The Northern California Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
NCIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, March 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. Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman, Norton, $25.95, 9780393609097
2. Exit West
Mohsin Hamid, Riverhead, $26, 9780735212176
3. Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780812995343
4. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364
5. In This Grave Hour
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $27.99, 9780062436603
6. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
7. The Idiot
Elif Batuman, Penguin Press, $27, 9781594205613
8. New York 2140
Kim Stanley Robinson, Orbit, $28, 9780316262347
9. The Refugees
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $25, 9780802126399
10. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062491794
11. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947135
12. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
13. Difficult Women
Roxane Gay, Grove Press, $25, 9780802125392
14. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $27, 9781455563937
15. Swing Time
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $27, 9781594203985
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
2. South and West
Joan Didion, Knopf, $21, 9781524732790
3. The Book of Joy
The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26, 9780399185045
4. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780399588174
5. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25, 9780812988406
6. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $15, 9781524733131
7. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
8. Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich
Norman Ohler, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9781328663795
9. Homo Deus
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper, $35, 9780062464316
10. Trump's War: His Battle for America
Michael Savage, Center Street, $27, 9781478976677
11. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper, $35, 9780062316097
12. The Undoing Project
Michael Lewis, Norton, $28.95, 9780393254594
13. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, HarperOne, $24.99, 9780062457714
14. Strangers in Their Own Land
Arlie Russell Hochschild, The New Press, $27.95, 9781620972250
15. Designing Your Life
Bill Burnett, Dave Evans, Knopf, $24.95, 9781101875322
 
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 Sellout
Paul Beatty, Picador USA, $16, 9781250083258
4. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780385490818
5. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
6. Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $16, 9780399587191
7. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501115073
8. Britt-Marie Was Here
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501142543
9. The Summer Before the War
Helen Simonson, Random House, $17, 9780812983203
10. Lilac Girls
Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $17, 9781101883082
11. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
12. The North Water
Ian McGuire, Picador USA, $16, 9781250118141
13. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609450786
14. The Circle
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $16, 9780345807298
15. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $16, 9780307887443
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062363602
2. Why We March
Artisan Publishers, $14.95, 9781579658281
3. We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95, 9781101911761
4. The Mother of All Questions
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $14.95, 9781608467402
5. I Am Not Your Negro
James Baldwin, Raoul Peck, Vintage, $15, 9780525434696
6. Lab Girl
Hope Jahren, Vintage, $16, 9781101873724
7. Dark Money
Jane Mayer, Anchor, $17, 9780307947901
8. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143034759
9. Why I March
Abrams Image, $14.95, 9781419728853
10. The Zookeeper's Wife
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $15.95, 9780393354256
11. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $7.99, 9780804190114
12. Barbarian Days
William Finnegan, Penguin, $17, 9780143109396
13. The Invention of Nature
Andrea Wulf, Vintage, $17, 9780345806291
14. Furiously Happy
Jenny Lawson, Flatiron, $15.99, 9781250077028
15. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16, 9781451697728
 
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. The Black Widow
Daniel Silva, Harper, $9.99, 9780062320230
5. The Shack
Wm. Paul Young, Windblown Media, $9.99, 9781455567614
6. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455538966
8. X
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $9.99, 9781101981870
9. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488
10. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES
1. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $16.95, 9781616205676
2. Dog Man Unleashed
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935203
3. Everything, Everything
Nicola Yoon, Ember, $10.99, 9780553496673
4. Hilo Book 3: The Great Big Boom
Judd Winick, Random House Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780385386203
5. Rad Women Worldwide
Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl (Illus.), Ten Speed Press, $15.99, 9780399578861
6. A is for Activist
Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $9.99, 9781609805395
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
National Geographic Learning, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
8. Rad American Women A-Z
Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl (Illus.), City Lights Books, $14.95, 9780872866836
9. Triangle
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $15.99, 9780763696030
10. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
11. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9781419723445
12. I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
Debbie Levy, Elizabeth Baddeley (Illus.), Simon & Schuster (BYR), $17.99, 9781481465595
13. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Hogwarts Library Book)
Newt Scamander, J.K. Rowling, Arthur A. Levine Books, $12.99, 9781338132311
14. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608
15. Moana
Laura Hitchcock, Random House/Disney, $4.99, 9780736436038
16. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
17. The United States Constitution: What It Says, What It Means
Oxford University Press, $4.95, 9780195304435
18. Big Nate: What's a Little Noogie Between Friends?
Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel, $9.99, 9781449462291
19. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One & Two
J.K. Rowling, et al., Arthur A. Levine Books, $29.99, 9781338099133
20. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060
21. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
22. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
23. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763678883
24. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $17.99, 9780679805274
25. Mighty, Mighty Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $16.99, 9781452152165