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 List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending June 13, 2021.                         

1. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474

2. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28, 9780593318171

3. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204

4. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561

5. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318

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

7. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182

8. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

9. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18, 9781635575569

10. A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $17, 9780593128503

11. Ariadne
Jennifer Saint, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250773586

12. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $16.99, 9780316229296

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

14. Fugitive Telemetry
Martha Wells, Tordotcom, $19.99, 9781250765376

15. The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781982136468

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

17. The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires
Grady Hendrix, Quirk Books, $16.99, 9781683692515

18. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $18, 9780399590610

19. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27, 9781635575637

20. Ready Player Two
Ernest Cline, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781524761332

21. The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
Becky Chambers, Harper Voyager, $16.99, 9780062936042

22. House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18, 9781635577020

23. Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tordotcom, $17.99, 9781250313188

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

25. A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $28, 9781681196282