The Indie Mystery & Thriller Bestseller List

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending January 5, 2014.

1. Sycamore Row
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385537131

2. The Gods of Guilt
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $28, 9780316069519

3. The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307378415

4. Inferno
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385537858

5. The Cuckoo’s Calling
Robert Galbraith, Mulholland, $26, 9780316206846

6. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25, 9780307588364

7. Takedown Twenty
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28, 9780345542885

8. Police
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307960498

9. Tatiana
Martin Cruz Smith, S&S, $25.99, 9781439140215

10. Identical
Scott Turow, Grand Central, $28, 9781455527205

11. Dust
Patricia Cornwell, Putnam Adult, $28.95, 9780399157578

12. The Bat
Jo Nesbø, Vintage, $14.95, 9780345807090

13. Just One Evil Act
Elizabeth George, Dutton, $29.95, 9780525952961

14. The Silent Wife
A.S.A. Harrison, Penguin, $16, 9780143123231

15. Joyland
Stephen King, Hard Case Crime, $12.95, 9781781162644

16. The Racketeer
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345530578

17. W Is for Wasted
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $28.95, 9780399158988

18. The Best American Mystery Stories 2013
Lisa Scottoline, Otto Penzler (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544034600

19. Never Go Back
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780385344340

20. The Hit
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $15, 9781455521173

21. Still Life
Louise Penny, Griffin, $15.99, 9780312541538

22. Notorious Nineteen
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345527769

23. Spider Woman’s Daughter
Anne Hillerman, Harper, $26.99, 9780062270481

24. How the Light Gets In
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $25.99, 9780312655471

25. The Quest
Nelson DeMille, Center Street, $26, 9781455576425