The American Booksellers Association’s specialty bestseller lists provide a current snapshot of what’s selling in indie bookstores nationwide.
Here is the Indie SciFi/Fantasy Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 5, 2025.
1. Katabasis (Deluxe Limited Edition)
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $35, 9780063021471
2. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
3. Alchemised
SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
4. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
V. E. Schwab, Tor Books, $29.99, 9781250320520
5. A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
Sangu Mandanna, Berkley, $19, 9780593439371
6. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30, 9780593820247
7. Katabasis (Standard Edition)
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $32, 9780063446243
8. Accomplice to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $19.99, 9781649378545
9. Hemlock & Silver
T. Kingfisher, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250342034
10. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
11. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
12. Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20, 9780063021433
13. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
14. Red Rising
Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18, 9780345539809
15. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182
16. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
17. The Enchanted Greenhouse
Sarah Beth Durst, Bramble, $29.99, 9781250333988
18. Wild Reverence
Rebecca Ross, Saturday Books, $32, 9781250373359
19. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $17, 9781451673319
20. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
21. The Spellshop
Sarah Beth Durst, Bramble, $19.99, 9781250324603
22. Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
23. Quicksilver (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Callie Hart, Forever, $33, 9781538774205
24. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $18, 9780525435006
25. Automatic Noodle
Annalee Newitz, Tordotcom, $24.99, 9781250357465