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Amazon Kindle Store Romance Best Sellers Analysis: Jan 2026

Monthly analysis of the US Kindle Store Top 100 Best Sellers in Romance (Paid), including my exclusive monthly ranking.

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Lady Jane
Feb 13, 2026
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It’s my first analysis of the year and it’s a big one! Now that I have 6-12 months of data for most measures, I can get a much better sense of trends happening.

Welcome to my January 2026 Amazon Kindle Store Top 100 Best Sellers in Romance (Paid) analysis, in partnership with market research newsletter Kindletrends.

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:

Preview of Top 100 list data in Airtable (desktop view)

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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: January 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: January 3, 11, 17 and 25, 2025), 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

  1. Top 20 Book Ranking (Free, all other sections Paid)

  2. Overview

  3. Publisher

  4. Price

  5. Publication Age

  6. Point of View (POV)

  7. Subgenre

  8. Authors

  9. Representation

  10. Covers

  11. Length

  12. Steam/Spice

  13. Series

  14. Reviews

  15. Ratings


1. Top 20 Book Ranking

Top 20 of Kindle Store Monthly Top 100 Best Sellers in Romance (Paid) list for January.

Top 20 Ranking - January 2026

🆕 = New on Top 100 list this month compared to last month

  1. 🆕 Woman Down by Colleen Hoover

  2. Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid

  3. 🆕 Chaotic by Shantel Tessier

  4. The Long Game by Rachel Reid

  5. People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

  6. Game Changer by Rachel Reid

  7. The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros

  8. 🆕 We Who Will Die by Stacia Stark

  9. 🆕 Bluebird Gold by Devney Perry

  10. Brimstone by Callie Hart

  11. Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover

  12. Quicksilver by Callie Hart

  13. 🆕 Accidentally Yours by Christina Lauren

  14. Tough Guy by Rachel Reid

  15. 🆕 Land of Dreams by Gian Sardar

  16. Regretting You by Colleen Hoover

  17. Role Model by Rachel Reid

  18. 🆕 The Exception by Vi Keeland

  19. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

  20. 🆕 Not Mine to Love by Rosa Lucas

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