The Indie Love & Romance Bestseller List

Based on sales at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending September 9, 2012.

Love (Nonfiction)

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

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

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

4. If the Buddha Dated: A Handbook for Finding Love on a Spiritual Path
Charlotte Kasl, Penguin, $14, 9780140195835

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

6. 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

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

8. Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
Sue Johnson, Little Brown, $25.99, 9780316113007

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

10. Passionate Marriage: Love, Sex, and Intimacy in Emotionally Committed Relationships
David Schnarch, Norton, $17.95, 9780393334272

Romance (Fiction)

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

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

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

4. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $15, 9780307744432

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

6. The American Heiress
Daisy Goodwin, St. Martin’s Griffin, $14.99, 9780312658663

7. On the Island
Tracey Garvis Graves, Plume, $15, 9780142196724

8. The Last Boyfriend
Nora Roberts, Berkley, $16, 9780425246030

9. The Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $7.99, 9781455508976

10. Friends Forever
Danielle Steel, Delacorte, $28, 9780385343213