The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended Sunday, January 12, 2020. 
Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of Southern California and 
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HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
2. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26, 9780525562023
3. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26, 9780525541905
4. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
5. The Topeka School
Ben Lerner, FSG, $27, 9780374277789
6. Trust Exercise
Susan Choi, Holt, $27, 9781250309884
7. Agent Running in the Field
John le Carré, Viking, $29, 9781984878878
8. Exhalation: Stories
Ted Chiang, Knopf, $25.95, 9781101947883
9. Deep State
Chris Hauty, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, $27, 9781982126582
10. Under Occupation
Alan Furst, Random House, $27, 9780399592300
11. Long Bright River
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $26, 9780525540670
12. Dear Edward
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $27, 9781984854780
13. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $26, 9781984822178
14. Olive, Again
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27, 9780812996548
15. Creatures
Crissy Van Meter, Algonquin Books, $25.95, 9781616208592
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30, 9780316478526
2. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385521314
3. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
4. The Body
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $30, 9780385539302
5. Nothing Fancy
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $32.5, 9780451497017
6. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
7. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $27, 9780525510543
8. Blowout
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $30, 9780525575474
9. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $26, 9780802125088
10. Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life after Which Everything Was Different
Chuck Palahniuk, Grand Central, $27, 9781538717950
11. Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse
John Lithgow, Chronicle Prism, $19.95, 9781452182759
12. Underland: A Deep Time Journey
Robert Macfarlane, Norton, $27.95, 9780393242140
13. The Beautiful Ones
Prince, Spiegel & Grau, $30, 9780399589652
14. When You Love a Cat
M.H. Clark, Compendium Publishing, $10.95, 9781943200993
15. Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives
Daniel J. Levitin, Dutton, $30, 9781524744182
 
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. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439
4. Daughter of Moloka'i
Alan Brennert, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250137678
5. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17, 9780735224315
6. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $15.99, 9781451673319
7. Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062684738
8. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
9. French Exit
Patrick deWitt, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062846938
10. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16, 9780525436140
11. Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, Penguin, $16, 9780143135562
12. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062678423
13. The Only Story
Julian Barnes, Vintage, $16, 9780525563068
14. The Great Gatsby
F.Scott Fitzgerald, Scribner, $17, 9780743273565
15. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $17, 9780593133934
2. The Library Book
Susan Orlean, S&S, $16.99, 9781476740195
3. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Greta Thunberg, Penguin, $10, 9780143133568
4. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780735224155
5. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
6. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2020
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $15.99, 9781600572302
7. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
8. The Fifth Risk
Michael Lewis, Norton, $16.95, 9780393357455
9. Astrology for Real Relationships: Understanding You, Me, and How We All Get Along
Jessica Lanyadoo, T. Greenaway, Ten Speed Press, $19.99, 9781984856241
10. Upstream
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $17, 9780143130086
11. Calypso
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426
12. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2020
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988102
13. A New Earth
Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $17, 9780452289963
14. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316017930
15. Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
Zora Neale Hurston, Amistad, $16.99, 9780062748218
 
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas, Bantam, $6.95, 9780553213508
3. Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, Signet, $6.99, 9780593198025
4. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
5. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
6. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
7. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
8. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
9. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543
10. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $7.99, 9780062459367
 
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED 
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
2. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
3. The Serious Goose
Jimmy Kimmel, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780525707752
4. Frozen 2 Little Golden Book
Golden Books/Disney, $4.99, 9780736440202
5. The Wonky Donkey
Craig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99, 9780545261241
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
7. Angelina Ballerina
Katharine Holabird, Helen Craig (Illus.), Little Simon, $17.99, 9781534451513
8. Love You Forever
Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $5.95, 9780920668375
9. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
10. We Don't Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368003551
 
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
2. One of Us Is Next
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525707967
3. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
Jason Reynolds, Alexander Nabaum (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $17.99, 9781481438285
4. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
Kwame Mbalia, Rick Riordan Presents, $17.99, 9781368039932
5. Super Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338230895
6. The Okay Witch
Emma Steinkellner, Aladdin, $12.99, 9781534431454
7. 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
8. Frozen 2: The Deluxe Junior Novelization
David Blaze, RH/Disney, $14.99, 9780736440301
9. Where the Red Fern Grows
Wilson Rawls, Yearling, $8.99, 9780440412670
10. Loveboat, Taipei
Abigail Hing Wen, HarperTeen, $18.99, 9780062957276
 
CHILDREN'S SERIES
1. Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
2. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
3. Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
5. Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin
6. Who Was/Is...?
Diane Bailey, et al., Penguin Workshop
7. Arc of a Scythe
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
8. Captain Underpants
Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
9. The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick
10. The Last Kids on Earth
Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers