The Northern California Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, November 28, 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 
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles, Viking, $30, 9780735222359
2. Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte Press, $36, 9781101885680
3. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $30, 9781982168438
4. The Sentence
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $28.99, 9780062671127
5. Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney, FSG, $28, 9780374602604
6. State of Terror
Louise Penny, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Simon & Schuster/St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781982173678
7. Crossroads
Jonathan Franzen, FSG, $30, 9780374181178
8. Our Country Friends
Gary Shteyngart, Random House, $28, 9781984855121
9. Bewilderment
Richard Powers, Norton, $27.95, 9780393881141
10. Termination Shock
Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $35, 9780063028050
11. Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385545136
12. Oh William!
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27, 9780812989434
13. The Dark Hours
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316485647
14. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
15. Silverview
John le Carré, Viking, $28, 9780593490594
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, One World, $38, 9780593230572
2. These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780063092785
3. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, FSG, $35, 9780374157357
4. Taste: My Life Through Food
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $28, 9781982168018
5. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Dave Grohl, Dey Street Books, $29.99, 9780063076099
6. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
7. The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
Jane Goodall, Douglas Abrams, Gail Hudson, Celadon Books, $28, 9781250784094
8. The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present
Paul McCartney, Liveright, $100, 9781631492563
9. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
10. A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020)
David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $32, 9780316558792
11. Renegades: Born in the USA
Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Crown, $50, 9780593236314
12. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Mary Roach, Norton, $26.95, 9781324001935
13. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
14. Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
Nick Offerman, Dutton, $28, 9781101984697
15. Will
Will Smith, Penguin Press, $30, 9781984877925
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780593438374
2. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
3. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
4. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671196
5. The Every
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $17.95, 9780593315347
6. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
7. The Searcher
Tana French, Penguin, $18, 9780735224674
8. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501160844
9. It Ends With Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
10. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898876
11. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
12. The Anomaly
Hervé Le Tellier, Other Press, $16.99, 9781635421699
13. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780735219106
14. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $17, 9780525620808
15. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17, 9781984822185
 
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. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
4. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
5. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
6. The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
7. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
8. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
9. Why We Swim
Bonnie Tsui, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781643751375
10. First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
Thomas E. Ricks, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062997463
11. Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $12.99, 9780316078917
12. Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind (Vol. 1)
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780063051331
13. On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Nora Krug (Illus.), Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781984859150
14. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $16.99, 9780060899226
15. Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Shelf Love: Recipes to Unlock the Secrets of Your Pantry, Fridge, and Freezer
Noor Murad, Yotam Ottolenghi, Clarkson Potter, $32, 9780593234365
 
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
2. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
3. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
4. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
5. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
6. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
7. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
8. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
9. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
10. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749155
2. Aaron Slater, Illustrator
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419753961
3. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
4. The Christmas Pig
J.K. Rowling, Jim Field (Illus.), Scholastic, $24.99, 9781338790238
5. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
6. Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, Book 1)
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781442472433
7. The Beatryce Prophecy
Kate DiCamillo, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536213614
8. Christmas Mouse: Finger Puppet Book
Emily Dove (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781797205694
9. The Awakening Storm: A Graphic Novel (City of Dragons #1)
Jaimal Yogis, Vivian Truong (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338660425
10. There's a Ghost In This House
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $27.99, 9780593466186
11. The Smart Cookie
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780063045408
12. Change Sings: A Children's Anthem
Amanda Gorman, Loren Long (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593203224
13. Friends Forever
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317568
14. Kristy and the Snobs: (Baby-Sitters Club Graphix, #10)
Ann M. Martin, Chan Chau (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338304602
15. Woodland Dance!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523514687
16. The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson, Nikkolas Smith (Illus.), Kokila, $18.99, 9780593307359
17. Cold War Correspondent (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, #11)
Nathan Hale, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749513
18. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
19. The Crayons' Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746
20. Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $12.99, 9781250777881
21. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
22. Daughter of the Deep
Rick Riordan, Disney-Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368077927
23. Jan Brett's The Nutcracker
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593109823
24. Construction Site: Merry and Bright
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797204291
25. It Fell from the Sky
Terry Fan, Eric Fan, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534457621