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 2, 2026.
1. Angel Down
Daniel Kraus, Atria Books, $18.00, 9781668068519
2. The Divorce
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $18.99, 9781464249631
3. Mad Mabel
Sally Hepworth, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250284549
4. It Could Have Been Her
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $29.00, 9781668033906
5. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593312070
6. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538742570
7. Dear Debbie
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464249624
8. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
9. Not Quite Dead Yet
Holly Jackson, Bantam, $20.00, 9780593977071
10. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $19.00, 9780593468463
11. Heather
Caitlin Mullen, Celadon Books, $28.99, 9781250400574
12. The Keeper
Tana French, Viking, $32.00, 9780593493465
13. Strange Houses
Uketsu, Jim Rion (Transl.), HarperVia, $17.99, 9780063433151
14. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987
15. Gone Before Goodbye
Harlan Coben, Reese Witherspoon, Grand Central Publishing, $19.99, 9781538781272
16. Death on the Lanai (Golden Girls Cozy Mystery Series)
Rachel Ekstrom Courage, Hyperion Avenue, $18.99, 9781368117876
17. Don't Let Him In
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $19.00, 9781668033883
18. Strange Buildings
Uketsu, HarperVia, $18.99, 9780063514096
19. Never Flinch
Stephen King, Scribner, $20.00, 9781668089347
20. My Husband's Wife
Alice Feeney, Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar, $28.99, 9781250337818
21. Strange Pictures
Uketsu, HarperVia, $17.99, 9780063433083
22. Want to Know a Secret?
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $18.99, 9781464249600
23. Ironwood
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $32.00, 9780316595384
24. The Ending Writes Itself
Evelyn Clarke, Harper, $30.00, 9780063444614
25. The Housemaid's Wedding
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $12.99, 9781628860016