Indie Mystery & Thriller Bestsellers

As the big-box bookstore chains fall by the wayside, independent booksellers move to the forefront once again, and are often one of the best resources an author has for a hand-selling boost. Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending August 7, 2011, here are the current leaders (noting that these stats don't include eBook sales just yet, but probably will in the near future after more stores join digital outfits like Google Books):

1. Smokin’ Seventeen by Janet Evanovich (Bantam)
2. The Snowman by Jo Nesbø (Knopf)
3. Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin’s)
4. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (Bantam)
5. The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler (Sarah Crichton Books)
6. The Man From Beijing by Henning Mankell (Vintage)
7. I Still Dream About You Fannie Flagg (Ballantine)
8. The Devil’s Star by Jo Nesbø (Harper)
9. Worth Dying For by Lee Child (Dell)
10. Nemesis by Jo Nesbø (Harper)
11. Burn by Nevada Barr (Minotaur)
12. Iron House by John Hart (Thomas Dunne)
13. Sister by Rosamund Lupton (Crown)
14. The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith (Anchor)
15. Sixkill by Robert B. Parker (Putnam)
16. 10th Anniversary by James Patterson (Maxine Paetro)
17. Maisie Dobbs (Book One) by Jacqueline Winspear (Penguin)
18. The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag by Alan Bradley (Bantam)
19. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon)
20. Killing Floor by Lee Child (Penguin)
21. A Question of Belief by Donna Leon (Penguin)
22. Death in Summer by Benjamin Black (Holt)
23. The Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg (Free Press)
24. The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear (Harper Perennial)
25. Buried Prey by John Sandford (Putnam)