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 details! Here’s a peak at what the spreadsheet/table looks like on desktop:
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Data Source
List: Amazon Kindle Store Top 100 Best Sellers in Romance (Paid), US Kindle Store. Data accessed from Kindletrends Romance Weekly Newsletter.1
Sales Period: August 2026
Methodology: This is an exclusive monthly ranking I’ve created in consultation with Kindletrends. It’s based on four Kindle Store Top 100 Best Sellers in Romance (Paid) lists pulled throughout the month (accessed from the Kindletrends Romance Weekly Newsletter: August 4, 10, 16, and 25, 2026), which I’ve then compiled and ranked using a sum of ranks calculation. The Monthly Top 100 list generated is the basis for the analysis that follows.
Table of Contents
Top 20 Ranking (Free, all other sections Paid)
Overview
Publisher
Price
Publication Age
Point of View (POV)
Subgenre
Authors
Representation
Covers
Length
Series
Reviews
Ratings
1. Top 20 Ranking
Top 20 of Kindle Store Monthly Top 100 Best Sellers in Romance (Paid) list this month.
🆕 = New on Top 100 list this month compared to last month
🆕 Just for the Plot by Meghan Quinn
Verity by Colleen Hoover
🆕 Cross Check by Chelsea Curto
The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson
🆕 Starside by Alex Aster
How to Ruin a Wedding by Elba Luz
Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune
Crown Me Dead by Liv Zander
🆕 Picture This by Devney Perry
Rules for the Summer by Meghan Quinn
🆕 The Castle in the Glen by Rhys Bowen
🆕 Marriage & Mockery by Wren Shaw
Haunting Adeline by H. D. Carlton
🆕 Philippa Flynn’s Year of Panic and Piracy by Jacqueline Firkins
🆕 How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros
🆕 King of War by Sadie Kincaid
🆕 Cruel Lies by Nicole Fox
🆕 Our Nanny is a Vampire by Lindsey Devin
🆕 Bookish Girl’s Emergency Contact Is a Lycan King by Elara Haze
⬇️ Paid subscribers can see the full list below