The Northern California Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, May 5, 2024. 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. Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Viking, $32, 9780593296370
2. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
3. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633
4. Funny Story
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441282
5. The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29, 9780812996302
6. The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250884251
7. Real Americans
Rachel Khong, Knopf, $29, 9780593537251
8. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House, $28, 9780593597033
9. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
10. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946
11. Wandering Stars
Tommy Orange, Knopf, $29, 9780593318256
12. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28, 9780593537619
13. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
14. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
15. Tom Lake
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30, 9780063327528
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
2. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $22, 9780593714416
3. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $28, 9780593730249
4. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982108663
5. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
6. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
7. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
8. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764
9. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
Fareed Zakaria, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9780393239232
10. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
11. The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security
Scott Galloway, Portfolio, $32, 9780593714027
12. The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing
Adam Moss, Penguin Press, $45, 9780593297582
13. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House, $30, 9780593230060
14. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea, St. Martin's Press, $32, 9781250325778
15. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $30, 9780593243916
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
2. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (Transl.), Tor, $18.99, 9780765382030
3. A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575583
4. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780441013593
5. Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441190
6. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324
7. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $19, 9780399562976
8. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
9. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007
10. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $17, 9780525436140
11. Romantic Comedy
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $18, 9780399590962
12. Small Mercies
Dennis Lehane, Harper Perennial, $19.99, 9780062129499
13. A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575606
14. Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781639730957
15. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
3. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
4. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
5. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18, 9780593470831
6. Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18, 9780593498088
7. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
8. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
9. Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20, 9780593239933
10. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.), Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781639550562
11. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
12. Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire
Alice Wong (Ed.), Vintage, $19, 9780593469736
13. Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
Malcolm Harris, Back Bay Books, $22.99, 9780316592017
14. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $21, 9781982117368
15. Cinema Speculation
Quentin Tarantino, Harper Perennial, $21, 9780063112575
 
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
2. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
3. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
4. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
5. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
6. Suspect
Scott Turow, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538706336
7. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
8. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765365279
9. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
10. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES
1. Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896435
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
3. Who Is Taylor Swift? (Who Was/Is...?)
Kirsten Anderson, Gregory Copeland (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $6.99, 9780593754221
4. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. Waverider: A Graphic Novel (Amulet, #9)
Kazu Kibuishi, Graphix, $14.99, 9780545828659
7. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274
8. The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207
9. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
10. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203
11. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
12. Cave of the Crystal Dragon (Dragon Masters, #26)
Tracey West, Graham Howells (Illus.), Scholastic, $6.99, 9781339022376
13. Bubbly Beautiful Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Harry N. Abrams, $19.99, 9781419768774
14. Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers (Cat Kid Comic Club, #5)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338896398
15. Boats on the Bay
Jeanne Walker Harvey, Grady McFerrin (Illus.), Cameron Kids, $9.99, 9781949480306
16. The Runaway Bunny
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780061074295
17. Charlie Thorne and the Royal Society
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781665934893
18. Dragon's First Taco
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178
19. Swim School: A Bluey Storybook
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593752791
20. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
21. The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #1)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9780545942157
22. My Little Golden Book About San Francisco
Toyo Tyler, Courtney Dawson (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593301180
23. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316382007
24. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $8.99, 9781368051477
25. The Essential Taylor Swift Fanbook
Mortimer Children's, $14.95, 9781839352881