The Northern California Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, October 2, 2022. 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 Golden Enclaves
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $28, 9780593158357
2. Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Scribner, $32.50, 9781668002179
3. Lucy by the Sea
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $28, 9780593446065
4. Less Is Lost
Andrew Sean Greer, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316498906
5. The Bullet That Missed
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $27, 9780593299395
6. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
7. The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $28, 9780593320624
8. Lessons
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593535202
9. The Winners
Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28.99, 9781982112790
10. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
11. Shrines of Gaiety
Kate Atkinson, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547970
12. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
13. Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28, 9780593158685
14. Nona the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tordotcom, $28.99, 9781250854117
15. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
2. Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $28, 9780593498064
3. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780525537113
4. Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
Nina Totenberg, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982188085
5. Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
Andy Borowitz, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668003886
6. The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021
Peter Baker, Susan Glasser, Doubleday, $32, 9780385546539
7. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250861504
8. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
9. Stay True: A Memoir
Hua Hsu, Doubleday, $26, 9780385547772
10. Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America
Dahlia Lithwick, Penguin Press, $29, 9780525561385
11. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Gabor Maté, M.D., Daniel Maté, Avery, $30, 9780593083888
12. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
13. Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories
Kelly Ripa, Dey Street Books, $28.99, 9780063073302
14. American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy
David Corn, Twelve, $30, 9781538723050
15. Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be
Dr. Becky Kennedy, Harper Wave, $28.99, 9780063159488
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
2. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $20, 9781982168445
3. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
4. The Sentence
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780062671134
5. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
6. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780593540480
7. Still Life
Sarah Winman, Putnam, $17, 9780593330760
8. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
9. The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $17, 9780593101544
10. April in Spain
John Banville, Hanover Square Press, $17.99, 9781335475091
11. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593311295
12. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
13. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984880987
14. The Best Short Stories 2022: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Valeria Luiselli (Ed.), Anchor, $18, 9780593467541
15. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $17, 9780525620808
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
3. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Mary Roach, Norton, $16.95, 9781324036128
4. Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
Neil Price, Basic Books, $19.99, 9781541601116
5. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
6. Do the Work!: An Antiracist Activity Book
W. Kamau Bell, Kate Schatz, Workman, $22.95, 9781523514281
7. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18, 9780525510321
8. How to Focus (Mindfulness Essentials #9)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781952692178
9. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $18.99, 9780062964625
10. Spirits of San Francisco: Voyages through the Unknown City
Gary Kamiya, Paul Madonna (Illus.), Bloomsbury Publishing, $18, 9781635579819
11. Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind
Judson Brewer, Avery, $18, 9780593421406
12. Educated: A Memoir
Tara Westover, Random House, $18.99, 9780399590528
13. My Body
Emily Ratajkowski, Metropolitan Books, $16.99, 9781250848932
14. Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
Edward Slingerland, Little, Brown Spark, $18.99, 9780316453356
15. Meditations: The Annotated Edition
Marcus Aurelius, Basic Books, $18.99, 9781541673861
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $11, 9780399501487
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. Fire & Blood
George R. R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780593598016
4. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
5. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
6. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
7. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
8. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
9. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
10. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES 
1. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
2. Creepy Crayon!
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534465886
3. Enemies (Berrybrook Middle School)
Svetlana Chmakova, JY, $13, 9781975312725
4. Spy School Project X
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534479494
5. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
6. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544772533
7. InvestiGators: Heist and Seek
John Patrick Green, First Second, $10.99, 9781250849885
8. Construction Site Gets a Fright!
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797204321
9. Demon in the Wood: A Shadow and Bone Graphic Novel
Leigh Bardugo, Dani Pendergast (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $22.99, 9781250624642
10. Little Ghostie: Finger Puppet Book
Emily Dove (Illus.), Chronicle, $7.99, 9781797212883
11. The Crayons Trick or Treat
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593621028
12. There's a Ghost In This House
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $27.99, 9780593466186
13. Farmhouse
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316528948
14. Jessi's Secret Language (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel, #12)
Ann M. Martin, Chan Chau (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338616071
15. Big Nate: Release the Hounds!
Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel, $11.99, 9781524875572
16. The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $17.99, 9781454946861
17. Bunnicula: The Graphic Novel 
James Howe, Andrew Donkin, Stephen Gilpin (Illus.), Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534421622
18. Key Player (Front Desk, #4)
Kelly Yang, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338776256
19. The Door of No Return
Kwame Alexander, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316441865
20. The Last Kids on Earth and the Forbidden Fortress
Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593405239
21. Elmo's Trick-or-Treat Fun!: A Halloween Counting Book
Andrea Posner-Sanchez, Joe Mathieu (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780593483084
22. I Have a Superpower
Stephen Curry, Geneva Bowers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $18.99, 9780593386040
23. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
24. Boo! Baa, La La La!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781534452831
25. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391