The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SCIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, November 11, 2018. 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. Dark Sacred Night
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $29, 9780316484800
2. Past Tense
Lee Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9780399593512
3. Circe
Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27, 9780316556347
4. Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $29.99, 9780062684561
5. The Feral Detective
Jonathan Lethem, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062859068
6. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385544153
7. Nine Perfect Strangers
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250069825
8. The Colors of All the Cattle
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $25.95, 9781524747800
9. The Witch Elm
Tana French, Viking, $28, 9780735224629
10. Transcription
Kate Atkinson, Little Brown, $28, 9780316176637
11. Killing Commendatore
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $30, 9780525520047
12. Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28, 9781538728529
13. There There
Tommy Orange, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525520375
14. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
15. Lethal White
Robert Galbraith, Mulholland, $29, 9780316422734
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Whose Boat Is This Boat?: Comments That Don't Help in the Aftermath of a Hurricane
The Staff of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, S&S, $14.99, 9781982121082
2. Cook Like a Pro: Recipes and Tips for Home Cooks
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780804187046
3. Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $20, 9780525537441
4. The Library Book
Susan Orlean, S&S, $28, 9781476740188
5. Brief Answers to the Big Questions
Stephen Hawking, Bantam, $25, 9781984819192
6. Bad Advice: How to Survive and Thrive in an Age of Bullshit
Venus Nicolino, HarperOne, $26.99, 9780062570352
7. Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave
Joanna Gaines, Harper Design, $40, 9780062801975
8. Beastie Boys Book
Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, Spiegel & Grau, $50, 9780812995541
9. Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illus.), Random House, $22, 9781984854278
10. Ottolenghi Simple: A Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi, Ten Speed Press, $35, 9781607749165
11. The Fifth Risk
Michael Lewis, Norton, $26.95, 9781324002642
12. The Ghost Photographer: A Hollywood Executive's True Story of Discovering the Real World of Make-Believe
Julie Rieger, Atria/Enliven Books, $25, 9781501158896
13. Calypso
David Sedaris, Little Brown, $28, 9780316392389
14. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari, Spiegel & Grau, $28, 9780525512172
15. Ship of Fools
Tucker Carlson, Free Press, $28, 9781501183669
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Less
Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316316132
2. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane: A Novel
Lisa See, Scribner, $16.99, 9781501154836
3. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455563920
4. China Rich Girlfriend
Kevin Kwan, Anchor, $16.95, 9780804172066
5. Friday Black
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Mariner, $14.99, 9781328911247
6. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
7. The Mitford Murders
Jessica Fellowes, Minotaur, $16.99, 9781250170798
8. Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman, Norton, $15.95, 9780393356182
9. Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Mark Sullivan, Lake Union Publishing, $14.95, 9781503943377
10. Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Kwan, Anchor, $16, 9780525563761
11. The Best American Short Stories 2018
Roxane Gay, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99, 9780544582941
12. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690
13. Asymmetry
Lisa Halliday, S&S, $16, 9781501166785
14. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17, 9781501173219
15. The Dark Between Stars: Poems
Atticus, Atria Books, $17.99, 9781982104863
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483
3. How to Fight
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason Deantonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781941529867
4. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16, 9780762447695
5. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812984965
6. The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World Library, $15, 9781577314806
7. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $8.99, 9780804190114
8. The Way of Life According to Lao Tzu
Witter Bynner, TarcherPerigee, $11.95, 9780399512988
9. The Vanity Fair Diaries
Tina Brown, Picador, $20, 9781250191250
10. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
11. Homo Deus
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062464347
12. How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don't
Lane Moore, Atria, $16, 9781501178832
13. On Writing
Stephen King, Scribner, $17, 9781439156810
14. The Untethered Soul
Singer A. Michael, New Harbinger, $17.95, 9781572245372
15. The Woman Who Smashed Codes
Jason Fagone, Dey Street Books, $16.99, 9780062430519
 
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780060853983
3. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
4. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $9.99, 9780399501487
5. Hamlet
William Shakespeare, S&S, $5.99, 9780743477123
6. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488
7. Deep Freeze
John Sandford, Putnam, $9.99, 9780399573781
8. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
9. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9780765350381
10. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455538966
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780544568037
3. Not Quite Narwhal
Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781481469098
4. The Wonky Donkey
Craig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545261241
5. The Snowy Nap
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780399170737
6. Baby Feminists
Libby Babbott-Klein, Jessica Walker (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780451480101
7. The Day You Begin
Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael Lopez (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $18.99, 9780399246531
8. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
9. Animalphabet
Julia Donaldson, Sharon King-Chai (Illus.), Dial, $20.99, 9780525554158
10. Tiger vs. Nightmare
Emily Tetri, First Second, $17.99, 9781626725355
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
2. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781524720193
3. Mac Undercover (Mac B., Kid Spy #1)
Mac Barnett, Mike Lowery (Illus.), Orchard Books, $12.99, 9781338143591
4. The Hidden Witch
Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338253757
5. Squirm
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780385752978
6. Skyward
Brandon Sanderson, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780399555770
7. Girls of Paper and Fire
Natasha Ngan, jimmy patterson, $18.99, 9780316561365
8. Children of Blood and Bone
Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $18.99, 9781250170972
9. A Long Pitch Home
Natalie Dias Lorenzi, Charlesbridge, $8.99, 9781580898263
10. Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow
Jessica Townsend, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316508896
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
2. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
3. Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin 
4. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion
5. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick
6. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Book 
7. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House 
8. Who Was/Is...?
Ann Waldron, et al., Penguin Workshop
9. Amulet
Kazu Kibuishi, Graphix
10. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic