The Indie SciFi/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 SciFi/Fantasy Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending September 18, 2022.

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

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

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

4. Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $25, 9780593321447

5. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593311295

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

7. Nona the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tordotcom, $28.99, 9781250854117

8. This Time Tomorrow
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780525539001

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

10. The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $28, 9780593355336

11. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

12. When Women Were Dragons
Kelly Barnhill, Doubleday, $28, 9780385548229

13. A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18, 9781635575583

14. Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $27.99, 9780063021426

15. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250236234

16. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367

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

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

19. The Priory of the Orange Tree
Samantha Shannon, Bloomsbury Publishing, $20, 9781635570304

20. The Book Eaters
Sunyi Dean, Tor, $26.99, 9781250810182

21. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $17, 9781451673319

22. Upgrade
Blake Crouch, Ballantine, $28, 9780593157534

23. The Ministry for the Future
Kim Stanley Robinson, Orbit, $18.99, 9780316300148

24. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17, 9781635577808

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