The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SCIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, January 29, 2017. 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. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
3. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062491794
4. Moonglow
Michael Chabon, Harper, $28.99, 9780062225559
5. Swing Time
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $27, 9781594203985
6. Transit
Rachel Cusk, FSG, $26, 9780374278625
7. Homesick for Another World
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $26, 9780399562884
8. The Wrong Side of Goodbye
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $29, 9780316225946
9. Difficult Women
Roxane Gay, Grove Press, $25, 9780802125392
10. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $22.99, 9780062409201
11. The Mothers
Brit Bennett, Riverhead, $26, 9780399184512
12. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
13. The Dry
Jane Harper, Flatiron, $25.99, 9781250105608
14. The Old Man
Thomas Perry, Mysterious Press, $26, 9780802125866
15. The Girl Before
J.P. Delaney, Ballantine, $27, 9780425285046
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
2. The Undoing Project
Michael Lewis, Norton, $28.95, 9780393254594
3. The Book of Joy
The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26, 9780399185045
4. The Lost City of the Monkey God
Douglas Preston, Grand Central, $28, 9781455540006
5. Insane Clown President: Dispatches from the 2016 Circus
Matt Taibbi, Spiegel & Grau, $26, 9780399592461
6. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780399588174
7. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25, 9780812988406
8. Thank You for Being Late
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $28, 9780374273538
9. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
10. Tools of Titans
Timothy Ferriss, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9781328683786
11. The Princess Diarist
Carrie Fisher, Blue Rider, $26, 9780399173592
12. The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living
Meik Wiking, Morrow, $19.99, 9780062658807
13. The Case Against Sugar
Gary Taubes, Knopf, $26.95, 9780307701640
14. Three Days in January
Bret Baier, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062569035
15. Lara: The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago
Anna Pasternak, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062439345
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024
2. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
3. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Broadway, $16, 9780553418798
4. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
5. The Sellout
Paul Beatty, Picador USA, $16, 9781250083258
6. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $16, 9780735212152
7. A Dog's Purpose
W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $14.99, 9780765388117
8. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124944
9. Girl Waits With Gun
Amy Stewart, Mariner, $14.95, 9780544800830
10. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501115073
11. 1984
George Orwell, Plume, $16, 9780452262935
12. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780385490818
13. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609450786
14. Midnight Sun
Jo Nesbo, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $15, 9780804172578
15. The Widow
Fiona Barton, Berkley, $16, 9781101990476
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062363602
2. The Trump Survival Guide
Gene Stone, Dey Street, $9.99, 9780062686480
3. Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
Jane Mayer, Anchor, $17, 9780307947901
4. Elon Musk
Ashlee Vance, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062301253
5. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16, 9780762447695
6. We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95, 9781101911761
7. What We Do Now: Standing Up for Your Values in Trump's America
Dennis Johnson, Valerie Merians (Eds.), Melville House, $15.99, 9781612196596
8. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143034759
9. Rise of the Rocket Girls
Nathalia Holt, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316338905
10. The Best American Essays 2016
Jonathan Franzen, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544812109
11. Bad Feminist
Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062282712
12. March: Book One
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Top Shelf Productions, $14.95, 9781603093002
13. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
14. Trump: The Art of the Deal
Donald Trump, Tony Schwartz, Ballantine, $16.99, 9780399594496
15. The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World Library, $15, 9781577314806
 
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. A Dog's Purpose
W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $9.99, 9780765388100
3. It Can't Happen Here
Sinclair Lewis, Signet Classics, $9.99, 9780451465641
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
5. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
6. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
7. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062472106
8. The Gunslinger
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501161803
9. The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $9.99, 9780062225672
10. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. Love From the Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Grosset & Dunlap, $8.99, 9780448489322
4. Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Javaka Steptoe, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316213882
5. They All Saw a Cat
Brendan Wenzel, Chronicle, $16.99, 9781452150130
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95, 9780060254926
7. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
8. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
9. Du Iz Tak?
Carson Ellis, Candlewick Press, $16.99, 9780763665302
10. Besos for Baby: A Little Book of Kisses
Jen Arena, Blanca Gomez (Illus.), LB Kids, $6.99, 9780316230377
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Inquisitor's Tale
Adam Gidwitz, Hatem Aly (Illus.), Dutton, $17.99, 9780525426165
2. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $16.95, 9781616205676
3. The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781484732748
4. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
5. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060
6. Carve the Mark
Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $22.99, 9780062348630
7. Echo
Pam Munoz Ryan, Pam Mu Ryan, Scholastic, $19.99, 9780439874021
8. Hidden Figures (Young Readers' Edition)
Margot Lee Shetterly, Harper, $7.99, 9780062662378
9. Pokemon Deluxe Essential Handbook
Scholastic, $11.99, 9780545795661
10. The Sun Is Also a Star
Nicola Yoon, Delacorte, $18.99, 9780553496680
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES
1. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
2. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
6. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
8. The Land of Stories
Chris Colfer, Brandon Dorman (Illus.), Little Brown
9. Amulet
Kazu Kibuishi, Graphix
10. Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket, Harper