The SoCal 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 Southern California, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance and 
IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles, Viking, $30, 9780735222359
2. The Dark Hours
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316485647
3. Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte Press, $36, 9781101885680
4. The Sentence
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $28.99, 9780062671127
5. Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney, FSG, $28, 9780374602604
6. Crossroads
Jonathan Franzen, FSG, $30, 9780374181178
7. Silverview
John le Carré, Viking, $28, 9780593490594
8. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $30, 9781982168438
9. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
10. State of Terror
Louise Penny, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Simon & Schuster/St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781982173678
11. Our Country Friends
Gary Shteyngart, Random House, $28, 9781984855121
12. Oh William!
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27, 9780812989434
13. Matrix
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28, 9781594634499
14. Bewilderment
Richard Powers, Norton, $27.95, 9780393881141
15. Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385545136
 
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 Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Dave Grohl, Dey Street Books, $29.99, 9780063076099
4. The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present
Paul McCartney, Liveright, $100, 9781631492563
5. Taste: My Life Through Food
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $28, 9781982168018
6. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, FSG, $35, 9780374157357
7. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
8. The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness
Gregory Boyle, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $27, 9781982128326
9. A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020)
David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $32, 9780316558792
10. The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Skyhorse, $32.50, 9781510766808
11. Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could
Adam Schiff, Random House, $30, 9780593231524
12. Get Untamed: The Journal (How to Quit Pleasing and Start Living)
Glennon Doyle, Clarkson Potter, $19.99, 9780593235652
13. Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
Nick Offerman, Dutton, $28, 9781101984697
14. Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village
Maureen Johnson, Jay Cooper, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781984859624
15. Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide
Cecily Wong, Dylan Thuras, Workman, $42.50, 9781523502196
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780593438374
2. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
3. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
4. It Ends With Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
5. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
6. The Searcher
Tana French, Penguin, $18, 9780735224674
7. The Love Hypothesis
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $16, 9780593336823
8. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17, 9781984822185
9. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
10. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984880987
11. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17, 9781524798642
12. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
13. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707
14. Ready Player Two
Ernest Cline, Ballantine, $17, 9781524761349
15. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
2. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16.99, 9781451697728
3. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
4. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
5. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
6. The Best of Me
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316242400
7. The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes
Sam Sifton, Ten Speed Press, $28, 9781984858474
8. Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys
Joe Coulombe, HarperCollins Leadership, $19.99, 9781400225439
9. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
10. The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $17, 9780143129257
11. On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Nora Krug (Illus.), Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781984859150
12. The White Album: Essays
Joan Didion, FSG, $16, 9780374532079
13. The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
14. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $16.99, 9780060899226
15. Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close
Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman, Simon & Schuster, $17, 9781982111915
 
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
2. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
5. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
6. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
7. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
8. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
9. God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257
10. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. It Fell from the Sky
Terry Fan, Eric Fan, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534457621
2. The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson, Nikkolas Smith (Illus.), Kokila, $18.99, 9780593307359
3. Woodland Dance!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523514687
4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
5. The Crayons' Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746
6. Jan Brett's The Nutcracker
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593109823
7. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
8. Change Sings: A Children's Anthem
Amanda Gorman, Loren Long (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593203224
9. There's a Ghost In This House
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $27.99, 9780593466186
10. Grumpy Monkey
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780593123997
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Christmas Pig
J.K. Rowling, Jim Field (Illus.), Scholastic, $24.99, 9781338790238
2. The Beatryce Prophecy
Kate DiCamillo, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536213614
3. Daughter of the Deep
Rick Riordan, Disney-Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368077927
4. Friends Forever
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317568
5. Pony
R.J. Palacio, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780553508116
6. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
7. Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Penguin Teen, $17.99, 9780735269934
8. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
9. The Girl from the Sea: A Graphic Novel
Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338540574
10. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet 
2. Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin 
3. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic 
4. Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
5. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books 
6. Elephant and Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion 
7. Aristotle and Dante
Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 
8. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix 
9. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers 
10. Arc of a Scythe
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers