The Indie SciFi/Fantasy 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 SciFi/Fantasy Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 1, 2023.

1. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042

2. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569

3. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498

4. Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20, 9780063021433

5. A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575583

6. A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575606

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

8. Masters of Death
Olivie Blake, Tor Books, $26.99, 9781250892461

9. Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088

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

11. Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781639730957

12. Assistant to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $19.99, 9781649375803

13. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab, Tor, $19.99, 9780765387578

14. This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990

15. A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635577990

16. When Women Were Dragons
Kelly Barnhill, Anchor, $17, 9780593466575

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

18. Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991

19. A Court of Frost and Starlight
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17, 9781635575620

20. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

21. Bunny
Mona Awad, Penguin, $17, 9780525559757

22. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20, 9780593135228

23. House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635577020

24. Book of Night
Holly Black, Tor Books, $19.99, 9781250812216

25. The Mountain in the Sea
Ray Nayler, Picador, $18, 9781250872272