The Indie Love & Romance Bestseller List

Based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending September 8, 2013.

Love (Nonfiction)

1. Paris in Love: A Memoir
Eloisa James, Random House Trade, $15, 9780812981902

2. The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $14, 9781878424426

3. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
Steve Harvey, Amistad, $13.99, 9780062190987

4. How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving
David Richo, Shambhala, $15.95, 9781570628122

5. Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
Sue Johnson, Little Brown, $26, 9780316113007

6. Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find —  and Keep —Love
Amir Levine, Rachel Heller, Tarcher, $15.95, 9781585429134

7. Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples
Harville Hendrix, Holt, $15.99, 9780805087000

8. Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
John Gray, Quill, $15.99, 9780060574215

9. All About Love: New Visions
Bell Hooks, Harper Perennial, $13.99, 9780060959470

10. Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl — A Woman’s Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship
Sherry Argov, Adams Media, $15.95, 9781580627566

Romance (Fiction)

1. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16, 9780143124542

2. Fifty Shades of Grey
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803481

3. Fifty Shades Darker
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803498

4. Fifty Shades Freed
E.L. James, Vintage, $15.95, 9780345803504

5. Entwined With You
Sylvia Day, Berkley, $15, 9780425263921

6. Bared to You
Sylvia Day, Berkley, $15, 9780425263907

7. Trains and Lovers
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $22, 9780307908544

8. The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic
Emily Croy Barker, Pamela Dorman Books, $27.95, 9780670023660

9. Reflected in You
Sylvia Day, Berkley, $15, 9780425263914

10. First Sight
Danielle Steel, Delacorte, $28, 9780385338301