The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SCIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, December 8, 2013. 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. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $30, 9780316055437
2. The Gods of Guilt
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $28, 9780316069519
3. The Circle
Dave Eggers, Knopf, $27.95, 9780385351393
4. Dog Songs
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $26.95, 9781594204784
5. The Luminaries
Eleanor Catton, Little Brown, $27, 9780316074315
6. Command Authority
Tom Clancy, Putnam Adult, $29.95, 9780399160479
7. S.
J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst, Mulholland, $35, 9780316201643
8. Aimless Love
Billy Collins, Random House, $26, 9780679644057
9. The Valley of Amazement
Amy Tan, Ecco, $29.99, 9780062107312
10. Sycamore Row
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385537131
11. The Signature of All Things
Elizabeth Gilbert, Viking, $28.95, 9780670024858
12. King and Maxwell
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $28, 9781455521319
13. The Lowland
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307265746
14. Tenth of December
George Saunders, Random House, $26, 9780812993806
15. The Good Lord Bird
James McBride, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594486340
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. David and Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $29, 9780316204361
2. Stitches
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95, 9781594632587
3. A Story Lately Told
Anjelica Huston, Scribner, $25, 9781451656299
4. Things That Matter
Charles Krauthammer, Crown Forum, $28, 9780385349178
5. One Summer: America, 1927
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780767919401
6. I Am Malala
Malala Yousafzai, Little Brown, $26, 9780316322409
7. Let Me Off at the Top!
Ron Burgundy, Crown Archetype, $22, 9780804139571
8. The Bully Pulpit
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $40, 9781416547860
9. L.A. Son: My Life, My City, My Food
Roy Choi, Anthony Bourdain/Ecco, $29.99, 9780062202635
10. My Promised Land
Ari Shavit, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780385521703
11. Autobiography
Morrissey, Putnam Adult, $30, 9780399171543
12. Henri, Le Chat Noir
William Braden, Ten Speed Press, $12.99, 9781607745105
13. Zealot
Reza Aslan, Random House, $27, 9781400069224
14. The Art of Simple Food II
Alice Waters, Patricia Curtan (Illus.), Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307718273
15. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book
Diane Muldrow, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307977618
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Dear Life
Alice Munro, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307743725
2. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316204262
3. Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780061928178
4. The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
Sun-Mi Hwang, Nomoco (Illus.), Penguin, $15, 9780143123200
5. Telegraph Avenue
Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780061493355
6. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16, 9780143124542
7. The Best American Short Stories 2013
Elizabeth Strout, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780547554839
8. The Round House
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062065254
9. This Is How You Lose Her
Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $16, 9781594631771
10. The Aviator's Wife
Melanie Benjamin, Bantam, $15, 9780345528681
11. The Dinner
Herman Koch, Hogarth, $14, 9780385346856
12. Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version
Penguin, $18, 9780143107293
13. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Robin Sloan, Picador, $15, 9781250037756
14. Flight Behavior
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062124272
15. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $14.99, 9780061122415
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Hyperbole and a Half
Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $17.99, 9781451666175
2. Wild
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307476074
3. World Almanac and Book of Facts 2014
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $13.99, 9781600571824
4. Going Clear
Lawrence Wright, Vintage, $15.95, 9780307745309
5. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2014
Old Farmer's Almanac, $7.95, 9781571986030
6. The Best American Essays 2013
Cheryl Strayed, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544103887
7. Unlikely Loves
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761174424
8. 2014 Los Angeles Restaurants
Zagat, $16.95, 9781604785715
9. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
10. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
11. Awkward Family Holiday Photos
Mike Bender, Doug Chernack, Three Rivers Press, $15, 9780307888136
12. How Music Works
David Byrne, McSweeney's, $20, 9781938073533
13. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Tim Folger (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544003439
14. Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela, Back Bay, $18, 9780316323543
15. Tattoos on the Heart
Gregory Boyle, Free Press, $14.99, 9781439153154
 
MASS MARKET
1. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780765370624
2. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553582017
3. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
4. Notorious Nineteen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345527769
5. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316769488
6. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
7. Mad River
John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425261316
8. A Feast for Crows
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553582024
9. Dying on the Vine
Aaron Elkins, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425255476
10. Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman, Avon, $7.99, 9780380789016
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9780399255373
2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $15, 9780394800790
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. Olivia Helps With Christmas
Ian Falconer, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9781442494466
5. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95, 9780060254926
6. An Otis Christmas
Loren Long, Philomel, $17.99, 9780399163951
7. Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $8.99, 9780394800165
8. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
9. The Night Before Christmas
Clement C. Moore, Corinne Malvern (Illus.), Golden, $3.99, 9780375863592
10. The Night Before Christmas
Clement Clarke Moore, Holly Hobbie (Illus.), Little Brown, $18, 9780316070188
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780385754729
2. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020
3. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812
4. Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
Kate DiCamillo, K.G. Campbell (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9780763660406
5. Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims
Rush Limbaugh, Threshold Editions, $19.99, 9781476755861
6. The Christmas Tale of Peter Rabbit
Emma Thompson, Eleanor Taylor (Illus.), Frederick Warne and Company, $20, 9780723276944
7. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142402511
8. Fortunately, the Milk
Neil Gaiman, Skottie Young (Illus.), Harper, $14.99, 9780062224071
9. God Got a Dog
Cynthia Rylant, Marla Frazee (Illus.), Beach Lane, $17.99, 9781442465183
10. Fangirl
Rainbow Rowell, St. Martin's Griffin, $18.99, 9781250030955
 
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES 
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
2. Divergent
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books
3. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
4. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. Ivy & Bean
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle
6. The Heroes of Olympus
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
7. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion
8. Ranger's Apprentice
John Flanagan, Puffin
9. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
10. The Maze Runner
James Dashner, Delacorte