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 Indie Mystery & Thriller Bestseller List, based on sales for the eight-week period ending October 13, 2019.

1. The Institute
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781982110567

2. A Better Man
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250066213

3. The Witch Elm
Tana French, Penguin, $17, 9780735224643

4. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062678423

5. The Girl Who Lived Twice
David Lagercrantz, Knopf, $27.95, 9780451494344

6. The Outsider
Stephen King, Gallery, $18.99, 9781501181009

7. It
Stephen King, Scribner, $19.99, 9781982127794

8. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620938

9. Lady in the Lake
Laura Lippman, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062390011

10. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin’s, $16.99, 9780312541538

11. The New Girl
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834836

12. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697

13. Past Tense
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593536

14. One Good Deed
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29, 9781538750568

15. Kingdom of the Blind
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $16.99, 9781250066305

16. The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525505310

17. The Word Is Murder
Anthony Horowitz, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062676801

18. Spymaster
Brad Thor, Pocket, $9.99, 9781476789422

19. Magpie Murders
Anthony Horowitz, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062645234

20. The Feral Detective
Jonathan Lethem, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062859075

21. The Bitterroots
C.J. Box, Minotaur, $27.99, 9781250051059

22. Big Sky
Kate Atkinson, Little Brown, $28, 9780316523097

23. Look Alive Twenty-Five
Janet Evanovich, Putnam, $9.99, 9780399179242

24. Blood Work
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781478948339

25. Land of Wolves
Craig Johnson, Viking, $28, 9780525522508