The Indie Mystery and Thriller Bestseller List

The American Booksellers Association’s specialty bestseller lists provide a current snapshot of what’s selling in indie bookstores nationwide.

Here is the Indie Mystery and Thriller Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending July 31, 2022.

1. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736

2. The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $28.99, 9780063003057

3. Sparring Partners
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385549325

4. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703

5. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984880987

6. The Maidens
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250304469

7. The Final Girl Support Group
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $17, 9780593201244

8. The It Girl
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $28.99, 9781982155261

9. The Plot
Jean Hanff Korelitz, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250790750

10. The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $27, 9780593183199

11. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062868947

12. The Madness of Crowds
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $17.99, 9781250145277

13. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $17, 9780525620808

14. Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Daniel Silva, Harper, $29.99, 9780062834850

15. State of Terror
Louise Penny, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Simon & Schuster/St. Martin's Press, $18.99, 9781982173685

16. Never
Ken Follett, Penguin, $20, 9780593300039

17. The Woman in the Library
Sulari Gentill, Poisoned Pen Press, $16.99, 9781464215872

18. The Judge's List
John Grisham, Vintage, $18, 9780593157848

19. The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton, Sourcebooks Landmark, $16.99, 9781492670124

20. The Murder of Mr. Wickham
Claudia Gray, Vintage, $17, 9780593313817

21. Two Nights in Lisbon
Chris Pavone, MCD, $28, 9780374604769

22. The Maid
Nita Prose, Ballantine, $27, 9780593356159

23. Run, Rose, Run
James Patterson, Dolly Parton, Little, Brown, $30, 9780759554344

24. The Anomaly
Hervé Le Tellier, Adriana Hunter (Transl.), Other Press, $16.99, 9781635421699

25. Silverview
John le Carré, Penguin, $17, 9780593490631