The Indie Mystery & Thriller Bestseller List

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The American Booksellers Association’s specialty bestseller lists provide a current snapshot of what’s selling in indie bookstores nationwide.

Here is the Indie Mystery & Thriller Bestseller List, based on sales for the eight-week period ending December 23, 2018.

1. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385544153

2. Kingdom of the Blind
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250066206

3. The Witch Elm
Tana French, Viking, $28, 9780735224629

4. Nine Perfect Strangers
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250069825

5. Past Tense
Lee Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9780399593512

6. Dark Sacred Night
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $29, 9780316484800

7. Hope Never Dies
Andrew Shaffer, Quirk Books, $14.99, 9781683690399

8. The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $16, 9780735221109

9. The Wife Between Us
Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen, St. Martin’s Griffin, $16.99, 9781250130945

10. The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16, 9781501132957

11. Long Road to Mercy
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29, 9781538761571

12. Origin
Dan Brown, Anchor, $9.99, 9780525563709

13. Lethal White
Robert Galbraith, Mulholland, $29, 9780316422734

14. The Rooster Bar
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781101967706

15. Magpie Murders
Anthony Horowitz, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062645234

16. The Feral Detective
Jonathan Lethem, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062859068

17. The Best American Mystery Stories 2018
Louise Penny, Otto Penzler (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99, 9780544949096

18. Still Life
Louise Penny, Griffin, $16.99, 9780312541538

19. A Simple Favor
Darcey Bell, Harper, $16.99, 9780062878649

20. Two Kinds of Truth
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455524167

21. The Collector’s Apprentice
B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $27.95, 9781616203580

22. In a Dark, Dark Wood
Ruth Ware, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501190476

23. Instinct
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Vision, $9.99, 9781478945192

24. The Perfect Nanny
Leila Slimani, Penguin, $16, 9780143132172

25. The Girl in the Spider’s Web
David Lagercrantz, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95, 9780525564560

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