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 Mystery & Thriller Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 17, 2021.

1. The Madness of Crowds
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145260

2. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062868947

3. Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt, $28.99, 9781250220257

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

5. Billy Summers
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781982173616

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

7. State of Terror
Louise Penny, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Simon & Schuster/St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781982173678

8. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984880987

9. Lightning Strike
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $27, 9781982128685

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

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

12. Velvet Was the Night
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $28, 9780593356821

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

14. The Man Who Died Twice
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $26, 9781984880994

15. My Heart Is a Chainsaw
Stephen Graham Jones, Gallery/Saga Press, $26.99, 9781982137632

16. Silverview
John le Carré, Viking, $28, 9780593490594

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

18. Snow
John Banville, Hanover Square Press, $16.99, 9781335629036

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

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

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

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

23. Nine Perfect Strangers
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250069832

24. Mrs. March
Virginia Feito, Liveright, $26, 9781631498619

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