The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SCIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, August 28, 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. Surrender, New York
Caleb Carr, Random House, $30, 9780679455691
3. Before the Fall
Noah Hawley, Grand Central, $26, 9781455561780
4. The Girls
Emma Cline, Random House, $27, 9780812998603
5. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
6. Sweetbitter
Stephanie Danler, Knopf, $25, 9781101875940
7. Dark Matter
Blake Crouch, Crown, $26.99, 9781101904220
8. The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $26, 9781501132933
9. The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena, Pamela Dorman Books, $26, 9780735221086
10. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312577223
11. Heroes of the Frontier
Dave Eggers, Knopf, $28.95, 9780451493804
12. The Black Widow
Daniel Silva, Harper, $27.99, 9780062320223
13. Truly Madly Guilty
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron, $26.99, 9781250069795
14. The Nest
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062414212
15. Behind Closed Doors
B.A. Paris, St. Martin's, $25.99, 9781250121004
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
2. The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo
Amy Schumer, Gallery, $28, 9781501139888
3. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25, 9780812988406
4. American Heiress
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385536714
5. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307
6. Armageddon
Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, Humanix, $24.99, 9781630060589
7. Hamilton: The Revolution
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter, Grand Central, $45, 9781455539741
8. 2 Chairs: The Secret That Changes Everything
Bob Beaudine, Worthy Publishing, $20, 9781617958014
9. Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency
James Andrew Miller, Custom House, $32.5, 9780062441379
10. Trump Revealed: An American Journey of Ambition, Ego, Money, and Power
Michael Kranish, Marc Fisher, Scribner, $28, 9781501155772
11. The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art
Sebastian Smee, Random House, $28, 9780812994803
12. White Trash
Nancy Isenberg, Viking, $28, 9780670785971
13. I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
Ed Yong, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062368591
14. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $24, 9780812993547
15. Gratitude
Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $17, 9780451492937
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $16, 9781594634024
2. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124944
3. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024
4. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Broadway, $16, 9780553418798
5. The Alchemist (25th Anniversary Edition)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
6. The Japanese Lover
Isabel Allende, Atria, $16, 9781501116995
7. Purity
Jonathan Franzen, Picador USA, $17, 9781250097101
8. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609450786
9. City on Fire
Garth Risk Hallberg, Vintage, $17, 9780804172950
10. Circling the Sun
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $16, 9780345534200
11. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $17, 9780804172707
12. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
13. Armada
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $16, 9780804137270
14. The Fifth Gospel
Ian Caldwell, S&S, $15.99, 9781451694154
15. The Story of a New Name
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $18, 9781609451349
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Barbarian Days
William Finnegan, Penguin, $17, 9780143109396
2. Yuge!
G.B. Trudeau, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449481339
3. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143034759
4. M Train
Patti Smith, Vintage, $16, 9781101910160
5. My Life on the Road
Gloria Steinem, Random House, $18, 9780345408167
6. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471
7. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
8. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16, 9781451697728
9. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16, 9780375725609
10. The Gifts of Imperfection
Brene Brown, Hazelden, $14.95, 9781592858491
11. H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124739
12. Modern Romance
Aziz Ansari, Eric Klinenberg, Penguin, $17, 9780143109259
13. Dead Wake
Erik Larson, Broadway, $17, 9780307408877
14. The Oregon Trail
Rinker Buck, S&S, $16.99, 9781451659177
15. This I Believe
Jay Allison (Ed.), Holt, $16, 9780805086584
 
MASS MARKET 
1. X
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $9.99, 9781101981870
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
4. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $9.99, 9780735212169
5. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
6. Rogue Lawyer
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393484
7. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741
8. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
9. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
10. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
 
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. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
5. Lion Lessons
Jon Agee, Dial, $17.99, 9780803739086
6. A is for Activist
Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $9.99, 9781609805395
7. The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $16.99, 9780060256654
8. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
9. Madeline
Ludwig Bemelmans, Viking, $9.99, 9780670014071
10. Baby Peekaboo
Kate Merritt, Workman, $5.95, 9780761181811
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. The BFG
Roald Dahl, Puffin, $7.99, 9781101997697
2. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375869020
3. Firefly Hollow
Alison McGhee, Christopher Denise (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $8.99, 9781442423374
4. The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781484732748
5. Roller Girl
Victoria Jamieson, Dial, $12.99, 9780803740167
6. Auggie & Me
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 9781101934852
7. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608
8. Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O'Dell, Houghton Mifflin, $7.99, 9780547328614
9. Star Wars: 5-Minute Star Wars Stories
Disney LucasFilm Press, $12.99, 9781484728208
10. A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
 
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. The Land of Stories
Chris Colfer, Little Brown
4. Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
6. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick
7. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
8. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
9. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion
10. The 5th Wave
Rick Yancey, Putnam