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 August 3, 2025.
1. Never Flinch
Stephen King, Scribner, $32, 9781668089330
2. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
3. The Tenant
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227318
4. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
5. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
6. Fever Beach
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $30, 9780593320945
7. With a Vengeance
Riley Sager, Dutton, $30, 9780593472408
8. King of Ashes
S. A. Cosby, Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar, $28.99, 9781250832061
9. Don't Let Him In
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781668033876
10. All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker, Crown, $19, 9780593798898
11. The Midnight Feast
Lucy Foley, William Morrow Paperbacks, $18.99, 9780063003118
12. Do Not Disturb
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227288
13. Heartwood
Amity Gaige, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668063606
14. We Solve Murders
Richard Osman, Penguin Books, $19, 9780593653241
15. The First Gentleman
James Patterson, Bill Clinton, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316565103
16. Nightshade
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $30, 9780316588485
17. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17, 9780593468463
18. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
19. The Ghostwriter
Julie Clark, Sourcebooks Landmark, $27.99, 9781464221286
20. The Crash
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227325
21. The Woman in Suite 11
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $29.99, 9781668025628
22. The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296227
23. Murder by Cheesecake
Rachel Ekstrom Courage, Hyperion Avenue, $16.99, 9781368102988
24. Strange Houses
Uketsu, Jim Rion (Transl.), HarperVia, $17.99, 9780063433151
25. The Briar Club
Kate Quinn, William Morrow Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780063244757