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The Northern California Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and NCIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, January 17, 2016. 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. My Name Is Lucy Barton
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $26, 9781400067695
2. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27, 9781476746586
3. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $26.95, 9781594633669
4. The Japanese Lover
Isabel Allende, Atria, $28, 9781501116971
5. Fates and Furies
Lauren Groff, Riverhead, $27.95, 9781594634475
6. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312577223
7. The Expatriates
Janice Y.K. Lee, Viking, $27, 9780525429470
8. A Manual for Cleaning Women
Lucia Berlin, FSG, $26, 9780374202392
9. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Alan Dean Foster, Lucas Books, $28, 9781101965498
10. The Guest Room
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385538893
11. Slade House
David Mitchell, Random House, $26, 9780812998689
12. Circling the Sun
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $28, 9780345534187
13. Rules for a Knight
Ethan Hawke, Knopf, $18, 9780307962331
14. Rogue Lawyer
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385539432
15. Felicity
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $24.95, 9781594206764
 
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307
2. Spark Joy
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $18.99, 9781607749721
3. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $24, 9780812993547
4. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25, 9780812988406
5. Gratitude
Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $17, 9780451492937
6. M Train
Patti Smith, Knopf, $25, 9781101875100
7. My Life on the Road
Gloria Steinem, Random House, $28, 9780679456209
8. Thing Explainer
Randall Munroe, Houghton Mifflin, $24.95, 9780544668256
9. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26, 9780805095159
10. S.P.Q.R: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard, Liveright, $35, 9780871404237
11. Always Hungry?
David Ludwig, Grand Central Life & Style, $28, 9781455533862
12. H Is for Hawk
Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $26, 9780802123411
13. Notorious RBG
Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik, Dey Street, $19.99, 9780062415837
14. Big Magic
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594634710
15. The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving A F*ck
Sarah Knight, Little Brown, $16.99, 9780316270724
 
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17, 9781609450786
2. Brooklyn
Colm Toibin, Scribner, $15, 9781501106477
3. The Story of a New Name
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $18, 9781609451349
4. The Buried Giant
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $16, 9780307455796
5. The Martian
Andy Weir, Broadway, $15, 9781101903582
6. The Revenant
Michael Punke, Picador USA, $16, 9781250101198
7. A Brief History of Seven Killings
Marlon James, Riverhead, $17, 9781594633942
8. The Story of the Lost Child
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $18, 9781609452865
9. Euphoria
Lily King, Grove Press, $16, 9780802123701
10. The Alchemist (25th Anniversary Edition)
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
11. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $18, 9781609452339
12. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Back Bay, $20, 9780316055444
13. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $15.95, 9780307455925
14. Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $15.95, 9780804172448
15. Lila
Marilynne Robinson, Picador USA, $16, 9781250074843
 
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20, 9780143034759
2. The Mindfulness Coloring Book
Emma Farrarons, Experiment, $9.95, 9781615192823
3. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17, 9780143125471
4. Lost Ocean
Johanna Basford, Penguin, $16.95, 9780143108993
5. How to Love
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781937006884
6. The Big Short
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393353150
7. Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love
David Talbot, Free Press, $17, 9781439108246
8. Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $16.95, 9780804170567
9. Pogue's Basics
David Pogue, Flatiron, $19.99, 9781250080431
10. Daring Greatly
Brene Brown, Avery, $17, 9781592408412
11. I Am Malala
Malala Yousafzai, Back Bay, $16, 9780316322423
12. How to Relax
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781941529089
13. Mindfulness on the Go
Jan Chozen Bays, Shambhala, $8.95, 9781611801705
14. Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco
Gary Kamiya, Bloomsbury, $16, 9781620401262
15. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
 
MASS MARKET
1. The Martian
Andy Weir, Broadway, $9.99, 9781101905005
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Grand Central, $8.99, 9780446310789
3. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741
4. Rock With Wings
Anne Hillerman, Harper, $9.99, 9780062270528
5. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
6. Motive
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345541390
7. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719
8. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780060853983
9. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $9.99, 9780399501487
10. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
 
CHILDREN'S TITLES
1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary
Pablo Hidalgo, DK Publishing, $19.99, 9781465438164
2. Last Stop on Market Street
Matt De La Pena, Christian Robinson (Illus.), Putnam, $16.99, 9780399257742
3. Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear
Lindsay Mattick, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Little Brown, $18, 9780316324908
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.95, 9781419717017
5. Roller Girl
Victoria Jamieson, Dial, $12.99, 9780803740167
6. The 5th Wave
Rick Yancey, Speak, $10.99, 9780147519085
7. Star Wars: The Force Awakens: New Adventures (DK Readers, Level 1)
David Fentiman, DK Publishing, $3.99, 9781465438140
8. Harry Potter Coloring Book
Scholastic, $15.99, 9781338029994
9. Besos for Baby: A Little Book of Kisses
Jen Arena, Blanca Gomez (Illus.), LB Kids, $6.99, 9780316230377
10. The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9780399255373
11. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $19.99, 9781423160915
12. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
13. Maps
Aleksandra Mizielinska, Daniel Mizielinski, Big Picture Press, $35, 9780763668969
14. Rad American Women A-Z
Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl (Illus.), City Lights, $14.95, 9780872866836
15. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: The Illustrated Edition (2015)
J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay (Illus.), Arthur A. Levine Books, $39.99, 9780545790352
16. The Day the Crayons Came Home
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $18.99, 9780399172755
17. I Really Like Slop! (Elephant & Piggie)
Mo Willems, Disney/Hyperion, $9.99, 9781484722626
18. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
19. This Bridge Will Not Be Gray
Dave Eggers, Tucker Nichols (Illus.), McSweeney's, $19.95, 9781940450476
20. Escaping Peril (Wings of Fire, Book 8)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic, $16.99, 9780545685443
21. I Am Martin Luther King, Jr.
Brad Meltzer, Christopher Eliopoulos (Illus.), Dial, $12.99, 9780525428527
22. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics
Chris Grabenstein, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780553510409
23. Love From the Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Grosset & Dunlap, $8.99, 9780448489322
24. The Terrible Two Get Worse
Mac Barnett, Jory John, Kevin Cornell (Illus.), Amulet, $13.95, 9781419716805
25. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K.Rowling, Scholastic, $10.99, 9780590353427