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Amazon Kindle Store Romance Best Sellers Analysis: August 2026 (opens the original)
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Welcome to the August 2026 Amazon Kindle Store Top 100 Best Sellers in Romance (Paid) analysis, in partnership with market research newsletter Kindletrends. Sorry that it’s late again this month!Free subscribers get access to the Top 20 Ranking, while paid subscribers get access to the full analysis, as well as the Top 100 list data I’ve compiled in Airtable—perfect for fellow data nerds who like to get into the
New York Times Romance Best Sellers Ranking: August 2026 (opens the original)
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Here is the August 2026 ranking of the romance and romantasy books on The New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Fiction Best Sellers list.August was a very unusual month, with only 4 romance and romantasy books on the list, all of which were romantasy. Half (2 of 4) of the books also appeared on the Amazon Kindle Store Top 100 Best Sellers in Romance (as marked below). Elle Kennedy’s <a href="ht
Romance Bookstore Update: August 2026 (opens the original)
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August was a busy month and there are now 326 physical (brick-and-mortar) romance bookstores in the the directory!I added several Australian romance bookstores this month, thanks to a reader who directed me to the Australian Romance Readers Association list of romance bookstores (thanks, Jarnae!).Welcome to new Supporter of the directory, Verse & Vine, a romance-focused bookstore in Poulsbo, Washington. If you’re interested i
CALENDAR: Romance Bookstore Openings and Closings (opens the original)
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Amazon Kindle Store Romance Best Sellers Analysis: July 2026 (opens the original)
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Welcome to the July 2026 Amazon Kindle Store Top 100 Best Sellers in Romance (Paid) analysis, in partnership with market research newsletter Kindletrends. Sorry that it’s late this month!Free subscribers get access to the Top 20 Ranking, while paid subscribers get access to the full analysis, as well as the Top 100 list data I’ve compiled in Airtable—perfect for fellow data nerds who like to get into the details
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