The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SCIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, October 9, 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. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062491794
2. The Trespasser
Tana French, Viking, $27, 9780670026333
3. Today Will Be Different
Maria Semple, Little Brown, $27, 9780316403436
4. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364
5. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
6. Razor Girl
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $27.95, 9780385349741
7. Nutshell
Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $24.95, 9780385542074
8. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
9. The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $26, 9781501132933
10. The Rain in Portugal
Billy Collins, Random House, $26, 9780679644064
11. Another Brooklyn
Jacqueline Woodson, Amistad, $22.99, 9780062359988
12. Home
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $28, 9780525955108
13. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312577223
14. The Girls
Emma Cline, Random House, $27, 9780812998603
15. Here I Am
Jonathan Safran Foer, FSG, $28, 9780374280024
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen, S&S, $32.50, 9781501141515
2. Killing the Rising Sun
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30, 9781627790628
3. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
4. Designing Your Life
Bill Burnett, Dave Evans, Knopf, $24.95, 9781101875322
5. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $30, 9781501145247
6. Is This the End?: Signs of God's Providence in a Disturbing New World
David Jeremiah, Thomas Nelson, $24.99, 9780718079864
7. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
Dalai Lama, et al., Avery, $26, 9780399185045
8. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
9. The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo
Amy Schumer, Gallery, $28, 9781501139888
10. When Nobody Was Watching: My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer World
Carli Lloyd, Wayne Coffey, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780544814622
11. Hero of the Empire
Candice Millard, Doubleday, $30, 9780385535731
12. Nasty Galaxy
Sophia Amoruso, Putnam, $37, 9780399174889
13. I Could Pee on This, Too: And More Poems by More Cats
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95, 9781452132945
14. The French Chef in America
Alex Prud'homme, Knopf, $27.95, 9780385351751
15. In Such Good Company
Carol Burnett, Crown Archetype, $28, 9781101904657
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $16, 9780735212152
2. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024
3. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609450786
4. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124944
5. The Japanese Lover
Isabel Allende, Atria, $16, 9781501116995
6. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Broadway, $16, 9780553418798
7. The Secret Chord
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16, 9780143109761
8. The Best American Short Stories 2016
Junot Diaz, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544582897
9. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
10. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $17, 9781501106484
11. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Back Bay, $14.99, 9780316204262
12. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501115073
13. A Manual for Cleaning Women
Lucia Berlin, Picador USA, $16, 9781250094735
14. Circling the Sun
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $16, 9780345534200
15. Our Souls at Night
Kent Haruf, Vintage, $15, 9781101911921
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride
Cary Elwes, Joe Layden, Touchstone, $16, 9781476764047
2. The Witches
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316200592
3. Barbarian Days
William Finnegan, Penguin, $17, 9780143109396
4. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631492228
5. My Life on the Road
Gloria Steinem, Random House, $18, 9780345408167
6. The Invention of Nature
Andrea Wulf, Vintage, $17, 9780345806291
7. Big Magic
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead, $16, 9781594634727
8. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143034759
9. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471
10. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16, 9781451697728
11. Yuge!
G.B. Trudeau, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449481339
12. Blink
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $17, 9780316010665
13. The Best American Essays 2016
Jonathan Franzen, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544812109
14. How to Love
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781937006884
15. The Untethered Soul
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $16.95, 9781572245372
 
MASS MARKET 
1. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $9.99, 9780735212169
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455538966
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4. The Hammett Hex
Victoria Abbott, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425280355
5. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780765370624
6. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
7. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062472106
8. Seeds of Deception
Sheila Connolly, Berkley, $7.99, 9780425275825
9. Rogue Lawyer
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393484
10. Fool Me Once
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $9.99, 9781101984352
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142501122
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780544772533
4. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274
5. Eek! Halloween!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9780761193005
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.99, 9780060254926
7. Los Gatos Black on Halloween
Marisa Montes, Yuyi Morales (Illus.), Square Fish, $7.99, 9781250079459
8. The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein, Harper, $16.99, 9780060256654
9. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140564341
10. I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763655983
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
2. Rad Women Worldwide
Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl (Illus.), Ten Speed Press, $15.99, 9780399578861
3. The Secret Keepers
Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $18.99, 9780316389556
4. Frankenstein
Rick Walton, Nathan Hale (illus.), Square Fish, $7.99, 9781250079466
5. The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
Adam Gidwitz, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525426165
6. Circus Mirandus
Cassie Beasley, Puffin, $8.99, 9780147515544
7. Rebel Genius
Michael Dante DiMartino, Roaring Brook Press, $16.99, 9781626723368
8. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
9. Pasadena
Sherri L. Smith, Putnam, $17.99, 9781101996256
10. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375869020
 
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
2. Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk
3. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
5. The Land of Stories
Chris Colfer, Little Brown
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
7. Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo, Holt
8. Amulet
Kazu Kibuishi, Graphix
9. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion
10. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Graphix