The Indie Mystery & Thriller Bestseller List

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending July 31, 2016.

1. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $16, 9781594634024

2. The Girl in the Spider’s Web
David Lagercrantz, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95, 9781101872000

3. Make Me
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780804178792

4. The Cartel
Don Winslow, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95, 9781101873748

5. Finders Keepers
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501100123

6. Gray Mountain
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345543257

7. Girl Waits With Gun
Amy Stewart, Mariner, $14.95, 9780544800830

8. The Fireman
Joe Hill, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062200631

9. Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $16, 9780425274866

10. Cross Justice
James Patterson, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455585120

11. Invisible
James Patterson, David Ellis, Vision, $9.99, 9781455585021

12. A Banquet of Consequences
Elizabeth George, Penguin, $16, 9780451467850

13. Worth Dying For
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780440246299

14. Descent
Tim Johnston, Algonquin, $15.95, 9781616204778

15. Career of Evil
J.K. Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith, Mulholland, $17.99, 9780316349895

16. The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine
Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, $15, 9780804169912

17. The Murder House
James Patterson, David Ellis, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455589906

18. The Scam
Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345543172

19. The Melody Lingers On
Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, $7.99, 9781476749129

20. The Whites
Richard Price, Picador USA, $16, 9780312621308

21. The Stranger
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $9.99, 9780451414137

22. Mr. Mercedes
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501125607

23. The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400031702

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

25. Bull Mountain
Brian Panowich, Putnam, $16, 9780425282281