The Indie Sci-Fi & Fantasy Bestseller List

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending September 17, 2017.

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

2. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $16, 9780307887443

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

4. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

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

6. Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman, Norton, $25.95, 9780393609097

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

8. Dark Matter
Blake Crouch, Broadway, $16, 9781101904244

9. A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345535429

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

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

12. The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland, Morrow, $35, 9780062409164

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

14. The Stone Sky
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $16.99, 9780316229241

15. The Magicians
Lev Grossman, Plume, $16, 9780452296299

16. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Bantam, $18, 9780553393705

17. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719

18. All the Birds in the Sky
Charlie Jane Anders, Tor, $15.99, 9780765379955

19. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Tor, $15.99, 9780765382030

20. Seven Stones to Stand or Fall
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte Press, $30, 9780399593420

21. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803

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

23. The Wise Man’s Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919

24. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780060853983

25. Smoke
Dan Vyleta, Anchor, $16.95, 9781101910405