The Indie Sci-Fi & Fantasy Bestseller List

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The American Booksellers Association’s specialty bestseller lists provide a current snapshot of what’s selling in indie bookstores nationwide.

Here is the Indie Sci-Fi & Fantasy Bestseller List, based on sales for the eight-week period ending September 13, 2020. 
 

1. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27, 9780525620785

2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780441013593

3. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $16.95, 9781101971383

4. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

5. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182

6. Peace Talks
Jim Butcher, Ace, $28, 9780451464415

7. The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal
Griffin McElroy Clint McElroy, et al., First Second, $19.99, 9781250232632

8. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28, 9780316509848

9. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.99, 9780316229296

10. Exhalation
Ted Chiang, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101972083

11. Harrow the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tordotcom, $26.99, 9781250313225

12. Axiom’s End
Lindsay Ellis, St. Martin’s, $27.99, 9781250256737

13. If It Bleeds
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781982137977

14. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28, 9780399590597

15. Death in Her Hands
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $27, 9781984879356

16. Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tor.com, $17.99, 9781250313188

17. The Handmaid’s Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006

18. Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780804172448

19. The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones, Gallery/Saga Press, $26.99, 9781982136451

20. The Memory Police
Yoko Ogawa, Vintage, $16, 9781101911815

21. The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $16.99, 9780316421973

22. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $17, 9781451673319

23. A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
Hank Green, Dutton, $27, 9781524743475

24. Lovecraft Country
Matt Ruff, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062292070

25. Kindred
Octavia E. Butler, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807083697