The Northern California Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, September 19, 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. Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney, FSG, $28, 9780374602604
2. Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385545136
3. Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt, $28.99, 9781250220257
4. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
5. Matrix
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28, 9781594634499
6. The Madness of Crowds
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145260
7. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28, 9780593318171
8. The Magician
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $28, 9781476785080
9. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271
10. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
11. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28, 9781524798659
12. Poison for Breakfast
Lemony Snicket, Liveright, $17.95, 9781324090625
13. A Slow Fire Burning
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735211230
14. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Harper, $28.99, 9780062942937
15. The Paper Palace
Miranda Cowley Heller, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780593329825
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Mary Roach, Norton, $26.95, 9781324001935
2. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
3. This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $28, 9780593296905
4. Wildland: The Making of America's Fury
Evan Osnos, FSG, $30, 9780374286675
5. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
6. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
7. World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35, 9780062802798
8. Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement
Tarana Burke, Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $28.99, 9781250621733
9. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
10. On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint
Maggie Nelson, Graywolf Press, $27, 9781644450628
11. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735213616
12. Beautiful Country: A Memoir
Qian Julie Wang, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385547215
13. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35, 9781476753836
14. Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village
Maureen Johnson, Jay Cooper, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781984859624
15. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $27, 9780316296618
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
2. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
3. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671196
4. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898876
5. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $17, 9780525620808
6. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
7. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
8. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780441013593
9. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
10. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501160844
11. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
12. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin, $17, 9780525562047
13. Snow
John Banville, Hanover Square Press, $16.99, 9781335629036
14. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062868947
15. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16, 9780525436140
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
2. The Best of Me
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316242400
3. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
4. The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
5. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
6. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
7. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
Cathy Park Hong, One World, $18, 9781984820389
8. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
9. Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16, 9780525560562
10. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah, One World, $18, 9780399588198
11. Why We Swim
Bonnie Tsui, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781643751375
12. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
13. Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind (Vol. 1)
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780063051331
14. 52 Weekend Adventures in Northern California: My Favorite Outdoor Getaways
Tom Stienstra, Moon Travel, $21.99, 9781640499348
15. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780735224155
 
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. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
5. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $11, 9780399501487
6. The Sentinel
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818485
7. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
8. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697
9. A Time for Mercy
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780593157817
10. The Great Hunt
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251480
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES 
1. Kristy and the Snobs: (Baby-Sitters Club Graphix, #10)
Ann M. Martin, Chan Chau (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338304602
2. Friends Forever
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317568
3. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
5. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
6. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544772533
7. The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062954541
8. Spy School at Sea
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534479432
9. Dog Man: Mothering Heights
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338680454
10. Willodeen
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147400
11. Where Do Diggers Trick-or-Treat?
Brianna Caplan Sayres, Christian Slade (Illus.), Random House BYR, $8.99, 9780593310175
12. Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $11.99, 9781250076960
13. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
14. Pax, Journey Home
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062930347
15. My Little Golden Book About San Francisco
Toyo Tyler, Courtney Dawson (Illus.), Golden Books, $4.99, 9780593301180
16. Bear Is a Bear
Jonathan Stutzman, Dan Santat (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062880512
17. Big Nate: Aloha!
Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel, $11.99, 9781524868567
18. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
19. Clash (A Click Graphic Novel)
Kayla Miller, Etch/Clarion Books, $12.99, 9780358242192
20. The Last Kids on Earth and the Doomsday Race
Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781984835376
21. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
22. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
23. Peppa's Giant Pumpkin
Samantha Lizzio, EOne (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338339222
24. The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt
Riel Nason, Byron Eggenschwiler (Illus.), Tundra Books, $17.99, 9780735264472
25. Karen's Kittycat Club (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel, #4)
Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina (Illus.), Graphix, $10.99, 9781338356212