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 October 19, 2025.
1. The Impossible Fortune
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653258
2. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
3. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
4. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538742570
5. The Surrogate Mother
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227301
6. All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker, Crown, $19, 9780593798898
7. The Tenant
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227318
8. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17, 9780593468463
9. Not Quite Dead Yet
Holly Jackson, Bantam, $28, 9780593977057
10. Clown Town
Mick Herron, Soho Crime, $29.95, 9781641297264
11. The Hallmarked Man
Robert Galbraith, Mulholland Books, $40, 9780316586009
12. Strange Houses
Uketsu, Jim Rion (Transl.), HarperVia, $17.99, 9780063433151
13. The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $19, 9781250328151
14. The Intruder
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $27.99, 9781464260919
15. The Briar Club
Kate Quinn, William Morrow Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780063244757
16. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
17. Apostle's Cove
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $29, 9781982179304
18. The Midnight Feast
Lucy Foley, William Morrow Paperbacks, $18.99, 9780063003118
19. You Like It Darker: Stories
Stephen King, Scribner, $20, 9781668037720
20. Do Not Disturb
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227288
21. Strange Pictures
Uketsu, HarperVia, $17.99, 9780063433083
22. The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296227
23. The Man Who Died Twice
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984881014
24. We Solve Murders
Richard Osman, Penguin, $19, 9780593653241
25. Never Flinch
Stephen King, Scribner, $32, 9781668089330