The Indie Mystery & Thriller Bestseller List

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending January 4, 2015.

1. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, Broadway, $15, 9780553418361

2. Gray Mountain
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385537148

3. The Burning Room
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $28, 9780316225939

4. The Escape
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $28, 9781455521197

5. Sycamore Row
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345543240

6. The Handsome Man’s De Luxe Café
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $24.95, 9780307911544

7. Hope to Die
James Patterson, Little Brown, $29, 9780316210966

8. Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307341556

9. Dark Places
Gillian Flynn, Three Rivers, $14, 9780307341570

10. The Cuckoo’s Calling
Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling, Mulholland, $18, 9780316206853

11. Moriarty
Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $26.99, 9780062377180

12. The Secret Place
Tana French, Viking, $27.95, 9780670026326

13. Flesh and Blood
Patricia Cornwell, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062325341

14. Inferno
Dan Brown, Anchor, $9.99, 9781400079155

15. Personal
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28, 9780804178747

16. The Target
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $16, 9781455521180

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

18. The Best American Mystery Stories 2014
Laura Lippman, Otto Penzler (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544034648

19. Mistress
James Patterson, David Ellis, Vision, $10, 9781455515882

20. How the Light Gets In
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $15.99, 9781250047274

21. Command Authority
Tom Clancy, Mark Greaney, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425275139

22. Tatiana
Martin Cruz Smith, Simon & Schuster, $16, 9781439140222

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

24. Ordinary Grace
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $16, 9781451645859

25. The Bones of Paris
Laurie R. King, Bantam, $16, 9780345531780