The Indie Love and Romance Bestseller Lists

In recognition of Valentine's Day, we present the Indie Love and Romance Bestseller Lists. Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending February 9, 2010.

Love (Nonfiction)

1.

The Five Love Languages
Gary Chapman, Moody, $14.99, 9781881273158

2.

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
Steve Harvey, Amistad, $23.99, 9780061728976

3.

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

4.

Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples
Harville Hendrix, Holt, $15, 9780805087000

5.

Dear Old Love: Anonymous Notes to Former Crushes, Sweethearts, Husbands, Wives & Ones That Got Away
Andy Selsberg (Ed.), Workman, $9.95, 9780761156055

6.

What French Women Know: About Love, Sex, and Other Matters of the Heart and Mind
Debra Ollivier, Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155628

7.

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
John Gray, Quill, $14.99, 9780060574215

8.

Us: Americans Talk About Love
John Bowe (Ed.), Faber & Faber, $16, 9780865479296

9.

The Brain in Love: 12 Lessons to Enhance Your Love Life
Daniel G. Amen, Three Rivers , $14, 9780307587893

10.

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

 

Romance (Fiction)

1.

The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest, $14.95, 9780156029438

2.

Knit Two
Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $15, 9780425229927

3.

Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $8.99, 9780440212560

4.

Knit the Season
Kate Jacobs, Putnam, $24.95, 9780399156380

5.

The White Queen
Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, $25.99, 9781416563686

6.

The Friday Night Knitting Club
Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096

7.

Bed of Roses
Nora Roberts, Berkley, $16, 9780425230077

8.

Divine Misdemeanors
Laurell K. Hamilton, Ballantine, $26, 9780345495969

9.

Dragonfly in Amber
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $8.99, 9780440215622

10.

Vision in White
Nora Roberts, Berkley, $16, 9780425227510