The Northern California Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, January 17, 2021. Based on reporting from 
the independent booksellers of Northern California, the California Independent 
Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit 
IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525536291
2. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
3. Ready Player Two
Ernest Cline, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781524761332
4. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
5. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606
6. The Searcher
Tana French, Viking, $27, 9780735224650
7. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28, 9781501160837
8. The Prophets
Robert Jones, Jr., Putnam, $27, 9780593085684
9. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27, 9780525620785
10. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
11. Transcendent Kingdom
Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525658184
12. Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters, One World, $27, 9780593133378
13. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26, 9780525562023
14. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735216723
15. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26, 9780525541905
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. A Promised Land
Barack Obama, Crown, $45, 9781524763169
2. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251
3. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9781984856029
4. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258
5. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
6. Spirits of San Francisco
Gary Kamiya, Bloomsbury Publishing, $28, 9781635575880
7. Modern Comfort Food
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780804187060
8. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30, 9780593139134
9. Wintering
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $24, 9780593189481
10. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735213616
11. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32, 9780385348713
12. Dessert Person
Claire Saffitz, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781984826961
13. Keep Sharp
Sanjay Gupta, M.D., S&S, $28, 9781501166730
14. Me and White Supremacy
Layla Saad, Sourcebooks, $25.99, 9781728209807
15. The Best of Me
David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $30, 9780316628242
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17, 9780062963680
2. Interior Chinatown
Charles Yu, Vintage, $16, 9780307948472
3. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
4. Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17, 9780802148506
5. Home Body
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808
6. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
7. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
8. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
9. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
10. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17, 9781984822185
11. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $18, 9780399590610
12. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780441013593
13. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17, 9780802156983
14. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $15.95, 9780345804341
15. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
2. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $9.99, 9780804190114
3. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
4. The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris, Penguin, $18, 9780525560739
5. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
6. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470
7. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18, 9781501145254
8. All About Love
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
9. All That the Rain Promises and More
David Arora, Ten Speed Press, $17.99, 9780898153880
10. Quit Like a Woman
Holly Whitaker, Dial Press, $18, 9781984825070
11. Sapiens: A Graphic History
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780063051331
12. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726
13. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888
14. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415
15. What Unites Us
Dan Rather, Elliot Kirschner, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781616209940
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
Bobby Fischer, et al., Bantam, $8.99, 9780553263152
4. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697
5. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
6. Neuromancer
William Gibson, Ace, $8.99, 9780441569595
7. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
8. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11, 9780399501487
9. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
10. The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $7.99, 9781451678192
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES 
1. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
2. Concrete Rose
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062846716
3. The Dark Secret (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #4)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338344219
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419748684
5. Dog Man: Grime and Punishment
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338535624
6. Kamala and Maya's Big Idea
Meena Harris, Ana Ramírez González (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062937407
7. Karen's Worst Day (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel, #3)
Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina (Illus.), Graphix, $10.99, 9781338356182
8. My Little Golden Book About Martin Luther King Jr.
Bonnie Bader, Sue Cornelison (Illus.), Golden Books, $4.99, 9780525578703
9. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
10. Outside, Inside
LeUyen Pham, Roaring Brook Press, $18.99, 9781250798350
11. Superheroes Are Everywhere
Kamala Harris, Mechal Renee Roe (Illus.), Philomel Books, $17.99, 9781984837493
12. Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
Joanna Ho, Dung Ho (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062915627
13. Little Blue Truck's Valentine
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780358272441
14. Class Act
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500
15. The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys, #1)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $5.99, 9780545912402
16. Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? Board Book
Lisbeth Kaiser, Stanley Chow (Illus.), Rise x Penguin Workshop, $7.99, 9780593222737
17. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
18. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
19. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9781442421837
20. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
21. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423103349
22. Julián Is a Mermaid
Jessica Love, Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763690458
23. The Tower of Nero (The Trials of Apollo, Book Five)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781484746455
24. Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $11.99, 9781250076960
25. The Princess in Black and the Mysterious Playdate
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.99, 9781536200515