The Indie Mystery & 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 Indies Mystery & Thriller Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending May 16, 2021.

1. Later
Stephen King, Hard Case Crime, $14.95, 9781789096491

2. The Consequences of Fear
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $27.99, 9780062868022

3. We Begin at the End
Chris Whitaker, Holt, $27.99, 9781250759665

4. When the Stars Go Dark
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $28, 9780593237892

5. While Justice Sleeps
Stacey Abrams, Doubleday, $28, 9780385546577

6. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27, 9780525620785

7. Win
Harlan Coben, Grand Central, $29, 9781538748213

8. Northern Spy
Flynn Berry, Viking, $26, 9780735224995

9. The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse, Pamela Dorman Books, $27, 9780593296677

10. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930

11. Transient Desires
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly Press, $27, 9780802158178

12. The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781982136468

13. 2034
Elliot Ackerman, Admiral James Stavridis, Penguin Press, $27, 9781984881250

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

15. A Gambling Man
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29, 9781538719671

16. Ninth House
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250751362

17. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780525541349

18. Dark Sky
C.J. Box, Putnam, $28, 9780525538271

19. Ocean Prey
John Sandford, Putnam, $29, 9780593087022

20. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $26, 9781984880963

21. The Searcher
Tana French, Viking, $27, 9780735224650

22. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062905086

23. Eight Perfect Murders
Peter Swanson, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062838193

24. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $17.99, 9780312541538

25. Three Hours in Paris
Cara Black, Soho Crime, $16.95, 9781641292580