The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SCIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, December 11, 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. Moonglow
Michael Chabon, Harper, $28.99, 9780062225559
3. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062491794
4. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
5. Today Will Be Different
Maria Semple, Little Brown, $27, 9780316403436
6. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
7. Swing Time
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $27, 9781594203985
8. The Whistler
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541190
9. Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis
Anne Rice, Knopf, $28.95, 9780385353793
10. The Spy
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $22, 9781524732066
11. Babylon's Ashes
James S.A. Corey, Orbit, $27, 9780316334747
12. The Wrong Side of Goodbye
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $29, 9780316225946
13. The Whole Town's Talking
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $28, 9781400065950
14. Night School
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28.99, 9780804178808
15. IQ: A Novel
Joe Ide, Mulholland, $26, 9780316267724
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
2. The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
Michael Lewis, Norton, $28.95, 9780393254594
3. Atlas Obscura
Joshua Foer, et al., Workman, $35, 9780761169086
4. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307
5. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780399588174
6. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26, 9780399185045
7. Thank You for Being Late
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $28, 9780374273538
8. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
9. Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen, S&S, $32.50, 9781501141515
10. Our Revolution
Bernie Sanders, Thomas Dunne Books, $27, 9781250132925
11. The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History
Chris Smith, Grand Central, $30, 9781455565382
12. Cooking for Jeffrey
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307464897
13. Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
Peter Godfrey-Smith, FSG, $27, 9780374227760
14. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $25, 9780812993547
15. Killing the Rising Sun
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30, 9781627790628
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124944
2. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024
3. The Sellout
Paul Beatty, Picador USA, $16, 9781250083258
4. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609450786
5. The Association of Small Bombs
Karan Mahajan, Penguin, $16, 9780143109273
6. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
7. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Broadway, $16, 9780553418798
8. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
9. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $16, 9780307455925
10. The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $15, 9781101906118
11. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $16, 9780307887443
12. A Manual for Cleaning Women
Lucia Berlin, Picador USA, $16, 9781250094735
13. Stories of Your Life and Others
Ted Chiang, Vintage, $16, 9781101972120
14. The Best American Short Stories 2016
Junot Diaz, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544582897
15. The Story of the Lost Child
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $18, 9781609452865
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Barbarian Days
William Finnegan, Penguin, $17, 9780143109396
2. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143034759
3. We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95, 9781101911761
4. The Road to Little Dribbling
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $16.95, 9780804172714
5. How to Relax
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781941529089
6. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2017
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $14.99, 9781600572050
7. The Clothing of Books
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $7.95, 9780525432753
8. The New York Times: 36 Hours, Los Angeles & Beyond
Barbara Ireland (Ed.), Taschen, $9.99, 9783836539425
9. On Writing
Stephen King, Scribner, $17, 9781439156810
10. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471
11. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16, 9781451697728
12. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16, 9780762447695
13. Citizen
Claudia Rankine, Graywolf, $20, 9781555976903
14. H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124739
15. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2017
Old Farmer's Almanac, $7.95, 9781571987020
 
MASS MARKET 
1. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741
2. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
, Merriam-Webster, $8.5, 9780877798224
3. X
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $9.99, 9781101981870
4. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
5. The Promise
Robert Crais, Putnam, $9.99, 9780425272855
6. The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $7.99, 9781451678192
7. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
8. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780060589462
9. It Can't Happen Here
Sinclair Lewis, Signet Classics, $9.99, 9780451465641
10. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780060853983
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, Harcourt, $19.99, 9780544580145
2. Ada Twist, Scientist
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $17.95, 9781419721373
3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $16.99, 9780394800790
4. We Found a Hat
Jon Klassen, Candlewick Press, $17.99, 9780763656003
5. Penguin's Christmas Wish
Salina Yoon, Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books, $14.99, 9781681191553
6. Give Please a Chance
Bill O'Reilly, James Patterson, Jimmy Patterson, $17.99, 9780316276887
7. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.99, 9780060254926
9. Rosie Revere, Engineer
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $17.95, 9781419708459
10. Corduroy
Don Freeman, Viking Children's Books, $7.99, 9780451470799
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
2. Pax
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $16.99, 9780062377012
3. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
4. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375869020
5. The BFG
Roald Dahl, Puffin, $7.99, 9781101997697
6. The Inquisitor's Tale
Adam Gidwitz, Hatem Aly (Illus.), Dutton, $17.99, 9780525426165
7. The Sun Is Also a Star
Nicola Yoon, Delacorte, $18.99, 9780553496680
8. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $7.99, 9780061992278
9. Rad American Women A-Z
Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl (Illus.), City Lights Books, $14.95, 9780872866836
10. Gertie's Leap to Greatness
Kate Beasley, Jillian Tamaki (Illus.), FSG, $16.99, 9780374302610
 
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. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion
5. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick
6. Dork Diaries
Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin
7. The Land of Stories
Chris Colfer, Brandon Dorman (Illus.), Little Brown
8. Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo, Holt
9. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
10. Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk