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 6, 2026.
1. Dungeon Crawler Carl (Paperback)
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20.00, 9780593820254
2. Threshing Day (Wing and Claw Collection) (The Empyrean)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $24.99, 9781682818084
3. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl #2) (Paperback)
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $21.00, 9780593820278
4. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9798217299461
5. The Knave and the Moon (The Stonewater Kingdom #2)
Rachel Gillig, Orbit, $30.00, 9780316601849
6. The Witches of Cambridge
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $29.00, 9781668074640
7. Red Rising
Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780345539809
8. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl #3)
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820285
9. The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl #4)
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593955970
10. The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl #5)
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $35.00, 9780593955994
11. Adversary to the Villain (Assistant and the Villain #4)
Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $19.99, 9781682816721
12. Dead Beat (Ninth House Series #3)
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250884312
13. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575569
14. Dungeon Crawler Carl (Hardcover)
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820247
15. The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl #6)
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $39.00, 9780593956014
16. The Knight and the Moth (Indie Exclusive Edition)
Rachel Gillig, Orbit, $19.99, 9780316608503
17. Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $17.00, 9781451673319
18. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.99, 9781635577808
19. The Midnight Train
Matt Haig, Viking, $30.00, 9780593833377
20. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl #2) (Hardcover)
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820261
21. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935
22. A Parade of Horribles (Dungeon Crawler Carl #8)
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $32.00, 9798217190065
23. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498
24. Sea of Charms: A Spellshop Novel
Sarah Beth Durst, Bramble, $29.99, 9781250400673
25. This Inevitable Ruin (Dungeon Crawler Carl #7)
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $39.00, 9798217190041