The Northern California Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
NCIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, September 17, 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. A Legacy of Spies
John le Carré, Viking, $28, 9780735225114
2. My Absolute Darling
Gabriel Tallent, Riverhead, $27, 9780735211179
3. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27, 9780670026197
4. A Column of Fire
Ken Follett, Viking, $36, 9780525954972
5. Glass Houses
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250066190
6. The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
David Lagercrantz, Knopf, $27.95, 9780451494320
7. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin Press, $27, 9780735224292
8. Y Is for Yesterday
Sue Grafton, Marian Wood Books/Putnam, $29, 9780399163852
9. The Golden House
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $28.99, 9780399592805
10. Forest Dark
Nicole Krauss, Harper, $27.99, 9780062430991
11. Sourdough
Robin Sloan, MCD, $26, 9780374203108
12. Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780812995343
13. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364
14. The Burning Girl
Claire Messud, Norton, $25.95, 9780393635027
15. Mrs. Fletcher
Tom Perrotta, Scribner, $26, 9781501144028
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. What Happened
Hillary Rodham Clinton, S&S, $30, 9781501175565
2. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Norton, $18.95, 9780393609394
3. Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
Brene Brown, Random House, $28, 9780812995848
4. Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
Katy Tur, Dey Street, $26.99, 9780062684929
5. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, HarperOne, $24.99, 9780062457714
6. Why Buddhism Is True
Robert Wright, S&S, $27, 9781439195451
7. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper, $35, 9780062316097
8. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
9. Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
Al Franken, Twelve, $28, 9781455540419
10. Devotion
Patti Smith, Yale University Press, $18, 9780300218626
11. Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook
Alice Waters, Clarkson Potter, $27, 9780307718280
12. Fantasyland
Kurt Andersen, Random House, $30, 9781400067213
13. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780399588174
14. The Book of Joy
The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26, 9780399185045
15. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $25, 9780812993547
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. It
Stephen King, Scribner, $19.99, 9781501175466
2. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17, 9781501173219
3. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16, 9781101971062
4. The Trespasser
Tana French, Penguin, $17, 9780143110385
5. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
6. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006
7. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $16, 9780307887443
8. The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16, 9781501132957
9. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062491831
10. Swing Time
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $17, 9780143111641
11. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16, 9781476738024
12. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16, 9780802124944
13. Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Kwan, Anchor, $16, 9780345803788
14. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062409218
15. Before the Fall
Noah Hawley, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455561797
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Picador USA, $16, 9781250076229
2. Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen, S&S, $19.99, 9781501141522
3. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $7.99, 9780804190114
4. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $17, 9781501171581
5. Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook
Mark Bray, Melville House Publishing, $16.99, 9781612197036
6. The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life
John le Carré, Penguin, $17, 9780735220782
7. No Is Not Enough
Naomi Klein, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9781608468904
8. The Lost City of the Monkey God
Douglas Preston, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455540013
9. Evicted
Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $17, 9780553447453
10. Men Explain Things to Me
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $12.95, 9781608464661
11. The Genius of Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $17, 9780399563126
12. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16, 9780762447695
13. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143034759
14. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16, 9781451697728
15. Optimism Over Despair
Noam Chomsky, C.J. Polychroniou, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9781608467990
 
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
3. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
4. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
5. Turbo Twenty-Three
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345543011
6. The Gunslinger
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501166112
7. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
8. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
9. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699
10. The Whistler
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781101967683
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES 
1. Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935210
2. All's Faire in Middle School
Victoria Jamieson, Dial, $12.99, 9780525429999
3. Dog Man Unleashed
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545935203
4. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608
5. She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World
Chelsea Clinton, Alexandra Boiger (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9781524741723
6. The Princess in Black and the Mysterious Playdate
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $14.99, 9780763688264
7. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
8. Creepy Pair of Underwear!
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster (BYR), $17.99, 9781442402980
9. Warcross
Marie Lu, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780399547966
10. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780544772533
11. The Story of Ferdinand
Munro Leaf, Robert Lawson (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780425291115
12. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $6.99, 9780142501122
13. Swing It, Sunny (Sunny, Book 2)
Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9780545741729
14. The Land of Stories: Worlds Collide
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316355896
15. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062498533
16. Everything, Everything
Nicola Yoon, Ember, $10.99, 9781524769604
17. Uni the Unicorn
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Brigette Barrager (Illus.), Random House (BYR), $8.99, 9781524766160
18. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
19. A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
20. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
21. The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316201568
22. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142410318
23. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427
24. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375869020
25. It Takes a Village: Picture Book Edition
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Marla Frazee (Illus.), S&S/Paula Wiseman Books, $19.99, 9781481430876