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 July 30, 2023.

1. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736

2. Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Scribner, $20, 9781668002193

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

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

5. Too Late
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591

6. The Maid
Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18, 9780593356173

7. The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063003064

8. Zero Days
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $29.99, 9781982155292

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

10. All the Sinners Bleed
S. A. Cosby, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250831910

11. The Only One Left
Riley Sager, Dutton, $28, 9780593183229

12. Wrong Place Wrong Time
Gillian McAllister, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063252356

13. Small Mercies
Dennis Lehane, Harper, $30, 9780062129482

14. Rogue Justice
Stacey Abrams, Doubleday, $29, 9780385548328

15. A World of Curiosities
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $19, 9781250145307

16. Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
Rupert Holmes, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28, 9781451648218

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

18. Hidden Pictures
Jason Rekulak, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250819352

19. Bad Summer People
Emma Rosenblum, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250887009

20. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central Publishing, $12.99, 9781538742570

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

22. The Bullet That Missed
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9780593299418

23. Birnam Wood
Eleanor Catton, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28, 9780374110338

24. The Boys from Biloxi
John Grisham, Vintage, $18, 9780593469507

25. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
Jesse Q. Sutanto, Berkley, $17, 9780593549223