The Northern California Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
NCIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, February 12, 2017. Based on reporting from 
the independent booksellers of the Northern California Independent Booksellers 
Association and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit 
IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman, Norton, $25.95, 9780393609097
2. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364
3. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062491794
4. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
5. The Refugees
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $25, 9780802126399
6. Swing Time
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $27, 9781594203985
7. 4 3 2 1
Paul Auster, Holt, $32.50, 9781627794466
8. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947135
9. Moonglow
Michael Chabon, Harper, $28.99, 9780062225559
10. Universal Harvester
John Darnielle, FSG, $25, 9780374282103
11. Six Four
Hideo Yokoyama, FSG, $28, 9780374265519
12. The One Inside
Sam Shepard, Knopf, $25.95, 9780451494580
13. Fatal
John Lescroart, Atria, $26.99, 9781501115677
14. Difficult Women
Roxane Gay, Grove Press, $25, 9780802125392
15. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
2. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
3. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780399588174
4. The Undoing Project
Michael Lewis, Norton, $28.95, 9780393254594
5. The Book of Joy
The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26, 9780399185045
6. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $25, 9780812993547
7. Insane Clown President
Matt Taibbi, Victor Juhasz (Illus.), Spiegel & Grau, $26, 9780399592461
8. Tears We Cannot Stop
Michael Eric Dyson, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9781250135995
9. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25, 9780812988406
10. Designing Your Life
Bill Burnett, Dave Evans, Knopf, $24.95, 9781101875322
11. Strangers in Their Own Land
Arlie Russell Hochschild, The New Press, $27.95, 9781620972250
12. Thank You for Being Late
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $28, 9780374273538
13. The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living
Meik Wiking, Morrow, $19.99, 9780062658807
14. The Princess Diarist
Carrie Fisher, Blue Rider, $26, 9780399173592
15. Atlas Obscura
Joshua Foer, et al., Workman, $35, 9780761169086
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124944
2. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024
3. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780385490818
4. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501115073
5. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
6. The Sellout
Paul Beatty, Picador USA, $16, 9781250083258
7. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Broadway, $16, 9780553418798
8. Britt-Marie Was Here
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501142543
9. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $16, 9780307455925
10. A Dog's Purpose
W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $14.99, 9780765388117
11. My Name Is Lucy Barton
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $16, 9780812979527
12. The Circle
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $16, 9780345807298
13. The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth Press, $15, 9781101906118
14. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Tor, $15.99, 9780765382030
15. Everybody's Fool
Richard Russo, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307454829
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062363602
2. Dark Money
Jane Mayer, Anchor, $17, 9780307947901
3. The Trump Survival Guide
Gene Stone, Dey Street, $9.99, 9780062686480
4. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631492228
5. What We Do Now
Dennis Johnson, Valerie Merians (Eds.), Melville House, $15.99, 9781612196596
6. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143034759
7. Barbarian Days
William Finnegan, Penguin, $17, 9780143109396
8. How to Love
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781937006884
9. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16, 9781451697728
10. Men Explain Things to Me
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $12.95, 9781608464661
11. Elon Musk
Ashlee Vance, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062301253
12. The Invention of Nature
Andrea Wulf, Vintage, $17, 9780345806291
13. Hope in the Dark
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $15.99, 9781608465767
14. We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95, 9781101911761
15. I Am Not Your Negro
James Baldwin, Raoul Peck, Vintage, $15, 9780525434696
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. It Can't Happen Here
Sinclair Lewis, Signet, $9.99, 9780451465641
3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
4. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
5. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
6. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455538966
7. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062472106
8. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
9. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543
10. Saturn Run
John Sandford, Ctein, Putnam, $9.99, 9781101987520
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES
1. Dog Man Unleashed
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935203
2. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $16.95, 9781616205676
3. Rad Women Worldwide
Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl (Illus.), Ten Speed Press, $15.99, 9780399578861
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9781419723445
6. Love From the Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Grosset & Dunlap, $8.99, 9780448489322
7. The United States Constitution: What It Says, What It Means
Oxford University Press, $4.95, 9780195304435
8. Ada Twist, Scientist
Andrea Beaty, Abrams, $17.95, 9781419721373
9. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
10. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
11. The I Love You Book
Todd Parr, LB Kids, $6.99, 9780316247566
12. Rad American Women A-Z
Kate Schatz, City Lights Books, $14.95, 9780872866836
13. Moana (Little Golden Book)
Laura Hitchcock, Random House/Disney, $4.99, 9780736436038
14. I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
Debbie Levy, Elizabeth Baddeley (Illus.), Simon & Schuster (BYR), $17.99, 9781481465595
15. We Found a Hat
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $17.99, 9780763656003
16. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95, 9780060254926
17. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $11.99, 9781594749025
18. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427
19. Besos for Baby: A Little Book of Kisses
Jen Arena, Blanca Gomez (Illus.), LB Kids, $6.99, 9780316230377
20. Happy Love Day, Daniel Tiger!
Jason Fruchter (Illus.), Simon Spotlight, $6.99, 9781481448550
21. Pokemon Deluxe Essential Handbook
Scholastic, $11.99, 9780545795661
22. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
23. A is for Activist
Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $9.99, 9781609805395
24. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
25. The Inquisitor's Tale
Adam Gidwitz, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525426165