The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SCIBA, for the 
sales week ended Sunday, November 17, 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. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541213
2. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
3. The Night Fire
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $29, 9780316485616
4. Blue Moon
Lee Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9780399593543
5. The Guardians
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385544184
6. Olive, Again
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27, 9780812996548
7. Agent Running in the Field
John le Carré, Viking, $29, 9781984878878
8. Find Me
André Aciman, FSG, $27, 9780374155018
9. The Secrets We Kept
Lara Prescott, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525656159
10. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062913463
11. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28, 9780399590597
12. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
13. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $28.95, 9780385543781
14. The Family Upstairs
Lisa Jewell, Atria, $27, 9781501190100
15. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26, 9780525562023
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30, 9780316478526
2. Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow, Little Brown, $30, 9780316486637
3. Blowout
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $30, 9780525575474
4. Acid for the Children: A Memoir
Flea, Grand Central, $30, 9781455530533
5. The Body
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $30, 9780385539302
6. Little Weirds
Jenny Slate, Little Brown, $27, 9780316485340
7. The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off!
Gloria Steinem, Samantha Dion Baker (Illus.), Random House, $22, 9780593132685
8. How To
Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780525537090
9. Me
Elton John, Holt, $30, 9781250147608
10. The Beautiful Ones
Prince, Spiegel & Grau, $30, 9780399589652
11. Nothing Fancy
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $32.5, 9780451497017
12. In the Dream House: A Memoir
Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $26, 9781644450031
13. The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History
Kassia St Clair, Liveright Publishing, $23.95, 9781631494802
14. Permanent Record
Edward Snowden, Metropolitan Books, $30, 9781250237231
15. Morning Glory on the Vine: Early Songs and Drawings
Joni Mitchell, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $40, 9780358181729
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17, 9780802156983
2. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
3. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16, 9780525436140
4. Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062684738
5. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Back Bay, $20, 9780316055444
6. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $16, 9780307744432
7. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
8. Killing Commendatore
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $17, 9780525435761
9. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17, 9780735224315
10. Flights
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780525534204
11. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Perennial, $15.99, 9780060935467
12. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690
13. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439
14. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17, 9781501173219
15. Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Library Book
Susan Orlean, S&S, $16.99, 9781476740195
2. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Greta Thunberg, Penguin, $10, 9780143133568
3. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110
4. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198
5. Calypso
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426
6. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2020
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988102
7. The Flame
Leonard Cohen, Picador, $18, 9781250234797
8. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780735224155
9. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
10. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780525512196
11. Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
Maxwell King, Abrams, $18, 9781419735165
12. When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought
Jim Holt, FSG, $17, 9780374538422
13. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
14. The Crying Book
Heather Christle, Catapult, $16.95, 9781948226448
15. The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $17, 9780316346627
 
MASS MARKET
1. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
2. The Wedding Guest
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780525618515
3. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
4. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
5. Shot Through the Hearth
Kate Carlisle, Berkley, $7.99, 9781984804396
6. Holy Ghost
John Sandford, Putnam, $9.99, 9780735217348
7. The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9780765350381
8. Mythology
Edith Hamilton, Grand Central, $10, 9780446574754
9. Robert B. Parker's Colorblind
Reed Farrel Coleman, Putnam, $9.99, 9780399574962
10. Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307743664
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Kiki & Jax: The Life-Changing Magic of Friendship
Marie Kondo, Salina Yoon (Illus.), Crown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780525646266
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. Stretchy McHandsome
Judy Schachner, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780803741218
5. The Night Before Christmas
Clement C. Moore, Corinne Malvern (Illus.), Golden Books, $7.99, 9780385384742
6. Frozen 2 Little Golden Book
Golden Books/Disney, $4.99, 9780736440202
7. The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Maddie Frost, Workman, $5.95, 9781523505098
8. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
9. Llama Llama Gives Thanks
Anna Dewdney, Viking Books for Young Readers, $5.99, 9781101997154
10. Happy Right Now
Julie Berry, Holly Hatam (Illus.), Sounds True, $17.95, 9781683643524
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
2. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060
3. Share Your Smile: Raina's Guide to Telling Your Own Story
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338353846
4. Minecraft: Guide to Ocean Survival
Del Rey, $11.99, 9780593129609
5. A Tale of Magic...
Chris Colfer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316523479
6. Cog
Greg van Eekhout, Beatrice Blue (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780062686077
7. The Midwinter Witch
Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338540550
8. Pax
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $8.99, 9780062377029
9. Allies
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338245721
10. Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534424760
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
2. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
3. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
4. Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin
5. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
6. Captain Underpants
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
7. Arc of a Scythe
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Reader 
8. Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
9. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Raina Telgemeier (Illus.), Scholastic
10. Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion