.), Candlewick
9. The Selection
Kiera Cass, Harper 
10. The Heroes of Olympus
Rick Riordan, Hyperion