The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SCIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, August 21, 2016. 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 Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364
2. The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $26, 9781501132933
3. The Black Widow
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062320223
4. The Girls
Emma Cline, Random House, $27, 9780812998603
5. Before the Fall
Noah Hawley, Grand Central, $26, 9781455561780
6. Truly Madly Guilty
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron, $26.99, 9781250069795
7. Bright, Precious Days
Jay McInerney, Knopf, $27.95, 9781101948002
8. Dark Matter
Blake Crouch, Crown, $26.99, 9781101904220
9. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
10. The Nest
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062414212
11. Heroes of the Frontier
Dave Eggers, Knopf, $28.95, 9780451493804
12. Behind Closed Doors
B.A. Paris, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9781250121004
13. Sweetbitter
Stephanie Danler, Knopf, $25, 9781101875940
14. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947135
15. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312577223
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo
Amy Schumer, Gallery, $28, 9781501139888
2. American Heiress
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385536714
3. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307
4. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25, 9780812988406
5. Crisis of Character
Gary J. Byrne, Center Street, $27, 9781455568871
6. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
7. Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day
Joel Selvin, Dey Street, $27.99, 9780062444257
8. Hamilton: The Revolution
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter, Grand Central, $45, 9781455539741
9. White Trash
Nancy Isenberg, Viking, $28, 9780670785971
10. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $24, 9780812993547
11. Tribe
Sebastian Junger, Twelve, $22, 9781455566389
12. Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency
James A. Miller, Custom House, $32.50, 9780062441379
13. Gratitude
Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $17, 9780451492937
14. Shoe Dog
Phil Knight, Scribner, $29, 9781501135910
15. You'll Grow Out of It
Jessi Klein, Grand Central, $26, 9781455531189
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $16, 9781594634024
2. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024
3. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124944
4. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Back Bay, $20, 9780316055444
5. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Broadway, $16, 9780553418798
6. The Alchemist (25th Anniversary Edition)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
7. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609450786
8. The Japanese Lover
Isabel Allende, Atria, $16, 9781501116995
9. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
10. The Girl in the Spider's Web
David Lagercrantz, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95, 9781101872000
11. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $16, 9780307887443
12. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16, 9780143109464
13. Purity
Jonathan Franzen, Picador USA, $17, 9781250097101
14. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $17, 9781451681758
15. In a Dark, Dark Wood
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16, 9781501112331
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Barbarian Days
William Finnegan, Penguin, $17, 9780143109396
2. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471
3. Yuge!
G.B. Trudeau, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449481339
4. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143034759
5. Dead Wake
Erik Larson, Broadway, $17, 9780307408877
6. H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124739
7. How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie, Pocket, $16, 9780671027032
8. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
9. Night
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $9.95, 9780374500016
10. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16, 9781451697728
11. Modern Romance
Aziz Ansari, Eric Klinenberg, Penguin, $17, 9780143109259
12. Hold Still
Sally Mann, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316247757
13. Purpose Driven Life
Rick Warren, Zondervan, $16.99, 9780310337508
14. Known and Strange Things: Essays
Teju Cole, Random House, $17, 9780812989786
15. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16, 9780375725609
 
MASS MARKET 
1. X
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $9.99, 9781101981870
2. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $11, 9780140177398
3. Rogue Lawyer
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393484
4. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
5. Mythology
Edith Hamilton, Grand Central, $10, 9780446574754
6. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488
7. Fool Me Once
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $9.99, 9781101984352
8. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $9.99, 9780399501487
9. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
10. Think and Grow Rich
Napoleon Hill, TarcherPerigee, $8, 9780143110163
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $6.99, 9780547248288
3. The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9780399255373
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
6. Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
Mem Fox, Helen Oxenbury (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $8.99, 9780547366203
7. The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $16.99, 9780060256654
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.99, 9780060254926
9. The Night Before Kindergarten
Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $4.99, 9780448425009
10. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. The BFG
Roald Dahl, Puffin, $7.99, 9781101997697
2. Matilda
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $7.99, 9780142410370
3. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375869020
4. The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781484732748
5. Counting by 7s
Holly Goldberg Sloan, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142422861
6. Number the Stars
Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin, $7.99, 9780547577098
7. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $24.99, 9780439813785
8. Auggie & Me
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 9781101934852
9. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781423160915
10. I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition)
Malala Yousafzai, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316327916
 
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES 
1. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
2. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk
4. The Land of Stories
Chris Colfer, Little Brown
5. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion
6. Ivy & Bean
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle 
7. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic 
8. The Heroes of Olympus
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
10. Mercy Watson
Kate DiCamillo, Chris Van Dusen (Illus.), Candlewick