The Indie 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 Romance Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending August 13, 2023.

1. Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27, 9780593441275

2. Love, Theoretically
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $17, 9780593336861

3. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368

4. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734

5. It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226

6. Meet Me at the Lake
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $18, 9780593438558

7. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758

8. Book Lovers
Emily Henry, Berkley, $17, 9780593334836

9. Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776

10. Icebreaker
Hannah Grace, Atria, $17.99, 9781668026038

11. Every Summer After
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $16, 9780593438534

12. Romantic Comedy
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $28, 9780399590948

13. Never Never
Colleen Hoover, Tarryn Fisher, Canary Street Press, $17.99, 9781335004888

14. Same Time Next Summer
Annabel Monaghan, Putnam, $17, 9780593544969

15. Ugly Love
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781476753188

16. The Seven Year Slip
Ashley Poston, Berkley, $17, 9780593336502

17. Heart Bones
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668021910

18. The Love Hypothesis
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $16, 9780593336823

19. You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
Akwaeke Emezi, Atria, $17, 9781982188719

20. The Bodyguard
Katherine Center, St. Martin's Griffin, $17, 9781250219411

21. Yours Truly
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $16.99, 9781538704394

22. All Your Perfects
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501193323

23. Twisted Love
Ana Huang, Bloom Books, $17.99, 9781728274867

24. November 9
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110344

25. Unfortunately Yours
Tessa Bailey, Avon, $18.99, 9780063239036