The Northern California Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, August 1, 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 Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
2. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271
3. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28, 9781524798659
4. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28, 9780593318171
5. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
6. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525536291
7. The Paper Palace
Miranda Cowley Heller, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780593329825
8. The Cellist
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834867
9. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S, $27, 9781501171345
10. The Sweetness of Water
Nathan Harris, Little, Brown, $28, 9780316461276
11. The Maidens
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $27.99, 9781250304452
12. While Justice Sleeps
Stacey Abrams, Doubleday, $28, 9780385546577
13. The Final Girl Support Group
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $26, 9780593201237
14. The Plot
Jean Hanff Korelitz, Celadon Books, $28, 9781250790767
15. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. I Alone Can Fix It
Carol Leonnig, Philip Rucker, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593298947
2. This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $28, 9780593296905
3. World Travel
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35, 9780062802798
4. Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
5. The Premonition
Michael Lewis, Norton, $30, 9780393881554
6. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
7. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735213616
8. American Marxism
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $28, 9781501135972
9. Landslide
Michael Wolff, Holt, $29.99, 9781250830012
10. The Code Breaker
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35, 9781982115852
11. Finding the Mother Tree
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
12. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258
13. The Anthropocene Reviewed
John Green, Dutton, $28, 9780525555216
14. The Bomber Mafia
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $27, 9780316296618
15. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898876
2. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
3. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
4. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671196
5. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
6. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
7. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501160844
8. Squeeze Me
Carl Hiaasen, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95, 9780525435280
9. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
10. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin, $17, 9780525562047
11. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
12. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $17, 9780525620808
13. Transcendent Kingdom
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16, 9781984899767
14. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
15. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17, 9780062963680
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
2. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
3. The Body
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
4. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
5. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
6. The End of the Golden Gate
Gary Kamiya (Intro.), Chronicle Prism, $17.95, 9781797210285
7. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16, 9780525560562
8. Nomadland
Jessica Bruder, Norton, $16.95, 9780393356311
9. Why Fish Don't Exist
Lulu Miller, S&S, $17, 9781501160349
10. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, One World, $18, 9780399588198
11. Home Baked
Alia Volz, Mariner, $16.99, 9780358505020
12. All About Love
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
13. 52 Weekend Adventures in Northern California
Tom Stienstra, Moon Travel, $21.99, 9781640499348
14. Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong, One World, $18, 9781984820389
15. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
2. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino, Harper Perennial, $9.99, 9780063112520
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
5. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
6. The Institute
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982110574
7. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9781250773012
8. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
9. Neuromancer
William Gibson, Ace, $8.99, 9780441569595
10. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES 
1. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
2. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
3. Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $12.99, 9781250777881
4. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
5. Clash (A Click Graphic Novel)
Kayla Miller, Etch/Clarion Books, $12.99, 9780358242192
6. Dog Man: Mothering Heights
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338680454
7. The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402
8. Karen's Kittycat Club (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel, #4)
Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina (Illus.), Graphix, $10.99, 9781338356212
9. Siege and Storm (Shadow and Bone, #2)
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $10.99, 9781250044433
10. Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $11.99, 9781250076960
11. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
12. My Little Golden Book About San Francisco
Toyo Tyler, Golden Books, $4.99, 9780593301180
13. Time for School, Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $18.99, 9780358412243
14. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
15. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
16. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
17. The Bad Guys in Cut to the Chase (The Bad Guys, #13)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $6.99, 9781338329520
18. Twilight
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316038386
19. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
20. Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, Book 1)
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781442472433
21. Goldilocks: Wanted Dead or Alive (Land of Stories Graphic Novel)
Chris Colfer, Jon Proctor (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780316355957
22. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
23. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
24. Raya and the Last Dragon Little Golden Book
Golden Books/Disney, $5.99, 9780736441070
25. Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, Book 2)
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $11.99, 9781250076977