The American Booksellers Association’s specialty bestseller lists [3] provide a current snapshot of what’s selling in indie bookstores nationwide.

Here is the Indie Sci-Fi/Fantasy Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending June 12, 2022. 

1. Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $25, 9780593321447

2. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593311295

3. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474

4. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318

5. This Time Tomorrow
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780525539001

6. Book of Night
Holly Black, Tor, $27.99, 9781250812193

7. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18, 9781635575569

8. When Women Were Dragons
Kelly Barnhill, Doubleday, $28, 9780385548229

9. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780593438374

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

11. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

12. The Atlas Six
Olivie Blake, Tor, $25.99, 9781250854513

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

14. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17, 9781635577808

15. A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18, 9781635575583

16. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $17, 9780525620808

17. House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18, 9781635577020

18. Nettle & Bone
T. Kingfisher, Tor, $25.99, 9781250244048

19. The Ministry for the Future
Kim Stanley Robinson, Orbit, $17.99, 9780316300148

20. The Priory of the Orange Tree
Samantha Shannon, Bloomsbury Publishing, $20, 9781635570304

21. The Anomaly
Hervé Le Tellier, Other Press, $16.99, 9781635421699

22. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204

23. Under the Whispering Door
TJ Klune, Tor, $26.99, 9781250217349

24. The Once and Future Witches
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $17.99, 9780316422017

25. Fevered Star
Rebecca Roanhorse, Gallery/Saga Press, $27.99, 9781534437739