The Indie Sci-Fi & Fantasy Bestseller List

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Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending September 20, 2015.

1. The Martian
Andy Weir, Broadway, $15, 9781101903582

2. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $14, 9780307887443

3. Armada
Ernest Cline, Crown, $26, 9780804137256

4. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $15.95, 9780804170123

5. The Bone Clocks
David Mitchell, Random House, $18, 9780812976823

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

7. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $15, 9781451673319

8. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

9. Secondhand Souls
Christopher Moore, Morrow, $26.99, 9780061779787

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

11. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699

12. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741

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

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

15. A Dance With Dragons
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553582017

16. Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345538987

17. A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780345543981

18. The Queen of the Tearling
Erika Johansen, Harper, $12.99, 9780062290380

19. The Girl With All the Gifts
M.R. Carey, Orbit, $15, 9780316334754

20. Ender’s Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780765370624

21. The Book of Life
Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $17, 9780143127529

22. The Water Knife
Paolo Bacigalupi, Knopf, $25.95, 9780385352871

23. The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Natasha Pulley, Bloomsbury, $26, 9781620408339

24. A Discovery of Witches
Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $17, 9780143119685

25. The Magician’s Land
Lev Grossman, Plume, $16, 9780147516145