The Indie Mystery & Thriller 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 Mystery and Thriller Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending August 1, 2021.

1. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703

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

3. The Maidens
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $27.99, 9781250304452

4. While Justice Sleeps
Stacey Abrams, Doubleday, $28, 9780385546577

5. The Plot
Jean Hanff Korelitz, Celadon Books, $28, 9781250790767

6. The President's Daughter
Bill Clinton, James Patterson, Little, Brown and Knopf, $30, 9780316540711

7. Squeeze Me
Carl Hiaasen, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95, 9780525435280

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

9. Falling
T.J. Newman, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $28, 9781982177881

10. All the Devils Are Here
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $17.99, 9781250145246

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

12. Hour of the Witch
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385542432

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

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

15. If It Bleeds
Stephen King, Scribner, $18, 9781982137984

16. When the Stars Go Dark
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $28, 9780593237892

17. Later
Stephen King, Hard Case Crime, $14.95, 9781789096491

18. One by One
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16.99, 9781501188824

19. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930

20. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $17.99, 9780312541538

21. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton, Sourcebooks Landmark, $16.99, 9781492670124

22. Our Woman in Moscow
Beatriz Williams, Morrow, $27.99, 9780063020788

23. We Begin at the End
Chris Whitaker, Holt, $27.99, 9781250759665

24. Dial A for Aunties
Jesse Q. Sutanto, Berkley, $16, 9780593333037

25. Local Woman Missing
Mary Kubica, Park Row, $27.99, 9780778389446