The Indie Love & Romance 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 Love & Romance Bestseller List, based on sales for the eight-week period ending September 1, 2019.

Love (Nonfiction)

1. The 5 Love Languages
Gary Chapman, Northfield, $15.99, 9780802412706

2. How to Love
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781937006884

3. Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find — and Keep —Love
Amir Levine, Rachel Heller, Tarcher, $17, 9781585429134

4. The Ethical Slut, Third Edition: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Other Freedoms in Sex and Love
Janet W. Hardy, Dossie Easton, Ten Speed Press, $18.99, 9780399579660

5. Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
John Gottman, Ph.D., et al., Workman, $24.95, 9781523504466

6. Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
Sue Johnson, Little Brown, $27, 9780316113007

7. Best Self: Be You, Only Better
Mike Bayer, Dey Street Books, $26.99, 9780062911735

8. Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples: Third Edition
Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD, St. Martin’s Griffin, $17.99, 9781250310538

9. Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
Sharon Salzberg, Flatiron Books, $16.99, 9781250076519

10. Letters to My Love: Write Now. Read Later. Treasure Forever.
Lea Redmond, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452142678

Romance (Fiction)

1. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16, 9780735220690

2. Ghosted
Rosie Walsh, Penguin, $16, 9780525522799

3. The Wedding Party
Jasmine Guillory, Berkley, $15, 9781984802194

4. Cottage by the Sea
Debbie Macomber, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780399181276

5. The Mister
E.L. James, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898326

6. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699

7. Time’s Convert
Deborah Harkness, Penguin, $18, 9780399564536

8. The Golden Hour
Beatriz Williams, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062834751

9. Tailspin
Sandra Brown, Vision, $8.99, 9781455572137

10. The Last Anniversary
Liane Moriarty, Harper, $7.99, 9780062937926