The Northern California Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, April 5, 2020. Based on reporting from the 
independent booksellers of Northern California, the California Independent Booksellers 
Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $28.99, 9780062671189
2. The Mirror & the Light
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $30, 9780805096606
3. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $27, 9780802148537
4. A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $28, 9781984820150
5. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
6. Dear Edward
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $27, 9781984854780
7. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764
8. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
9. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28, 9780399590597
10. Days of Distraction
Alexandra Chang, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062951809
11. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $28, 9780399562488
12. The Glass Hotel
Emily St.John Mandel, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525521143
13. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697
14. It's Not All Downhill From Here
Terry McMillan, Ballantine, $28, 9781984823748
15. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525541332
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32, 9780385348713
2. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258
3. How to Be an Artist
Jerry Saltz, Riverhead Books, $22, 9780593086469
4. Nobody Will Tell You This But Me
Bess Kalb, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525654711
5. Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America
Conor Dougherty, Penguin Press, $28, 9780525560210
6. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504
7. Korean Dream: A Vision for a Unified Korea
Hyun Jin Preston Moon, Morgan James Publishing, $29.95, 9781642799804
8. The XX Brain
Lisa Mosconi, Avery, $27, 9780593083116
9. Recollections of My Nonexistence
Rebecca Solnit, Viking, $26, 9780593083338
10. More Myself: A Journey
Alicia Keys, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250153296
11. Women Rowing North
Mary Pipher, Bloomsbury, $27, 9781632869609
12. The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $23.95, 9781616207922
13. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Caroline Criado Perez, Abrams Press, $27, 9781419729072
14. Tartine Bread
Chad Robertson, Chronicle Books, $40, 9780811870412
15. Scratched: A Memoir of Perfectionism
Elizabeth Tallent, Harper, $26.99, 9780062410375
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
2. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17, 9781984822185
3. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17, 9780802156983
4. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17, 9780143135166
5. That's What I Thought: Poems
Gary Young, Persea, $15.95, 9780892554942
6. The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
Jan-Philipp Sendker, Other Press, $16.95, 9781590514634
7. Wall
Marlen Haushofer, Cleis Press, $16.95, 9781573449069
8. An Old Man's Game
Andy Weinberger, Prospect Park Books, $16, 9781945551642
9. The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield, Washington Square, $17, 9780743298032
10. The Bird King
G.Willow Wilson, Grove Press, $16, 9780802148292
11. A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $16, 9781594483851
12. When Life Gives You Lululemons
Lauren Weisberger, S&S, $16.99, 9781476778457
13. Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17, 9780451499066
14. Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780804172448
15. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17, 9781524798642
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488
2. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18, 9780735225312
3. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
4. Find Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic  
Lisa Congdon, Chronicle Books, $18.95, 9781452168869
5. The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life
Arthur Firstenberg, Chelsea Green Publishing, $24.95, 9781645020097
6. The Library Book
Susan Orlean, S&S, $16.99, 9781476740195
7. Getting Started in Comic Book Design
Thunder Bay Press, $19.99, 9781684129737
8. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
9. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780735224155
10. Our House Is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis
Greta Thunberg, et al., Penguin, $17, 9780143133575
11. Expecting Better
Emily Oster, Penguin, $17, 9780143125709
12. The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
David Wallace-Wells, Tim Duggan Books, $18, 9780525576716
13. The Gifts of Imperfection
Brene Brown, Hazelden, $14.95, 9781592858491
14. Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture
Toby Hemenway, Chelsea Green Publishing, $29.95, 9781603580298
15. The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $17, 9780143129257
 
MASS MARKET
1. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550702
2. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
3. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
4. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
5. Drums of Autumn
Diana Gabaldon, Bantam, $9.99, 9780440224259
6. Binti
Nnedi Okorafor, Tor.com, $9.99, 9780765385253
7. Shell Game
Sara Paretsky, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062435873
8. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $9.99, 9780143135661
9. The Stand
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743688
10. Bad Monkey
Carl Hiaasen, Grand Central, $8, 9780446556156
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES
1. The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2)
Philip Pullman, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $22.99, 9780553510669
2. The Seed of Compassion: Lessons from the Life and Teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Bao Luu (Illus.), Kokila, $18.99, 9780525555148
3. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Kate DiCamillo, Bagram Ibatoulline (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763680909
4. The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo, Timothy Basil Ering (Illus.), Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763680893
5. Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, Book 1)
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781442472433
6. Dragon Hoops
Gene Luen Yang, First Second, $24.99, 9781626720794
7. Grandma's Gardens
Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Carme Lemniscates (Illus.), Philomel Books, $18.99, 9780593115350
8. Adam of the Road
Elizabeth Janet Gray, Robert Lawson (Illus.), Puffin Books, $7.99, 9780142406595
9. The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes
Beatrix Potter, Warne, $6.99, 9780723247814
10. Swallows and Amazons
Arthur Ransome, David R. Godine Publisher, $15.95, 9780879235734
11. Prairie Lotus
Linda Sue Park, Clarion Books, $16.99, 9781328781505
12. Roller Girl
Victoria Jamieson, Dial, $12.99, 9780803740167
13. Should I Share My Ice Cream? (Elephant & Piggie)
Mo Willems, Disney/Hyperion, $9.99, 9781423143437
14. A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin, HMH Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780547722023
15. Dear Martin
Nic Stone, Ember, $9.99, 9781101939529
16. The Magician's Elephant
Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763680886
17. Eggs Are Everywhere
Wednesday Kirwan, Chronicle Books, $10.99, 9781452174570
18. Bug Boys
Laura Knetzger, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9781984896766
19. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
J.K.Rowling, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780439139601
20. Let's Go for a Drive! (Elephant & Piggie)
Mo Willems, Disney/Hyperion, $9.99, 9781423164821
21. Poseidon: Earth Shaker (Olympians)
George O'Connor, George O'Connor (Illus.), First Second, $10.99, 9781596437388
22. I Am Human: A Book of Empathy
Susan Verde, Peter H. Reynolds (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781419731655
23. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
24. Fish in a Tree
Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142426425
25. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278