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 May 18, 2025.
1. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
2. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
3. Heartwood
Amity Gaige, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668063606
4. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
5. The Crash
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227325
6. The Tenant
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227318
7. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $30, 9780593548981
8. How to Solve Your Own Murder
Kristen Perrin, Dutton, $18, 9780593474020
9. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17, 9780593468463
10. Ward D
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227271
11. Murder by Cheesecake
Rachel Ekstrom Courage, Hyperion Avenue, $16.99, 9781368102988
12. None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781982179014
13. Strangers in Time
David Baldacci, Grand Central Publishing, $30, 9781538742051
14. The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296227
15. First Lie Wins
Ashley Elston, Penguin, $19, 9780593492932
16. All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30, 9780593798874
17. The Maid's Secret
Nita Prose, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593875414
18. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
19. Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man)
Jesse Q. Sutanto, Berkley, $19, 9780593546253
20. The Jackal's Mistress
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547642
21. Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063279087
22. The Fury
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250758996
23. Beautiful Ugly
Alice Feeney, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250337788
24. The Last Murder at the End of the World (Deluxe Edition)
Stuart Turton, Sourcebooks Landmark, $17.99, 9781464221842
25. The Perfect Divorce
Jeneva Rose, Blackstone Publishing, $29.99, 9798874620936