The following were the bestselling titles at member stores of the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association during August:

Hardcover

1. The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)
2. 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs (Scribner)
3. The Dead of Winter by Rennie Airth (Viking)
4. New Tricks by David Rosenfelt (Grand Central)
5. Bad Day for Sorry by Sophie Littlefield (St. Martin's)
6. Rain Gods by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster)
7. Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen (Berkley)
7. The Venona Cable by Brent Ghelfi (Holt)
9. The Defector by Daniel Silva (Putnam)
9. Sand Sharks by Margaret Maron (Grand Central)
 
Softcover

1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)
2. Uneasy Relations by Aaron Elkins (Berkley)
3. Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell (Berkley)
4. The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
5. A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen (Berkley)
6. Sew Deadly by Elizabeth Lynn Casey (Berkley)
6. Spackled and Spooked by Jennie Bentley (Berkley)
8. The Bordeaux Betrayal by Ellen Crosby (Pocket)
9. Where Memories Lie by Deborah Crombie (Avon)
10. Envy the Night by Michael Koryta (St. Martin's)

[Many thanks to the IMBA!]