The SoCal 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 Southern 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. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606
3. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
4. The Prophets
Robert Jones, Jr., Putnam, $27, 9780593085684
5. The Searcher
Tana French, Viking, $27, 9780735224650
6. Outlawed
Anna North, Bloomsbury Publishing, $26, 9781635575422
7. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27, 9780525620785
8. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
9. Ready Player Two
Ernest Cline, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781524761332
10. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
11. The Cold Millions
Jess Walter, Harper, $28.99, 9780062868084
12. Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062667632
13. Better Luck Next Time
Julia Claiborne Johnson, Custom House, $28.99, 9780062916365
14. Black Buck
Mateo Askaripour, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9780358380887
15. Star Wars: Light of the Jedi
Charles Soule, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780593157718
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. A Promised Land
Barack Obama, Crown, $45, 9781524763169
2. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9781984856029
3. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251
4. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735213616
5. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258
6. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
7. Wintering
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $24, 9780593189481
8. Keep Sharp
Sanjay Gupta, M.D., S&S, $28, 9781501166730
9. The Beauty of What Remains
Steve Leder, Avery, $26, 9780593187555
10. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32, 9780385348713
11. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $26, 9780812993547
12. Atomic Habits
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
13. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385543767
14. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30, 9780593139134
15. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27, 9780525509288
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17, 9780802148506
2. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17, 9781984822185
3. Interior Chinatown
Charles Yu, Vintage, $16, 9780307948472
4. Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17, 9780451499066
5. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
6. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17, 9780062963680
7. My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin, $16, 9780525522133
8. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
9. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Perennial, $15.99, 9780060935467
10. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
11. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17, 9780802156983
12. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $18, 9780399590610
13. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781455563920
14. Long Bright River
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780525540687
15. The Queen's Gambit
Walter Tevis, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593314654
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $9.99, 9780804190114
2. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
3. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
4. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
5. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
6. The Castle on Sunset
Shawn Levy, Anchor, $17, 9780525435662
7. The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $17, 9780143129257
8. The Untethered Soul
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $18.95, 9781572245372
9. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $18, 9780525510567
10. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18, 9781501145254
11. The Gifts of Imperfection
Brene Brown, Hazelden, $16.95, 9781592858491
12. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932
13. On the Plain of Snakes
Paul Theroux, Mariner Books, $17.99, 9780358362791
14. Autobiography of a Yogi
Paramahansa Yogananda, Self-Realization Fellowship Publishers, $8.5, 9780876120798
15. The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris, Penguin, $18, 9780525560739
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
3. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
4. Neuromancer
William Gibson, Ace, $8.99, 9780441569595
5. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697
6. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550702
7. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
8. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11, 9780399501487
9. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
10. 'Salem's Lot
Stephen King, Anchor Books, $8.99, 9780307743671
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Julián Is a Mermaid
Jessica Love, Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763690458
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. Outside, Inside
LeUyen Pham, Roaring Brook Press, $18.99, 9781250798350
4. Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
Joanna Ho, Dung Ho (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062915627
5. Alex's Good Fortune
Benson Shum, Penguin Workshop, $9.99, 9780593222942
6. Kamala and Maya's Big Idea
Meena Harris, Ana Ramírez González (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062937407
7. Joey: The Story of Joe Biden
Jill Biden, Amy June Bates (Illus.), Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, $19.99, 9781534480537
8. Loveblock
Christopher Franceschelli, Peskimo (Illus.), Abrams Appleseed, $16.99, 9781419731532
9. Oona
Kelly DiPucchio, Raissa Figueroa (Illus.), Katherine Tegen Books, $17.99, 9780062982247
10. Dragon Dance
Joan Holub, Benrei Huang (Illus.), Puffin, $7.99, 9780142400005
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Concrete Rose
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062846716
2. Skunk and Badger
Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750057
3. The War That Saved My Life
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Puffin, $8.99, 9780147510488
4. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
5. The Cousins
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525708001
6. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
7. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $9.95, 9781616207465
8. Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
Vashti Harrison, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780316475112
9. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
10. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
2. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books 
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet 
4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion 
5. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic 
6. Who Was/Is...?
Ellen Labrecque, et al., Penguin Workshop 
7. I Survived
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic 
8. Moon Base Alpha
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
9. The Bad Guys
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic 
10. Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish