The Indie Mystery & Thriller Bestseller List

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending December 25, 2016.

1. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $16, 9780735212152

2. The Whistler
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541190

3. Night School
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28.99, 9780804178808

4. In a Dark, Dark Wood
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16, 9781501112331

5. The Trespasser
Tana French, Viking, $27, 9780670026333

6. The Mistletoe Murder: And Other Stories
P.D. James, Knopf, $24, 9780451494146

7. The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $26, 9781501132933

8. Razor Girl
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $27.95, 9780385349741

9. Rogue Lawyer
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393484

10. Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $16, 9780425274866

11. In the Woods
Tana French, Penguin, $16, 9780143113492

12. The Best American Mystery Stories 2016
Elizabeth George, Otto Penzler (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544527188

13. A Great Reckoning
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250022134

14. The Girl in the Spider’s Web
David Lagercrantz, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95, 9781101872000

15. Tricky Twenty-Two
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345542977

16. Inferno
Dan Brown, Anchor, $16, 9780804172264

17. Turbo Twenty-Three
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28, 9780345543004

18. No Man’s Land
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29, 9781455586516

19. The Survivor
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $9.99, 9781476783468

20. Still Life
Louise Penny, Griffin, $16.99, 9780312541538

21. Cross Justice
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9781455585137

22. Precious and Grace
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $25.95, 9781101871355

23. Girl Waits With Gun
Amy Stewart, Mariner, $14.95, 9780544800830

24. Gray Mountain
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345543257

25. Find Her
Lisa Gardner, Dutton, $9.99, 9780451477163