The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SCIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, August 18, 2019. 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. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
2. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385537070
3. Chances Are . . .
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947746
4. A Dangerous Man
Robert Crais, Putnam, $28, 9780525535683
5. The New Girl
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834836
6. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26, 9780525562023
7. The Last Good Guy
T.Jefferson Parker, Putnam, $27, 9780525537649
8. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $28, 9781594634734
9. Inland
Téa Obreht, Random House, $27, 9780812992861
10. Fleishman Is in Trouble
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Random House, $27, 9780525510871
11. Lady in the Lake
Laura Lippman, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062390011
12. Circe
Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27, 9780316556347
13. The Bitterroots
C.J. Box, Minotaur, $27.99, 9781250051059
14. The Turn of the Key
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $27.99, 9781501188770
15. Hollow Kingdom
Kira Jane Buxton, Grand Central, $27, 9781538745823
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504
2. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
3. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27, 9780525509288
4. Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America
Christopher Leonard, S&S, $35, 9781476775388
5. Three Women
Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $27, 9781451642292
6. The Library Book
Susan Orlean, S&S, $28, 9781476740188
7. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $27, 9780525510543
8. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $24.99, 9780062457714
9. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $26, 9780802125088
10. The Source of Self-Regard
Toni Morrison, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525521037
11. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9781328662057
12. River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey
Helen Prejean, Random House, $27, 9781400067305
13. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $30, 9781501168680
14. Tiny But Mighty: Kitten Lady's Guide to Saving the Most Vulnerable Felines
Hannah Shaw, Plume, $25, 9781524744069
15. Save Me the Plums
Ruth Reichl, Random House, $27, 9781400069996
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
2. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
3. The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307278449
4. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17, 9780735224315
5. The Witch Elm
Tana French, Penguin, $17, 9780735224643
6. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
7. Beloved
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16, 9781400033416
8. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439
9. Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16, 9781400033423
10. The Mystery of Three Quarters
Sophie Hannah, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062792358
11. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16, 9780525436140
12. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316204262
13. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Back Bay, $20, 9780316055444
14. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690
15. Less
Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316316132
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198
2. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110
3. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
4. The Spy and the Traitor
Ben Macintyre, Broadway Books, $18, 9781101904213
5. Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $14, 9780807014271
6. How to See
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781946764331
7. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16, 9780762447695
8. Calypso
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426
9. The White Album
Joan Didion, FSG, $15, 9780374532079
10. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $18, 9780143127741
11. Daring Greatly
Brené Brown, Avery, $17, 9781592408412
12. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16, 9780812984965
13. When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chodron, Shambhala, $16.95, 9781611803433
14. Filthy Rich
James Patterson, John Connolly, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781455542642
15. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316017930
 
MASS MARKET
1. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
3. Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062476371
4. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
6. The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553588941
7. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $9.99, 9780812511819
8. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $9.99, 9780399501487
9. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
10. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!
Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children, $16.99, 9781368046459
2. We Don't Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368003551
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. If I Built a School
Chris Van Dusen, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780525552918
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
Mem Fox, Helen Oxenbury (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780547366203
7. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
8. Julián Is a Mermaid
Jessica Love, Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763690458
9. Guess How Much I Love You
Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763674489
10. Small World
Ishta Mercurio, Jen Corace (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781419734076
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.99, 9781419740275
2. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
3. Super Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338230895
4. Pax
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $8.99, 9780062377029
5. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Graphic Novel: A Modern Retelling of Little Women
Rey Terciero, Bre Indigo (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780316522885
6. House of Salt and Sorrows
Erin A. Craig, Delacorte Press, $18.99, 9781984831927
7. The Sun Is Also a Star
Nicola Yoon, Ember, $12.99, 9781984849397
8. Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O'Dell, HMH Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780547328614
9. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
10. Holes
Louis Sachar, Yearling, $6.99, 9780440419464
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES 
1. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
3. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
4. The Bad Guys
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
5. Captain Underpants
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
7. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
8. The Heroes of Olympus
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
9. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic
10. Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin