The Northern California Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
NCIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, February 19, 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. Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780812995343
2. Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman, Norton, $25.95, 9780393609097
3. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364
4. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
5. 4 3 2 1
Paul Auster, Holt, $32.50, 9781627794466
6. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062491794
7. Swing Time
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $27, 9781594203985
8. The Refugees
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $25, 9780802126399
9. Moonglow
Michael Chabon, Harper, $28.99, 9780062225559
10. Difficult Women
Roxane Gay, Grove Press, $25, 9780802125392
11. A Separation
Katie Kitamura, Riverhead, $25, 9780399576102
12. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
13. The Girls
Emma Cline, Random House, $27, 9780812998603
14. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947135
15. Universal Harvester
John Darnielle, FSG, $25, 9780374282103
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
2. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780399588174
3. The Undoing Project
Michael Lewis, Norton, $28.95, 9780393254594
4. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25, 9780812988406
5. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
6. The Book of Joy
The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26, 9780399185045
7. Atlas Obscura
Joshua Foer, et al., Workman, $35, 9780761169086
8. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $25, 9780812993547
9. Designing Your Life
Bill Burnett, Dave Evans, Knopf, $24.95, 9781101875322
10. Thank You for Being Late
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $28, 9780374273538
11. Strangers in Their Own Land
Arlie Russell Hochschild, The New Press, $27.95, 9781620972250
12. Tools of Titans
Timothy Ferriss, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9781328683786
13. Tears We Cannot Stop
Michael Eric Dyson, St. Martin's, $24.99, 9781250135995
14. The Little Book of Hygge
Meik Wiking, Morrow, $19.99, 9780062658807
15. Shoe Dog
Phil Knight, Scribner, $29, 9781501135910
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024
2. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124944
3. The Sellout
Paul Beatty, Picador USA, $16, 9781250083258
4. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
5. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780385490818
6. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501115073
7. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Broadway, $16, 9780553418798
8. A Dog's Purpose
W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $14.99, 9780765388117
9. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $16, 9780307455925
10. Britt-Marie Was Here
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501142543
11. The Circle
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $16, 9780345807298
12. Journey to Munich
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062220615
13. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
14. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609450786
15. The Japanese Lover
Isabel Allende, Atria, $16, 9781501116995
 
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. What We Do Now
Dennis Johnson, Valerie Merians (Eds.), Melville House, $15.99, 9781612196596
5. We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95, 9781101911761
6. Lion
Saroo Brierley, NAL, $16, 9780399584695
7. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726
8. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631492228
9. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143034759
10. Hope in the Dark
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $15.99, 9781608465767
11. How to Love
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781937006884
12. I Am Not Your Negro
James Baldwin, Raoul Peck, Vintage, $15, 9780525434696
13. Barbarian Days
William Finnegan, Penguin, $17, 9780143109396
14. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16, 9781451697728
15. Prisoners of Geography
Tim Marshall, Scribner, $17, 9781501121470
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. It Can't Happen Here
Sinclair Lewis, Signet, $9.99, 9780451465641
3. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062472106
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
5. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780060853983
6. Saturn Run
John Sandford, Ctein, Putnam, $9.99, 9781101987520
7. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
8. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
9. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
10. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
 
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. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9781419723445
4. Ada Twist, Scientist
Andrea Beaty, Harry N. Abrams, $17.95, 9781419721373
5. Rad Women Worldwide
Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl (Illus.), Ten Speed Press, $15.99, 9780399578861
6. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
7. The United States Constitution: What It Says, What It Means
Oxford University Press, $4.95, 9780195304435
8. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427
9. Mighty, Mighty Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9781452152165
10. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947
11. Pokemon Deluxe Essential Handbook
Scholastic, $11.99, 9780545795661
12. I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
Debbie Levy, Elizabeth Baddeley (Illus.), Simon & Schuster (BYR), $17.99, 9781481465595
13. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
14. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
15. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $11.99, 9781594749025
16. The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories, #1)
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316201568
17. Rad American Women A-Z
Kate Schatz, City Lights Books, $14.95, 9780872866836
18. King's Cage (Red Queen)
Victoria Aveyard, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780062310699
19. Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters
Barack Obama, Loren Long (Illus.), Knopf, $17.99, 9780375835278
20. Moana (Little Golden Book)
Laura Hitchcock, Random House/Disney, $4.99, 9780736436038
21. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
22. Not Quite Narwhal
Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781481469098
23. Chicken Soup With Rice Board Book: A Book of Months
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $7.95, 9780062668080
24. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
25. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375869020