The Northern California Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and
CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, October 27, 2024. 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. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635
2. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
3. The Waiting
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $30, 9780316563796
4. Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30, 9780593446096
5. Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031
6. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
7. The Mighty Red
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $32, 9780063277052
8. Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521
9. The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Viking, $30, 9780593489277
10. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
11. Absolution
Jeff VanderMeer, MCD, $30, 9780374616595
12. We Solve Murders
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653227
13. Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250881205
14. We'll Prescribe You a Cat
Syou Ishida, E.Madison Shimoda (Transl.), Berkley, $25, 9780593818749
15. Karla's Choice: A John le Carré Novel
Nick Harkaway, Viking, $30, 9780593833490
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION 
1. The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30, 9780593230381
2. War
Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster, $32, 9781668052273
3. Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35, 9780593320969
4. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805
5. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34, 9780593799895
6. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35, 9780593734223
7. What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts)
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $35, 9781668055687
8. Brothers
Alex Van Halen, Harper, $32, 9780063265707
9. Into the Uncut Grass
Trevor Noah, Sabina Hahn (Illus.), One World, $26, 9780593729960
10. Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
John Grisham, Jim McCloskey, Doubleday, $30, 9780385550444
11. Ottolenghi Comfort: A Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi, Ten Speed Press, $37.99, 9780399581779
12. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
13. Sonny Boy: A Memoir
Al Pacino, Penguin Press, $35, 9780593655115
14. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27, 9780374611996
15. From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir
Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough, Random House, $32, 9780593733875
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 
1. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
2. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
3. The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $17, 9781101906118
4. The Best American Short Stories 2024
Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063275959
5. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490
6. The Bee Sting
Paul Murray, Picador, $20, 9781250338259
7. The Secret War of Julia Child
Diana R. Chambers, Sourcebooks Landmark, $17.99, 9781464219047
8. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
9. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
10. The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Amor Towles (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Vintage, $19, 9780593470619
11. The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco
Michelle Chouinard, Minotaur Books, $18, 9781250909992
12. Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781639730957
13. Human Acts
Han Kang, Hogarth, $17, 9781101906743
14. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609455064
15. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 
1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
2. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
3. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin Books, $18, 9780593652985
4. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
5. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
6. The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris, Penguin, $20, 9780525560739
7. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
Robert M. Sapolsky, Penguin Books, $21, 9780525560999
8. Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250849359
9. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
Andrea Lankford, Hachette Books, $19.99, 9780306831966
10. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Michael Lewis, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324105817
11. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Picador, $20, 9781250338143
12. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
13. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780062316110
14. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024
Bill McKibben, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063333994
15. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
Werner Herzog, Penguin Books, $20, 9780593490310
 
MASS MARKET 
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
3. The Secret
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $10.99, 9781984818614
4. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
5. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
6. The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572
7. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
8. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
9. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
10. The Shining
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES 
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams, $14.99, 9781419766954
2. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316581097
3. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
4. The Wild Robot Escapes
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780316479264
5. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
6. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368107631
7. The Wild Robot Protects
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316669412
8. Room on the Broom Special Edition
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593859926
9. InvestiGators: Class Action
John Patrick Green, First Second, $12.99, 9781250849908
10. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
11. Dork Diaries 16: Tales from a Not-So-Bratty Little Sister
Rachel Renée Russell, Aladdin, $14.99, 9781665974608
12. The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
13. Kristy and the Walking Disaster: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix, #16)
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338835557
14. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
15. The Bakery Dragon
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968
16. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
17. Knight Owl and Early Bird
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526
18. My Little Golden Book About San Francisco
Toyo Tyler, Courtney Dawson (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593301180
19. Katie the Catsitter 4: The Purrfect Plan: (A Graphic Novel)
Colleen AF Venable, Stephanie Yue (Illus.), Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593570401
20. How Do Dinosaurs Say Trick or Treat?
Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338891980
21. Construction Site: Garbage Crew to the Rescue!
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781797226552
22. Construction Site: A Thankful Night
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Helen Morgan (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797226729
23. The Ofrenda That We Built
Jolene Gutiérrez, Shaian Gutiérrez, Gabby Zapata (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $17.99, 9781797215624
24. Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338896435
25. The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Creepy-Crawly Halloween
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $12.99, 9780593751084