The Northern California Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, July 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 Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525536291
2. Sex and Vanity
Kevin Kwan, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385546270
3. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
4. Death in Her Hands
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $27, 9781984879356
5. A Burning
Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525658696
6. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26, 9780525541905
7. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27, 9780525620785
8. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735216723
9. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28, 9780316509848
10. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28, 9780399590597
11. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26, 9780525562023
12. The Last Trial
Scott Turow, Grand Central, $29, 9781538748138
13. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764
14. The Empire of Gold
S.A. Chakraborty, Harper Voyager, $28.99, 9780062678164
15. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27, 9780525509288
2. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $26, 9780812993547
3. The Room Where It Happened
John Bolton, S&S, $32.50, 9781982148034
4. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258
5. Me and White Supremacy
Layla Saad, Sourcebooks, $25.99, 9781728209807
6. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735213616
7. Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
Eddie S. Glaude, Crown, $27, 9780525575320
8. I'm Still Here
Austin Channing Brown, Convergent Books, $25, 9781524760854
9. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32, 9780385348713
10. 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid
Willie Mays, John Shea, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250230423
11. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Viking, $26, 9780525560548
12. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $28, 9780525510314
13. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35, 9781476753836
14. The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
Maria Konnikova, Penguin Press, $28, 9780525522621
15. The Bird Way
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $28, 9780735223011
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $15.95, 9780345804341
2. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17, 9781984822185
3. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
4. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17, 9780143135166
5. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
6. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17, 9780802156983
7. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16, 9781101971062
8. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $16.95, 9780345804327
9. American Spy
Lauren Wilkinson, Random House, $17, 9780812988284
10. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17, 9781594634741
11. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
12. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439
13. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16, 9780525436140
14. Beloved
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16, 9781400033416
15. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $16, 9780307455925
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807047415
2. So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827
3. Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi, Bold Type Books, $19.99, 9781568585987
4. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932
5. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
6. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726
7. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, One World, $17, 9780593133934
8. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
9. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, One World, $18, 9780399588198
10. The Yellow House: A Memoir
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $17, 9780802149039
11. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888
12. My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470
13. Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Penguin, $18, 9780735224957
14. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488
15. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Beverly Daniel Tatum, Basic Books, $18.99, 9780465060689
 
MASS MARKET
1. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688
2. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
3. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
4. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
5. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
6. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550702
7. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
8. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11, 9780399501487
9. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
10. The Princess Bride
William Goldman, Mariner, $9.99, 9780156035217
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES
1. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
2. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $27.99, 9781338635171
3. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
4. This Book Is Anti-Racist
Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand (Illus.), Frances Lincoln Children's Books, $14.99, 9780711245211
5. Becoming Brianna (Emmie & Friends)
Terri Libenson, Balzer + Bray, $12.99, 9780062894533
6. Hilo Book 6: All the Pieces Fit
Judd Winick, Random House Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780525644064
7. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
8. The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, Book One)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $9.99, 9781368051439
9. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
10. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110416
11. Dog Man: Fetch-22
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338323214
12. Doodleville
Chad Sell, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781984894717
13. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
14. Tyrannosaurus Wrecks (FunJungle)
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534443754
15. Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin, $9.99, 9781442445949
16. Neverseen (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #4)
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin, $9.99, 9781481432306
17. The Day You Begin
Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael López (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $18.99, 9780399246531
18. Dream Big, Little One
Vashti Harrison, LB Kids, $8.99, 9780316475099
19. Everblaze (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #3)
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin, $9.99, 9781442446007
20. The Last Kids on Earth: June's Wild Flight
Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780593117187
21. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
22. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $7.99, 9781423134947
23. You Matter
Christian Robinson, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534421691
24. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117
25. Ghost Boys
Jewell Parker Rhodes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780316262262