Mel Robbins’s self-help title The 5 Second Rule, which aims to help readers destroy doubt, tops the list of bestselling titles on the Smashwords platform for the month of April.

An unlikely top seller on a list typically dominated by romance, The 5 Second Rule, which debuted on our list in February at #10, is the second title (after Stop Saying You’re Fine) from Robbins, a CNN commentator, vlogger, and high-profile keynote speaker.

Romance dominates the next several spots. Natasha Preston’s Broken Silence, at #2, has been a bestseller since its debut on the Smashwords list in 2014. Karina Halle is at #3 with Before I Ever Met You, Sydney Landon grabs the #4 spot with Fractured, and Leeanna Morgan is in at #5 with Always.

Other notable titles include Ashley Black’s The Cellulite Myth (#7); Derrick Jaxn’s poetry book I Still Want It (#14); and Steven Greer’s Unacknowledged (#23), a UFO exposé.

Rank Title Author ISBN Genre Price
1 The 5 Second Rule Mel Robbins 9781682612392 Self-Help $9.99
2 Broken Silence Natasha Preston 9781301920686 Romance $0.99
3 Before I Ever Met You Karina Halle 9781370956159 Romance $3.99
4 Fractured Sydney Landon 9781310171895 Romance $3.99
5 Always Leeanna Morgan 9780994136626 Romance $3.99
6 Mended Sydney Landon 9781311353504 Romance $3.99
7 The Cellulite Myth Ashley Black 9781682612897 Health $9.99
8 Not You It’s Me Julie Johnson 9780991311392 Romance $5.99
9 If You Were Mine Jennifer Sucevic 9781370681112 Romance $2.99
10 Fall to You Lexi Ryan 9781940832944 Romance $3.99
11 Cross the Line Julie Johnson 9780996510813 Romance $5.99
12 Neanderthal Marries Human Penny Reid 9780989281065 Humor $5.99
13 The Proposal Katie Ashley 9781301578511 Romance $3.99
14 I Still Want It Derrick Jaxn 9781310456886 Poetry $9.99
15 All for This Lexi Ryan 9781940832951 Romance $3.99
16 The Valerie Dearborn Trilogy Caroline Hanson 9781301183524 Romance $8.99
17 A Beautiful Funeral Jamie McGuire 9781310169199 Romance $3.99
18 Love Is Fear Caroline Hanson 9781465874900 Romance $4.99
19 Who Glares Wins Camilla Chafer 9780956908698 Mystery/Thriller $3.99
20 Rose Sydney Landon 9781311632401 Romance $3.99
21 Playing for Keeps Leeanna Morgan 9780994119087 Romance $3.99
22 Deceit Can Be Deadly Nicky Charles 9781370765263 Romance $3.99
23 Unacknowledged Steven Greer 9781943957101 History $9.99
24 Blackrock Island J. Lee Burke 9781604521290 Mystery/ $8.99
25 Beautiful Burn Jamie McGuire 9781310232152 Romance $5.99

Based on gross sales for the month of April.