The Indie Sci-Fi & Fantasy 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 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Bestseller list based on sales for the eight-week period ending September 15, 2019.

1. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $28.95, 9780385543781

2. The Handmaid’s Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006

3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

4. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719

5. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.99, 9780316229296

6. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716

7. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $15.99, 9781451673319

8. Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman, Norton, $15.95, 9780393356182

9. Exhalation: Stories
Ted Chiang, Knopf, $25.95, 9781101947883

10. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Tor, $16.99, 9780765382030

11. The Store
James Patterson, Richard DiLallo, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538745502

12. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741

13. Hollow Kingdom
Kira Jane Buxton, Grand Central, $27, 9781538745823

14. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110

15. Recursion
Blake Crouch, Crown, $27, 9781524759780

16. The Fall of Gondolin
J.R.R. Tolkien, Alan Lee (Illus.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358131458

17. The City of Brass
S.A. Chakraborty, Harper Voyager, $16.99, 9780062678119

18. Spinning Silver
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $17, 9780399180996

19. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $17, 9780143119685

20. Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16, 9780804172448

21. The Seas
Samantha Hunt, Tin House Books, $15.95, 9781947793569

22. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
Hank Green, Dutton, $16, 9781524743468

23. Stygian
Sherrilyn Kenyon, Tor, $8.99, 9781250102690

24. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699

25. A Darker Shade of Magic
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $15.99, 9780765376466