The Northern California Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
NCIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, January 12, 2020. 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. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
2. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
3. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26, 9780525562023
4. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26, 9780525541905
5. Circe
Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27, 9780316556347
6. Exhalation: Stories
Ted Chiang, Knopf, $25.95, 9781101947883
7. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $26, 9781984822178
8. Trust Exercise
Susan Choi, Holt, $27, 9781250309884
9. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28, 9780399590597
10. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $28.95, 9780385543781
11. The Topeka School
Ben Lerner, FSG, $27, 9780374277789
12. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062913463
13. Agent Running in the Field
John le Carré, Viking, $29, 9781984878878
14. Dear Edward
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $27, 9781984854780
15. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30, 9780316478526
2. Nothing Fancy
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $32.5, 9780451497017
3. Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity
Peggy Orenstein, Harper, $28.99, 9780062666970
4. Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives
Daniel J. Levitin, Dutton, $30, 9781524744182
5. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
6. The Body
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $30, 9780385539302
7. How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $25.99, 9781612197494
8. Blowout
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $30, 9780525575474
9. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385521314
10. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $26, 9780802125088
11. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35, 9781476753836
12. Dear Girls
Ali Wong, Random House, $27, 9780525508830
13. Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow, Little Brown, $30, 9780316486637
14. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504
15. Know My Name
Chanel Miller, Viking, $28, 9780735223707
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
2. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16, 9780525436140
3. Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062684738
4. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17, 9780802156983
5. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17, 9780735224315
6. Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, Penguin, $16, 9780143135562
7. Flights
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780525534204
8. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439
9. Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17, 9780451499066
10. Killing Commendatore
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $17, 9780525435761
11. Nine Perfect Strangers
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250069832
12. Less
Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316316132
13. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062678423
14. Washington Black
Esi Edugyan, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525563242
15. The Best American Short Stories 2019
Anthony Doerr, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99, 9781328484246
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Greta Thunberg, Penguin, $10, 9780143133568
2. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
3. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $17, 9780593133934
4. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198
5. Calypso
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426
6. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780735224155
7. The Library Book
Susan Orlean, S&S, $16.99, 9781476740195
8. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
9. Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
Zora Neale Hurston, Amistad, $16.99, 9780062748218
10. Winners Take All
Anand Giridharadas, Vintage, $16, 9781101972670
11. All That the Rain Promises and More
David Arora, Ten Speed Press, $17.99, 9780898153880
12. Why We Sleep
Matthew Walker, PhD, Scribner, $18, 9781501144325
13. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
14. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18, 9781571313560
15. Classic Krakauer
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $15, 9781984897695
 
MASS MARKET
1. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
3. The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski, Orbit, $8.99, 9780316029186
4. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
5. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
6. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9781250318541
7. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
8. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
9. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316055420
10. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES
1. Dog Man: Fetch-22
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338323214
2. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419739033
4. Loveboat, Taipei
Abigail Hing Wen, HarperTeen, $18.99, 9780062957276
5. Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (The Questioneers)
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419737046
6. Karen's Witch
Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina (Illus.), Graphix, $10.99, 9781338315196
7. Grumpy Monkey
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780593123997
8. The Dragonet Prophecy Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9780545942157
9. Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orisha, #2)
Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $19.99, 9781250170996
10. The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2)
Philip Pullman, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $22.99, 9780553510669
11. Major Impossible (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, #9)
Nathan Hale, Abrams, $13.99, 9781419737084
12. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
13. One of Us Is Next
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525707967
14. The Princess in Black and the Bathtime Battle
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $14.99, 9781536202212
15. Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142408766
16. Elsa's Epic Journey (Disney Frozen 2) (Step into Reading)
Susan Amerikaner, Disney Storybook Art Team (Illus.), RH/Disney, $5.99, 9780736440264
17. Best Friends
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317469
18. White Bird: A Wonder Story
R.J. Palacio, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $24.99, 9780525645535
19. Lunar New Year
Hannah Eliot, Alina Chau (Illus.), Little Simon, $8.99, 9781534433038
20. Mr. Boddington's Studio: San Francisco ABCs
Penguin Workshop, $9.99, 9781524793470
21. Dog Man Guide to Creating Comics in 3-D
Kate Howard, Dav Pilkey (Illus.), Scholastic, $10.99, 9781338568844
22. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
23. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
24. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780544568037
25. The Serious Goose
Jimmy Kimmel, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780525707752