The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SCIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, April 16, 2017. 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. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364
2. Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman, Norton, $25.95, 9780393609097
3. Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780812995343
4. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
Lisa See, Scribner, $27, 9781501154829
5. Song of the Lion
Anne Hillerman, Harper, $27.99, 9780062391902
6. My Italian Bulldozer
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $25.95, 9781101871393
7. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
8. In This Grave Hour
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $27.99, 9780062436603
9. Exit West
Mohsin Hamid, Riverhead, $26, 9780735212176
10. The Burial Hour
Jeffery Deaver, Grand Central, $28, 9781455536375
11. Prussian Blue
Philip Kerr, Marian Wood Books/Putnam, $27, 9780399177057
12. Earthly Remains
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly Press, $25, 9780802126474
13. Thrawn
Timothy Zahn, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780345511270
14. The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
Hannah Tinti, Dial Press, $27, 9780812989885
15. The Black Book
James Patterson, Little Brown, $28, 9780316273886
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
2. South and West
Joan Didion, Knopf, $21, 9781524732790
3. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper, $35, 9780062316097
4. The Book of Joy
The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26, 9780399185045
5. The Empath's Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People
Judith Orloff, Sounds True, $22.95, 9781622036578
6. Hallelujah Anyway
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20, 9780735213586
7. Wealth Can't Wait
David Osborn, Paul Morris, Greenleaf, $22.95, 9781626344198
8. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
9. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25, 9780812988406
10. Old School
Bill O'Reilly, Bruce Feirstein, Holt, $27, 9781250135797
11. Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night
Jason Zinoman, Harper, $28.99, 9780062377210
12. Wait, What?: And Life's Other Essential Questions
James E. Ryan, HarperOne, $19.99, 9780062664570
13. Homo Deus
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper, $35, 9780062464316
14. The Moth Presents All These Wonders
Catherine Burns (Ed.), Crown Archetype, $25, 9781101904404
15. The Truth About Your Future
Ric Edelman, S&S, $26, 9781501163807
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $, 9781501173219
2. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $, 9781449474256
3. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $, 9780802124944
4. The Nest
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Ecco, $, 9780062414229
5. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $, 9781476738024
6. Sweetbitter
Stephanie Danler, Vintage, $, 9781101911860
7. The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $, 9781501132957
8. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $, 9780062315007
9. Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $, 9780399587191
10. Lilac Girls
Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $, 9781101883082
11. The Light of Paris
Eleanor Brown, Putnam, $, 9780399573729
12. Britt-Marie Was Here
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $, 9781501142543
13. The Sellout
Paul Beatty, Picador USA, $, 9781250083258
14. The Circle
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $, 9780345807298
15. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $, 9780385490818
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. White Trash
Nancy Isenberg, Penguin, $17, 9780143129677
2. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $7.99, 9780804190114
3. The Zookeeper's Wife
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $15.95, 9780393354256
4. Hidden Figures
Margot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062363602
5. Originals
Adam Grant, Penguin, $17, 9780143128854
6. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu
Joshua Hammer, S&S, $16, 9781476777412
7. The 5 Love Languages
Gary Chapman, Northfield, $15.99, 9780802412706
8. In Other Words
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $16, 9781101911464
9. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16, 9780762447695
10. We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95, 9781101911761
11. The Genius of Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $17, 9780399563126
12. The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World Library, $15, 9781577314806
13. Evicted
Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17, 9780553447453
14. The Lost City of Z
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525434658
15. Dark Money
Jane Mayer, Anchor, $17, 9780307947901
 
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $7.99, 9781451678192
3. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
4. Extreme Prey
John Sandford, Putnam, $9.99, 9780399573798
5. It
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781501156687
6. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780765370624
7. Downfall
Judith A. Jance, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062297723
8. A Dog's Purpose
W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $9.99, 9780765388100
9. The Black Echo
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $10, 9781455550616
10. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Easter Egg
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399547331
2. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99, 9780307120007
3. The Golden Egg Book
Margaret Wise Brown, Golden, $4.99, 9780385384766
4. The Runaway Bunny
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061074295
5. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
6. Marshmallow
Clare Turlay Newberry, Harper, $6.99, 9780060724887
7. Olivia the Spy
Ian Falconer, Atheneum Books, $17.99, 9781481457958
8. I Am a Bunny
Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $7.99, 9780375827785
9. Not Quite Narwhal
Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781481469098
10. The Whispering Rabbit
Margaret Wise Brown, Golden, $4.99, 9780399555183
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. 13 Reasons Why
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9780451478290
2. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $16.95, 9781616205676
3. Fish in a Tree
Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142426425
4. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375869020
5. The Thing About Jellyfish
Ali Benjamin, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316380843
6. Everything, Everything
Nicola Yoon, Ember, $10.99, 9780553496673
7. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062498533
8. Roller Girl
Victoria Jamieson, Dial, $12.99, 9780803740167
9. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
10. Jack and the Geniuses: At the Bottom of the World
Bill Nye, Gregory Mone, Amulet, $13.95, 9781419723032
 
CHILDREN'S FICTION SERIES
1. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
2. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
4. Dork Diaries
Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin 
5. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion
6. Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket, Harper
7. The Land of Stories
Chris Colfer, Brandon Dorman (Illus.), Little Brown
8. The Heroes of Olympus
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
9. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
10. The Unwanteds
Lisa McMann, Aladdin