The Northern California Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
NCIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, December 1, 2019. 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 Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541213
2. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
3. Olive, Again
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27, 9780812996548
4. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090
5. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $28.95, 9780385543781
6. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28, 9780399590597
7. Agent Running in the Field
John le Carré, Viking, $29, 9781984878878
8. The Topeka School
Ben Lerner, FSG, $27, 9780374277789
9. Exhalation: Stories
Ted Chiang, Knopf, $25.95, 9781101947883
10. Under Occupation
Alan Furst, Random House, $27, 9780399592300
11. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26, 9780525562023
12. Blue Moon
Lee Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9780399593543
13. The Night Fire
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $29, 9780316485616
14. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062913463
15. The Captain and the Glory
Dave Eggers, Knopf, $15.95, 9780525659082
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. A Warning
Anonymous, Twelve, $30, 9781538718469
2. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30, 9780316478526
3. The Body
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $30, 9780385539302
4. Blowout
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $30, 9780525575474
5. Nothing Fancy
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $32.5, 9780451497017
6. Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow, Little Brown, $30, 9780316486637
7. Crime in Progress: Inside the Steele Dossier and the Fusion GPS Investigation of Donald Trump
Glenn Simpson, Peter Fritsch, Random House, $30, 9780593134153
8. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28, 9780399590504
9. Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse
John Lithgow, Chronicle Prism, $19.95, 9781452182759
10. How To
Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780525537090
11. The Beautiful Ones
Prince, Spiegel & Grau, $30, 9780399589652
12. Dear Girls
Ali Wong, Random House, $27, 9780525508830
13. The Yellow House: A Memoir
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $26, 9780802125088
14. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35, 9781476753836
15. Know My Name: A Memoir
Chanel Miller, Viking, $28, 9780735223707
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
2. Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062684738
3. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16, 9780525436140
4. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17, 9780143110439
5. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17, 9780802156983
6. Killing Commendatore
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $17, 9780525435761
7. Flights
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780525534204
8. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17, 9780735224315
9. The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250229533
10. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
11. The Winter Soldier
Daniel Mason, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316477598
12. The Best American Short Stories 2019
Anthony Doerr, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99, 9781328484246
13. My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite, Anchor, $14.95, 9780525564201
14. Washington Black
Esi Edugyan, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525563242
15. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Greta Thunberg, Penguin, $10, 9780143133568
2. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780399588198
3. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110
4. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780735224155
5. Calypso
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426
6. Impeach: The Case Against Donald Trump
Neal Katyal, Sam Koppelman, Mariner Books, $14.99, 9780358391173
7. Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $15, 9781984897695
8. The Patch
John McPhee, Picador, $17, 9781250234889
9. The Library Book
Susan Orlean, S&S, $16.99, 9781476740195
10. Making Comics
Lynda Barry, Drawn and Quarterly, $22.95, 9781770463691
11. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9780525512196
12. The Flame
Leonard Cohen, Picador, $18, 9781250234797
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. Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
Jose Antonio Vargas, Dey Street Books, $15.99, 9780062851345
 
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
4. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
5. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
6. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
7. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
8. The Midnight Line
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593505
9. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
10. The Wedding Guest
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780525618515
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419739033
2. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
3. The Crayons' Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746
4. Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236590
5. Best Friends
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317469
6. Frozen 2 Little Golden Book
Golden Books/Disney, $4.99, 9780736440202
7. The Toll (Arc of a Scythe, #3)
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781481497060
8. Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (The Questioneers)
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419737046
9. Legacy (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #8)
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin, $21.99, 9781534427334
10. Boy-Crazy Stacey (Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel, #7)
Ann M. Martin, Gale Galligan (Illus.), Graphix, $10.99, 9781338304510
11. The Dragonet Prophecy Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9780545942157
12. The Hidden Kingdom Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338344059
13. Supernova (Renegades, #3)
Marissa Meyer, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250078384
14. Elsa's Epic Journey (Disney Frozen 2) (Step into Reading Series)
Susan Amerikaner, Disney Storybook Art Team (Illus.), RH/Disney, $5.99, 9780736440264
15. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $16.99, 9780394800790
16. The Midwinter Witch
Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338540550
17. Grumpy Monkey
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780593123997
18. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
19. Sunny Rolls the Dice
Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338233148
20. White Bird: A Wonder Story
R.J. Palacio, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $24.99, 9780525645535
21. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
22. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
23. The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air, #3)
Holly Black, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316310420
24. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Illustrated Edition
J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay (Illus.), Arthur A. Levine Books, $47.99, 9780545791427
25. Dasher: How a Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever
Matt Tavares, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536201376