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/Thriller Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 13, 2024.

1. We Solve Murders
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653227

2. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570

3. All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30, 9780593798874

4. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987

5. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17, 9780593468463

6. The Housemaid Is Watching
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464221132

7. Death at the Sign of the Rook
Kate Atkinson, Doubleday, $30, 9780385547994

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

9. The Last Devil to Die
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9780593299449

10. Holly
Stephen King, Scribner, $19.99, 9781668014943

11. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Doubleday, $28, 9780385546874

12. Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $18.99, 9781501153235

13. The Housemaid's Secret
Freida McFadden, Mobius, $12.99, 9780349132617

14. The Briar Club
Kate Quinn, William Morrow, $28.99, 9780063244740

15. The Night We Lost Him
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $28.99, 9781668002933

16. The Midnight Feast
Lucy Foley, William Morrow, $30, 9780063003101

17. Spirit Crossing
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179243

18. The Exchange
John Grisham, Vintage, $18, 9780593685280

19. The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296227

20. You Like It Darker: Stories
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781668037713

21. The Perfect Son
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227295

22. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063279032

23. The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $18, 9780593183212

24. The Only One Left
Riley Sager, Dutton, $18, 9780593183243

25. Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
Rupert Holmes, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781451648225