Romance books again claimed more spots than any other genre on the August list of the top-selling titles published via the Smashwords platform—which are distributed to Amazon, the Apple iBooks store, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Sony, and Diesel. But the bestselling title was a mystery: J.D. Nixon’s Heller’s Decision. The book is the fifth in Nixon’s Heller series and was released August 12. Nixon also grabbed the #11, #12, and #13 spots, with Heller’s Revenge, Heller’s Girlfriend, and Heller’s Punishment, respectively.
The top romance titles included Melody Grace’s Unbroken at #2, the first of the author’s Beachwood Bay books, and right behind Grace at #3 was Rock Chick Revolution by Kristen Ashley. Abbi Glines was the only romance author to have two romance titles in the top 10, with Forever Too Far at #8 and Never Too Far at #10. Two YA books snuck into the top five in August: Chanda Hahn’s fantasy novel Fable, and G.J. Walker-Smith’s romance title Second Hearts.
Rank | Title | Author | Category | Price |
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1 | Heller’s Decision | J.D. Nixon | Mystery | $2.99 |
2 | Unbroken Melody | Grace | Romance | $3.99 |
3 | Rock Chick Revolution | Kristen Ashley | Romance | $4.99 |
4 | Fable | Chanda Hahn | YA Fantasy | $3.99 |
5 | Second Hearts | G.J. Walker-Smith | YA Romance | $2.99 |
6 | Into the Deep | Samantha Young | Romance | $2.99 |
7 | Mud and Gold | Shayne Parkinson | Historical Fiction | $2.99 |
8 | Forever Too Far | Abbi Glines | Romance | $3.99 |
9 | Settling the Account | Shayne Parkinson | Historical Fiction | $2.99 |
10 | Never Too Far | Abbi Glines | Romance | $3.99 |
11 | Heller’s Revenge | J.D. Nixon | Mystery | $2.99 |
12 | Heller’s Girlfriend | J.D. Nixon | Mystery | $2.99 |
13 | Heller’s Punishment | J.D. Nixon | Mystery | $2.99 |
14 | The Road to Forgiveness | Justine Elvira | Romance | $0.99 |
15 | A Second Chance | Shayne Parkinson | Historical Fiction | $2.99 |