The Indie Mystery & Thriller Bestseller List

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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 18, 2020. 
 

1. All the Devils Are Here
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145239

2. Squeeze Me
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $28.95, 9781524733452

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

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

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

6. Troubled Blood
Robert Galbraith, Mulholland Books, $29, 9780316498937

7. One by One
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $27.99, 9781501188817

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

9. Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062667632

10. When No One Is Watching
Alyssa Cole, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062982650

11. Battle Ground
Jim Butcher, Ace, $28, 9780593199305

12. The Institute
Stephen King, Gallery Books, $19.99, 9781982110581

13. A Time for Mercy
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385545969

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

15. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin’s, $17.99, 9780312541538

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

17. Disappearing Earth
Julia Phillips, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525436225

18. A Better Man
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $17.99, 9781250066312

19. The Lions of Fifth Avenue
Fiona Davis, Dutton, $27, 9781524744618

20. The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones, Gallery/Saga Press, $26.99, 9781982136451

21. A Private Cathedral
James Lee Burke, S&S, $28, 9781982151683

22. Camino Winds
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385545938

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

24. If It Bleeds
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781982137977

25. Agent Running in the Field
John le Carré, Penguin, $17, 9781984878892