The Northern California Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and 
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, July 31, 2022. 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. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
2. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
3. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
4. Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Daniel Silva, Harper, $29.99, 9780062834850
5. Lapvona
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $27, 9780593300268
6. Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $25, 9780593321447
7. Nightcrawling
Leila Mottley, Knopf, $28, 9780593318935
8. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474
9. The It Girl
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $28.99, 9781982155261
10. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
11. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593420317
12. The Candy House
Jennifer Egan, Scribner, $28, 9781476716763
13. The Hurting Kind: Poems
Ada Limón, Milkweed Editions, $24, 9781639550494
14. The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $28.99, 9780063003057
15. The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles, Viking, $30, 9780735222359
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $30, 9780593133231
2. Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316392457
3. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
4. The High Sierra: A Love Story
Kim Stanley Robinson, Little, Brown, $40, 9780316593014
5. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
6. Thank You for Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission
Mark Leibovich, Penguin Press, $29, 9780593296318
7. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Brené Brown, Random House, $30, 9780399592553
8. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
9. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, FSG, $35, 9780374157357
10. Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy
Henry Kissinger, Penguin Press, $36, 9780593489444
11. Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original
Howard Bryant, Mariner Books, $29.99, 9780358047315
12. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780735213616
13. How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
The Moth, Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Kate Tellers, Crown, $28, 9780593139004
14. They Want to Kill Americans: The Militias, Terrorists, and Deranged Ideology of the Trump Insurgency
Malcolm Nance, St. Martin's Press, $29.99, 9781250279002
15. Six California Kitchens: A Collection of Recipes, Stories, and Cooking Lessons from a Pioneer of California Cuisine
Sally Schmitt, Chronicle Books, $35, 9781797208824
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18, 9780593540480
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
3. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
4. Book Lovers
Emily Henry, Berkley, $17, 9780593334836
5. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
6. Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney, Picador, $18, 9781250859044
7. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $18, 9781524798673
8. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
9. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
10. Silverview
John le Carré, Penguin, $17, 9780593490631
11. The Dictionary of Lost Words
Pip Williams, Ballantine, $17, 9781984820747
12. The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $17, 9780593101544
13. Ugly Love
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781476753188
14. Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt Paperbacks, $17.99, 9781250220271
15. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17, 9781524798642
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780593296929
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
3. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Vintage, $17, 9780525565994
4. Do the Work!: An Antiracist Activity Book
W. Kamau Bell, Kate Schatz, Workman, $22.95, 9781523514281
5. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
6. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
7. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18, 9780735224155
8. Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship
Catherine Raven, Spiegel & Grau, $18, 9781954118119
9. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
10. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $20.99, 9781982115869
11. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316296816
12. How to Focus (Mindfulness Essentials #9)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781952692178
13. The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $18, 9780525619345
14. On Animals
Susan Orlean, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $17.99, 9781982181543
15. The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17, 9780804172721
 
MASS MARKET
1. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $9.99, 9780593540350
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
4. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
5. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
6. Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos #1)
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686
7. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
8. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
9. The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Voyager, $8.99, 9780061054884
10. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES 
1. Heartstopper: Volume 1: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338617436
2. The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781665922074
3. Heartstopper: Volume 2: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338617474
4. Heartstopper: Volume 3: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338617528
5. Heartstopper: Volume 4: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338617559
6. The Bad Guys in Open Wide and Say Arrrgh!
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $6.99, 9781338813180
7. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
8. Cat Kid Comic Club: On Purpose (Cat Kid Comic Club, #3)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801941
9. Where's Waldo?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210651
10. Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $11.99, 9781250076960
11. The Flames of Hope (Wings of Fire #15)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9781338214574
12. Bluey: Camping
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593519103
13. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
14. The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #1)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9780545942157
15. It's Not Summer Without You (The Summer I Turned Pretty)
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781416995562
16. Where's Waldo? The Wonder Book
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536213089
17. Cat Kid Comic Club: Perspectives (Cat Kid Comic Club, #2)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338784855
18. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
19. Dog Man: Grime and Punishment
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338535624
20. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749155
21. Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Book 2)
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896438
22. Where's Waldo? The Fantastic Journey
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210972
23. Dog Man: Fetch-22
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338323214
24. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $14.99, 9780375842207
25. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766