The Indie Mystery & Thriller Bestseller List

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 January 16, 2022.

1. State of Terror
Louise Penny, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Simon & Schuster/St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781982173678

2. The Judge's List
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385546027

3. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17, 9781984880987

4. The Searcher
Tana French, Penguin, $18, 9780735224674

5. Silverview
John le Carré, Viking, $28, 9780593490594

6. Never
Ken Follett, Viking, $36, 9780593300015

7. Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250220257

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

9. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703

10. The Dark Hours
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $29, 9780316485647

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

12. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062868947

13. The Madness of Crowds
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145260

14. An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed
Helene Tursten, Soho Crime, $14.99, 9781641291675

15. Billy Summers
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781982173616

16. The Man Who Died Twice
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $26, 9781984880994

17. Better Off Dead
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818508

18. Mercy
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29, 9781538719725

19. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736

20. Still Life
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $17.99, 9780312541538

21. A Line to Kill
Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $27.99, 9780062938169

22. An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
Helene Tursten, Marlaine Delargy (Transl.), Soho Crime, $12.99, 9781641290111

23. Snow
John Banville, Hanover Square Press, $16.99, 9781335629036

24. Moonflower Murders
Anthony Horowitz, Harper Perennial, $17, 9780062955463

25. The Plot
Jean Hanff Korelitz, Celadon Books, $28, 9781250790767