Amazon Kindle Store Romance Best Sellers Analysis: May 2026
Monthly analysis of the US Kindle Store Top 100 Best Sellers in Romance (Paid), including my exclusive monthly ranking.
Welcome to the May 2026 Amazon Kindle Store Top 100 Best Sellers in Romance (Paid) analysis, in partnership with market research newsletter Kindletrends.
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: May 2026
Methodology: This is an exclusive monthly ranking I’ve created in consultation with Kindletrends. It’s based on five Kindle Store Top 100 Best Sellers in Romance (Paid) lists pulled throughout the month (accessed from the Kindletrends Romance Weekly Newsletter: May 3, 10, 16, 25 and 31, 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
The Deal by Elle Kennedy
🆕 Rules for the Summer by Meghan Quinn
🆕 King of Gluttony by Ana Huang
The Score by Elle Kennedy
The Mistake by Elle Kennedy
🆕 Fever Dream by Elsie Silver
Rites of the Starling by Devney Perry
Dire Bound by Sable Sorensen
Crown Me Dead by Liv Zander
🆕 Fury Bound by Sable Sorensen
🆕 Kirill by Lilian Harris
Love Song by Elle Kennedy
Verity by Colleen Hoover
Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry
🆕 The Heart You Kept by T L Swan
The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros
🆕 The Better Brother by Kai Lesy
🆕 The Goal by Elle Kennedy
🆕 Crown Me Yours by Liv Zander
🆕 Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune
⬇️ Paid subscribers can see the full list below