The Northern California Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, November 27, 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. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
2. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
3. The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $30, 9780307268990
4. Desert Star
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316485654
5. Liberation Day
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780525509592
6. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
7. Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $29, 9780593492543
8. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
9. Galatea: A Short Story
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $12, 9780063280519
10. Foster
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802160140
11. The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $28, 9780593320624
12. Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Scribner, $32.50, 9781668002179
13. The Boys from Biloxi
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385548922
14. The Twist of a Knife
Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $29.99, 9780062938183
15. Shuna's Journey
Hayao Miyazaki, Alex Dudok de Wit (Transl.), First Second, $27.99, 9781250846525
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9780593237465
2. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $32.50, 9781982117351
3. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
4. A Book of Days
Patti Smith, Random House, $28.99, 9780593448540
5. Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9781984822789
6. Number One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions
Steve Martin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Celadon Books, $30, 9781250815293
7. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780525537113
8. Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files
Deb Perelman, Knopf, $35, 9780593318782
9. Cinema Speculation
Quentin Tarantino, Harper, $35, 9780063112582
10. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
Bono, Knopf, $34, 9780525521044
11. The Philosophy of Modern Song
Bob Dylan, Simon & Schuster, $45, 9781451648706
12. Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals
Melissa Clark, Clarkson Potter, $29.99, 9780593233252
13. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
Jon Meacham, Random House, $40, 9780553393965
14. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
15. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
2. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $20, 9781982168445
3. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
4. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
5. The Best American Short Stories 2022
Andrew Sean Greer, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $17.99, 9780358664710
6. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
7. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20, 9780593135228
8. Bewilderment
Richard Powers, Norton, $17.95, 9781324036142
9. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
10. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Shehan Karunatilaka, Norton, $18.95, 9781324064824
11. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984880987
12. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593311295
13. The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $17, 9780593101544
14. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780593540480
15. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $18, 9781524798673
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
2. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
3. These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $18, 9780063092792
4. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
5. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Mary Roach, Norton, $16.95, 9781324036128
6. All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business
Mel Brooks, Ballantine, $20, 9780593159132
7. The Years
Annie Ernaux, Alison L. Strayer (Transl.), Seven Stories Press, $19.95, 9781609807870
8. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
9. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $18, 9781984899019
10. Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Extra Good Things
Noor Murad, Yotam Ottolenghi, Clarkson Potter, $32, 9780593234389
11. The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World 
Tim Marshall, Scribner, $18.99, 9781982178635
12. Getting Lost
Annie Ernaux, Alison L. Strayer (Transl.), Seven Stories Press, $18.95, 9781644212196
13. A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020)
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316270182
14. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2022
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner, $17.99, 9780358615293
15. Soccernomics (2022 World Cup Edition): Why European Men and American Women Win and Billionaire Owners Are Destined to Lose
Simon Kuper, Stefan Szymanski, Bold Type Books, $18.99, 9781645030171
 
MASS MARKET 
1. Fire & Blood
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780593598016
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
4. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686
5. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
6. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
7. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
8. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
9. The Dark Hours
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538708484
10. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES 
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Överlöde
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419762949
2. Stellarlune (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #9)
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin, $21.99, 9781534438521
3. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
4. The Bad Guys in the Others?! (The Bad Guys, #16)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $6.99, 9781338820539
5. Moo, Baa, Fa La La La La!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781665914352
6. The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Orchard Books, $18.99, 9781338673845
7. The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $17.99, 9781454946861
8. The Sour Grape
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $19.99, 9780063045415
9. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
10. Spy School Project X
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534479494
11. Green Is for Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593353387
12. Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781534499973
13. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
14. The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys, #1)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $5.99, 9780545912402
15. Heartstopper: Volume 1: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338617436
16. The Tryout: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741261
17. The Crayons' Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746
18. Good Night San Francisco (Good Night Our World)
Adam Gamble, Santiago Cohen (Illus.), Good Night Books, $9.95, 9780977797950
19. Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith, Nicole Neidhardt (Illus.), Zest Books, $17.99, 9781728458991
20. My Little Golden Book About San Francisco
Toyo Tyler, Courtney Dawson (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593301180
21. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780544580145
22. The Heartstopper Yearbook
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $21.99, 9781338853896
23. Bluey: Camping
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593519103
24. Christmas Mouse: Finger Puppet Book
Emily Dove (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781797205694
25. Heartstopper: Volume 4: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338617559