The American Booksellers Association’s specialty bestseller lists provide a current snapshot of what’s selling in indie bookstores nationwide.
Here is the Indie Romance Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending August 17, 2025.
1. One Golden Summer
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $19, 9780593638910
2. Great Big Beautiful Life
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441299
3. Problematic Summer Romance
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9798217187430
4. Funny Story
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441213
5. The Enchanted Greenhouse
Sarah Beth Durst, Bramble, $29.99, 9781250333988
6. The Spellshop
Sarah Beth Durst, Bramble, $19.99, 9781250324603
7. Sounds Like Love
Ashley Poston, Berkley, $19, 9780593641002
8. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806734
9. Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431
10. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16, 9781984806758
11. Caught Up: An Into Darkness Novel
Navessa Allen, Zando - Slowburn, $19, 9781638932253
12. Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441190
13. Lights Out: An Into Darkness Novel
Navessa Allen, Zando - Slowburn, $19, 9781638932239
14. Say You'll Remember Me
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $28, 9781538759196
15. Deep End
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9780593550441
16. Every Summer After
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $16, 9780593438534
17. It's a Love Story
Annabel Monaghan, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $19, 9780593714102
18. Book Lovers
Emily Henry, Berkley, $17, 9780593334836
19. Battle of the Bookstores
Ali Brady, Berkley, $19, 9780593640845
20. Can't Get Enough
Kennedy Ryan, Forever, $17.99, 9781538706855
21. First-Time Caller
B.K. Borison, Berkley, $19, 9780593641194
22. Till Summer Do Us Part (Deluxe Edition)
Meghan Quinn, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781464243660
23. Butcher & Blackbird: The Ruinous Love Trilogy
Brynne Weaver, Zando - Slowburn, $18, 9781638931737
24. Slow Dance
Rainbow Rowell, William Morrow Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780063380202
25. This Summer Will Be Different
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $19, 9780593638880