The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SCIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, November 12, 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. Two Kinds of Truth
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $29, 9780316225908
2. The Midnight Line
Lee Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9780399593482
3. Uncommon Type
Tom Hanks, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101946152
4. Manhattan Beach
Jennifer Egan, Scribner, $27, 9781476716732
5. The Rooster Bar
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541176
6. Origin
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385514231
7. Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780812995343
8. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
9. In the Midst of Winter
Isabel Allende, Atria, $28, 9781501178139
10. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $27, 9780735224292
11. A Legacy of Spies
John le Carré, Viking, $28, 9780735225114
12. Mrs. Osmond
John Banville, Knopf, $27.95, 9780451493422
13. Heather, the Totality
Matthew Weiner, Little Brown, $25, 9780316435314
14. Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier
Mark Frost, Flatiron, $21.99, 9781250163301
15. Fresh Complaint
Jeffrey Eugenides, FSG, $27, 9780374203061
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Leonardo da Vinci
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781501139154
2. Obama: An Intimate Portrait
Pete Souza, Little Brown, $50, 9780316512589
3. We Were Eight Years in Power
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28, 9780399590566
4. Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit
Chris Matthews, S&S, $28, 9781501111860
5. Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-Ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House
Donna Brazile, Hachette, $28, 9780316478519
6. Grant
Ron Chernow, Penguin Press, $40, 9781594204876
7. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Norton, $18.95, 9780393609394
8. Endurance
Scott Kelly, Knopf, $29.95, 9781524731595
9. Smitten Kitchen Every Day
Deb Perelman, Knopf, $35, 9781101874813
10. What Happened
Hillary Rodham Clinton, S&S, $30, 9781501175565
11. Rhett & Link's Book of Mythicality: A Field Guide to Curiosity, Creativity, and Tomfoolery
Rhett McLaughlin, Link Neal, Crown Archetype, $21, 9780451496294
12. What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism
Dan Rather, Elliot Kirschner, Algonquin, $22.95, 9781616207823
13. Harpoon: Inside the Covert War Against Terrorism's Money Masters
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Samuel M. Katz, Hachette, $27, 9780316399050
14. Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship
Gregory Boyle, S&S, $26, 9781476726151
15. France Is a Feast: The Photographic Journey of Paul and Julia Child
Alex Prud'homme, Katie Pratt, Thames & Hudson, $35, 9780500519073
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Sun and Her Flowers
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486792
2. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
3. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16, 9781101971062
4. The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $16, 9780679731726
5. Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $14.99, 9780062689665
6. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124944
7. IQ
Joe Ide, Mulholland, $15.99, 9780316267731
8. Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $16, 9781400078776
9. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $16, 9780307887443
10. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
11. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062491831
12. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17, 9781501173219
13. After the Fire
Henning Mankell, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525435082
14. The Mothers
Brit Bennett, Riverhead, $16, 9780399184529
15. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062409218
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Picador USA, $16, 9781250076229
2. The Undoing Project
Michael Lewis, Norton, $16.95, 9780393354775
3. The Lost City of the Monkey God
Douglas Preston, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455540013
4. How to Fight
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781941529867
5. The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $16, 9781400078431
6. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2018
Old Farmer's Almanac, $7.95, 9781571987358
7. The 5 Love Languages
Gary Chapman, Northfield, $15.99, 9780802412706
8. Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen, S&S, $19.99, 9781501141522
9. Thank You for Being Late
Thomas L. Friedman, Picador USA, $18, 9781250141224
10. Being a Dog
Alexandra Horowitz, Scribner, $17, 9781476796024
11. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16, 9780762447695
12. Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156
13. Barbarian Days
William Finnegan, Penguin, $17, 9780143109396
14. On Writing
Stephen King, Scribner, $17, 9781439156810
15. Money Master the Game
Tony Robbins, S&S, $18, 9781476757865
 
MASS MARKET
1. Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062693662
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780060853983
4. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
5. Song of the Lion
Anne Hillerman, Harper, $9.99, 9780062391919
6. X
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $9.99, 9781101981870
7. Turbo Twenty-Three
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345543011
8. Tom Clancy True Faith and Allegiance
Mark Greaney, Berkley, $9.99, 9781101988831
9. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
10. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Thelma the Unicorn
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic Press, $14.99, 9781338158427
3. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95, 9780060254926
4. She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World
Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9781524741723
5. After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again)
Dan Santat, Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781626726826
6. The Mermaid
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780399170720
7. Malala's Magic Pencil
Malala Yousafzai, Kerascoët (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316319577
8. A Is for Activist
Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $9.99, 9781609805395
9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
10. Thanks for Thanksgiving
Julie Markes, Doris Barrette (Illus.), HarperFestival, $7.99, 9780062643315
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781524720193
2. Turtles All the Way Down
John Green, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780525555360
3. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage
Philip Pullman, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $22.99, 9780375815300
4. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062498533
5. Renegades
Marissa Meyer, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250044662
6. The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
Leigh Bardugo, Sara Kipin (Illus.), Imprint, $18.99, 9781250122520
7. The Reader
Traci Chee, Speak, $10.99, 9780147518057
8. Warcross
Marie Lu, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780399547966
9. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $16.95, 9781616205676
10. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $7.99, 9780061992278
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet 
2. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
3. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
4. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion
5. Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin
6. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
7. Dork Diaries
Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin 
8. The Land of Stories
Chris Colfer, Little Brown
9. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
10. Captain Underpants
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic