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 at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending May 14, 2023.

1. The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063003064

2. The Maid
Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18, 9780593356173

3. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987

4. Birnam Wood
Eleanor Catton, FSG, $28, 9780374110338

5. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736

6. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703

7. The White Lady
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $30, 9780062867988

8. Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
Rupert Holmes, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28, 9781451648218

9. Small Mercies
Dennis Lehane, Harper, $30, 9780062129482

10. The It Girl
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $18.99, 9781982155278

11. How to Sell a Haunted House
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $28, 9780593201268

12. Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
Jesse Q. Sutanto, Berkley, $17, 9780593549223

13. Ninth House
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250751362

14. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $30, 9780063279025

15. I Will Find You
Harlan Coben, Grand Central, $30, 9781538748367

16. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062868947

17. A House With Good Bones
T. Kingfisher, Tor Nightfire, $26.99, 9781250829795

18. The Golden Spoon
Jessa Maxwell, Atria Books, $27, 9781668008003

19. Simply Lies
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $30, 9781538750636

20. The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton, Sourcebooks Landmark, $16.99, 9781492670124

21. Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Scribner, $32.50, 9781668002179

22. The House in the Pines
Ana Reyes, Dutton, $27, 9780593186718

23. Storm Watch
C.J. Box, Putnam, $29, 9780593331309

24. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $17, 9780525620808

25. So Shall You Reap
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly Press, $28, 9780802162366