The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SCIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, September 18, 2016. Based on reporting from the independent 
booksellers of the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association and 
IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION 
1. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062491794
2. Razor Girl
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $27.95, 9780385349741
3. Nutshell
Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $24.95, 9780385542074
4. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364
5. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
6. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
7. An Obvious Fact
Craig Johnson, Viking, $28, 9780525426943
8. The Nix
Nathan Hill, Knopf, $27.95, 9781101946619
9. The Girls
Emma Cline, Random House, $27, 9780812998603
10. Here I Am
Jonathan Safran Foer, FSG, $28, 9780374280024
11. Before the Fall
Noah Hawley, Grand Central, $26, 9781455561780
12. A Great Reckoning
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250022134
13. The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $26, 9781501132933
14. The Last Days of Night
Graham Moore, Random House, $28, 9780812988901
15. Truly Madly Guilty
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron, $26.99, 9781250069795
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30, 9781627790628
2. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
3. Love Warrior
Glennon Doyle Melton, Flatiron, $25.99, 9781250075727
4. The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class
Edward Conard, Portfolio, $29, 9781595231239
5. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307
6. The Perfect Horse
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $28, 9780345544803
7. The Pigeon Tunnel
John le Carre, Viking, $28, 9780735220775
8. In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox
Carol Burnett, Crown Archetype, $28, 9781101904657
9. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25, 9780812988406
10. The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo
Amy Schumer, Gallery, $28, 9781501139888
11. Hustle: The Power to Charge Your Life with Money, Meaning, and Momentum
Neil Patel, et al., Rodale, $26.99, 9781623367169
12. A Perfect Score: The Art, Soul, and Business of a 21st-Century Winery
Kathryn Hall, Craig Hall, Center Street, $26, 9781455535767
13. Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy
Mike Love, James S. Hirsch, Blue Rider, $28, 9780399176418
14. She Made Me Laugh: My Friend Nora Ephron
Richard Cohen, S&S, $27, 9781476796123
15. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $25, 9780812993547
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $16, 9780735212152
2. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024
3. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124944
4. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Broadway, $16, 9780553418798
5. Fates and Furies
Lauren Groff, Riverhead, $16, 9781594634482
6. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $17, 9781501106484
7. The Alchemist (25th Anniversary Edition)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
8. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609450786
9. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
10. The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $15, 9781101906118
11. The Japanese Lover
Isabel Allende, Atria, $16, 9781501116995
12. The Heart Goes Last
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $16, 9781101912362
13. Eileen
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Books, $16, 9780143128755
14. Jerusalem
Alan Moore, Liveright, $35, 9781631492433
15. The Last Mile
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455586462
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Yuge!
G.B. Trudeau, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449481339
2. Barbarian Days
William Finnegan, Penguin, $17, 9780143109396
3. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471
4. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631492228
5. M Train
Patti Smith, Vintage, $16, 9781101910160
6. My Life on the Road
Gloria Steinem, Random House, $18, 9780345408167
7. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143034759
8. Dead Wake
Erik Larson, Broadway, $17, 9780307408877
9. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16, 9780374533557
10. The Road to Character
David Brooks, Random House, $18, 9780812983418
11. Sick in the Head
Judd Apatow, Random House, $18, 9780812987287
12. The Wright Brothers
David McCullough, S&S, $17, 9781476728759
13. Quiet
Susan Cain, Broadway, $16, 9780307352156
14. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16, 9780762447695
15. In Cold Blood
Truman Capote, Vintage, $16, 9780679745587
 
MASS MARKET
1. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $9.99, 9780735212169
2. X
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $9.99, 9781101981870
3. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455538966
4. Rogue Lawyer
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393484
5. Killing Floor
Lee Child, Jove, $9.99, 9780515153651
6. Sully
Chesley Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062564320
7. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9781101886038
8. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488
9. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
10. Mythology
Edith Hamilton, Grand Central, $10, 9780446574754
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Ada Twist, Scientist
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $17.95, 9781419721373
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. Duck on a Tractor
David Shannon, Blue Sky, $16.99, 9780545619417
4. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142501122
5. A Child of Books
Oliver Jeffers, Sam Winston, Candlewick Press, $17.99, 9780763690779
6. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274
7. Duck on a Bike
David Shannon, Blue Sky, $15.95, 9780439050234
8. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $6.99, 9780547248288
9. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.99, 9780060254926
10. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Holt, $7.95, 9780805047905
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
2. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608
3. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375869020
4. Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O'Dell, HMH Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780547328614
5. The BFG
Roald Dahl, Puffin, $7.99, 9781101997697
6. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
7. Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson, HarperEntertainment, $6.99, 9780061227288
8. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316013697
9. The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Harvest, $14, 9780156012072
10. Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763680862
 
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
2. Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Andrew Davidson (Illus.), Quirk
3. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
4. The Land of Stories
Chris Colfer, Little Brown
5. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion
6. Amulet
Kazu Kibuishi, Graphix
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
8. Classic Goosebumps
R.L. Stine, Scholastic
9. The Unwanteds
Lisa McMann, Aladdin
10. An Ember in the Ashes
Sabaa Tahir, Razorbill