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 at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending September 12, 2021.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. The Final Girl Support Group
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $26, 9780593201237

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

10. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

11. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $17.99, 9780316509886

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

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

14. A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $20.99, 9781250236210

15. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $17.99, 9780316229296

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

17. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006

18. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $17, 9781451673319

19. The Adventure Zone: The Crystal Kingdom
Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Justin McElroy, Carey Pietsch (Illus.), First Second, $19.99, 9781250232656

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

21. The Book of Accidents
Chuck Wendig, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780399182136

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

23. Black Sun
Rebecca Roanhorse, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534437685

24. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Tor, $17.99, 9780765382030

25. She Who Became the Sun
Shelley Parker-Chan, Tor, $27.99, 9781250621801