The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SCIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, September 17, 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. A Legacy of Spies
John le Carré, Viking, $28, 9780735225114
2. A Column of Fire
Ken Follett, Viking, $36, 9780525954972
3. The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
David Lagercrantz, Knopf, $27.95, 9780451494320
4. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
5. The Golden House
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $28.99, 9780399592805
6. Glass Houses
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250066190
7. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $27, 9780735224292
8. My Absolute Darling
Gabriel Tallent, Riverhead, $27, 9780735211179
9. Mrs. Fletcher
Tom Perrotta, Scribner, $26, 9781501144028
10. Forest Dark
Nicole Krauss, Harper, $27.99, 9780062430991
11. Y Is for Yesterday
Sue Grafton, Marian Wood Books/Putnam, $29, 9780399163852
12. The Burning Girl
Claire Messud, Norton, $25.95, 9780393635027
13. Sing, Unburied, Sing
Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, $26, 9781501126062
14. Sourdough
Robin Sloan, MCD, $26, 9780374203108
15. Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780812995343
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. What Happened
Hillary Rodham Clinton, S&S, $30, 9781501175565
2. Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
Katy Tur, Dey Street, $26.99, 9780062684929
3. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Norton, $18.95, 9780393609394
4. Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
Brene Brown, Random House, $28, 9780812995848
5. Back to Balance: The Art, Science, and Business of Medicine
Halee Fischer-Wright, Disruption Books, $25.95, 9781633310148
6. Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
Al Franken, Twelve, $28, 9781455540419
7. Fantasyland
Kurt Andersen, Random House, $30, 9781400067213
8. The Book of Joy
The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26, 9780399185045
9. Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook
Alice Waters, Clarkson Potter, $27, 9780307718280
10. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
11. Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process
John McPhee, FSG, $26, 9780374142742
12. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, HarperOne, $24.99, 9780062457714
13. Why Buddhism Is True
Robert Wright, S&S, $27, 9781439195451
14. Gorbachev: His Life and Times
William Taubman, Norton, $39.95, 9780393647013
15. Devotion
Patti Smith, Yale University Press, $18, 9780300218626
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. It
Stephen King, Scribner, $19.99, 9781501175466
2. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006
3. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $16, 9780307887443
4. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17, 9781501173219
5. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16, 9781101971062
6. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
7. The Trespasser
Tana French, Penguin, $17, 9780143110385
8. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062491831
9. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.99, 9780316229296
10. Swing Time
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $17, 9780143111641
11. An Obvious Fact
Craig Johnson, Penguin, $16, 9780143109129
12. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
13. The German Girl
Armando Lucas Correa, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781501121234
14. Lilac Girls
Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $17, 9781101883082
15. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124944
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Picador USA, $16, 9781250076229
2. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $17, 9781501171581
3. The Lost City of the Monkey God
Douglas Preston, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455540013
4. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $7.99, 9780804190114
5. The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life
John le Carré, Penguin, $17, 9780735220782
6. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143034759
7. Laurel Canyon
Michael Walker, Faber & Faber, $16, 9780865479661
8. No Is Not Enough
Naomi Klein, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9781608468904
9. Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook
Mark Bray, Melville House Publishing, $16.99, 9781612197036
10. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2018
Old Farmer's Almanac, $7.95, 9781571987358
11. Barbarian Days
William Finnegan, Penguin, $17, 9780143109396
12. In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox
Carol Burnett, Three Rivers Press, $16, 9781101904671
13. Alexander Hamilton: The Graphic History of an American Founding Father
Jonathan Hennessey, Justin Greenwood (Illus.), Ten Speed Press, $19.99, 9780399580000
14. The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $16, 9780812981605
15. Big Magic
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead, $16, 9781594634727
 
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. Turbo Twenty-Three
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345543011
3. Night School
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780804178822
4. The Stand
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743688
5. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $9.99, 9780399501487
6. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
7. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488
8. The Whistler
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781101967683
9. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
10. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Creepy Pair of Underwear!
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster (BYR), $17.99, 9781442402980
2. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
3. Uni the Unicorn and the Dream Come True
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Brigette Barrager (Illus.), Random House (BYR), $17.99, 9781101936597
4. She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World
Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9781524741723
5. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95, 9780060254926
6. It Takes a Village: Picture Book Edition
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Marla Frazee (Illus.), S&S/Paula Wiseman Books, $19.99, 9781481430876
7. The Antlered Ship
Dashka Slater, Terry Fan (Illus.), Eric Fan (Illus.), Beach Lane Books, $17.99, 9781481451604
8. The Story of Ferdinand
Munro Leaf, Robert Lawson (Illus.), Viking, $8.99, 9780425291115
9. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780544772533
10. A Is for Activist
Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $9.99, 9781609805395
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST 
1. Warcross
Marie Lu, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780399547966
2. All's Faire in Middle School
Victoria Jamieson, Dial, $12.99, 9780525429999
3. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375869020
4. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $16.95, 9781616205676
5. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $7.99, 9780394820378
6. A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
7. The Secret Keepers
Trenton Lee Stewart, Diana Sudyka (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316389549
8. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062498533
9. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $7.99, 9780061992278
10. Roller Girl
Victoria Jamieson, Dial, $12.99, 9780803740167
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES
1. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion
3. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
4. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
5. Captain Underpants
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
6. The Land of Stories
Chris Colfer, Little Brown
7. Who Was...?
Pam Pollack, Meg Belviso, Dede Putra (Illus.), Penguin Workshop
8. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick
9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
10. Seeds of America
Laurie Halse Anderson, Atheneum