The American Booksellers Association’s specialized bestseller lists provide a current overview of what is selling in independent bookstores nationwide.
Here is the list of the best-selling independent films and thrillers, based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending August 1, 2021.
1. The silent patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $ 17.99, 9781250301703
2. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $ 17, 9780525620808
3. The young ladies
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $ 27.99, 9781250304452
4. While justice sleeps
Stacey Abrams, Doubleday, $ 28, 9780385546577
5. The plot
Jean Hanff Korelitz, Celadon Books, $ 28, 9781250790767
6. The president’s daughter
Bill Clinton, James Patterson, Little, Brown and Knopf, $ 30, 9780316540711
7. Hold me
Carl Hiaasen, Vintage Crime / Black Lizard, $ 16.95, 9780525435280
8. The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Killing Vampires
Grady Hendrix, Weird Books, $ 16.99, 9781683692515
9. Fall
TJ Newman, Avid Reader Press / S & S, $ 28, 9781982177881
10. All the devils are here
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $ 17.99, 9781250145246
11. The Last Girls’ Support Group
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $ 26, 9780593201237
12. The hour of the witch
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $ 28.95, 9780385542432
13. Ninth House
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $ 17.99, 9781250751362
14. The only good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones, Galerie / Saga Press, $ 16.99, 9781982136468
15. If it bleeds
Stephen King, Scribner, $ 18, 9781982137984
16. When the stars darken
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $ 28, 9780593237892
17. Later
Stephen King, Hard Case Crime, $ 14.95, 9781789096491
18. One by one
Ruth Ware, Galerie / Scout Press, $ 16.99, 9781501188824
19. The guest list
Lucy Foley, tomorrow, $ 27.99, 9780062868930
20. Still life
Louise Penny, Saint-Martin, $ 17.99, 9780312541538
21. The 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton, Landmark Reference Books, $ 16.99, 9781492670124
22. Our wife in Moscow
Beatriz Williams, Morrow, $ 27.99, 9780063020788
23. We start at the end
Chris Whitaker, Holt, $ 27.99, 9781250759665
24. Dial A for aunts
Jesse Q. Sutanto, Berkley, $ 16, 9780593333037
25. Missing local woman
Mary Kubica, Park Row, $ 27.99, 9780778389446
