The Northern California Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
NCIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, July 16, 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. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
Arundhati Roy, Knopf, $28.95, 9781524733155
2. Magpie Murders
Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $27.99, 9780062645227
3. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
4. House of Spies
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062354341
5. Camino Island
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385543026
6. Into the Water
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $28, 9780735211209
7. Men Without Women
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $25.95, 9780451494627
8. The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland, Morrow, $35, 9780062409164
9. Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman, Norton, $25.95, 9780393609097
10. The Essex Serpent
Sarah Perry, Custom House, $26.99, 9780062666376
11. The Little French Bistro
Nina George, Crown, $26, 9780451495587
12. The Force
Don Winslow, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062664419
13. Golden Hill
Francis Spufford, Scribner, $26, 9781501163876
14. Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780812995343
15. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Norton, $18.95, 9780393609394
2. Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
Al Franken, Twelve, $28, 9781455540419
3. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
4. Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $28, 9780316154727
5. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780399588174
6. The Book of Joy
The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26, 9780399185045
7. Hunger
Roxane Gay, Harper, $25.99, 9780062362599
8. Option B
Sheryl Sandberg, Adam Grant, Knopf, $25.95, 9781524732684
9. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, HarperOne, $24.99, 9780062457714
10. Behave
Robert M. Sapolsky, Penguin Press, $35, 9781594205071
11. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper, $35, 9780062316097
12. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $28, 9780316270755
13. Golden: The Miraculous Rise of Steph Curry
Marcus Thompson, Touchstone, $26, 9781501147838
14. The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives
Jesse Eisinger, S&S, $28, 9781501121364
15. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17, 9781501173219
2. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062491831
3. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006
4. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
5. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16, 9781101971062
6. The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16, 9781501132957
7. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124944
8. Lilac Girls
Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $17, 9781101883082
9. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024
10. Today Will Be Different
Maria Semple, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316403450
11. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062409218
12. Here I Am
Jonathan Safran Foer, Picador USA, $17, 9781250135759
13. Behold the Dreamers
Imbolo Mbue, Random House, $17, 9780525509714
14. Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Kwan, Anchor, $16, 9780345803788
15. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $16, 9780307887443
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. No Is Not Enough
Naomi Klein, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9781608468904
2. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $7.99, 9780804190114
3. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16, 9781451697728
4. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143034759
5. The Genius of Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $17, 9780399563126
6. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu
Joshua Hammer, S&S, $16, 9781476777412
7. Lab Girl
Hope Jahren, Vintage, $16, 9781101873724
8. Evicted
Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17, 9780553447453
9. White Trash
Nancy Isenberg, Penguin, $17, 9780143129677
10. The Zookeeper's Wife
Diane Ackerman, Norton, $15.95, 9780393354256
11. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
12. The Perfect Horse
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $18, 9780345544827
13. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16, 9780762447695
14. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471
15. Bad Feminist
Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $15.99, 9780062282712
 
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. The Whistler
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781101967683
3. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
4. The Gunslinger
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501166112
5. Night School
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780804178822
6. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
7. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
8. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
9. Chaos
Patricia Cornwell, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062436702
10. The Drawing of the Three
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501161810
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES
1. The Land of Stories: Worlds Collide
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316355896
2. Dog Man Unleashed
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935203
3. She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World
Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9781524741723
4. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375869020
5. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608
6. The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316201568
7. Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $18.99, 9780525428886
8. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
9. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062498533
10. Where's Waldo? 30th Anniversary Edition
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763695798
11. The Land of Stories: An Author's Odyssey
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316383219
12. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
13. The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo, Book Two)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781484746424
14. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $16.95, 9781616205676
15. The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316201551
16. Rise of the Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel
Melissa de la Cruz, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781484781289
17. Brave
Svetlana Chmakova, Yen Press, $11, 9780316363181
18. Where's Waldo Now?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763634995
19. A Is for Activist
Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $9.99, 9781609805395
20. Everything, Everything
Nicola Yoon, Ember, $10.99, 9781524769604
21. The Princess in Black Takes a Vacation
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763694517
22. Good Night San Francisco
Adam Gamble, Santiago Cohen (Illus.), Our World of Books, $9.95, 9780977797950
23. The Adventures of Captain Underpants
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic, $5.99, 9780590846288
24. 13 Reasons Why
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $10.99, 9780451478290
25. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9781419723445