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.
1. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27, 9780525620785
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780441013593
3. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $16.95, 9781101971383
4. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
5. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
6. Peace Talks
Jim Butcher, Ace, $28, 9780451464415
7. The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal
Griffin McElroy Clint McElroy, et al., First Second, $19.99, 9781250232632
8. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28, 9780316509848
9. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.99, 9780316229296
10. Exhalation
Ted Chiang, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101972083
11. Harrow the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tordotcom, $26.99, 9781250313225
12. Axiom’s End
Lindsay Ellis, St. Martin’s, $27.99, 9781250256737
13. If It Bleeds
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781982137977
14. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28, 9780399590597
15. Death in Her Hands
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $27, 9781984879356
16. Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tor.com, $17.99, 9781250313188
17. The Handmaid’s Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006
18. Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780804172448
19. The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones, Gallery/Saga Press, $26.99, 9781982136451
20. The Memory Police
Yoko Ogawa, Vintage, $16, 9781101911815
21. The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $16.99, 9780316421973
22. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $17, 9781451673319
23. A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
Hank Green, Dutton, $27, 9781524743475
24. Lovecraft Country
Matt Ruff, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062292070
25. Kindred
Octavia E. Butler, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807083697