Welcome to the October 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, including 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: October 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: October 3, 11, 19, and 27, 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
Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarros
Verity by Colleen Hoover
A Court of Splintered Harmony by Sarah J. Maas
🆕 The Washwoman at the River’s End by Megan Shade
Trust No One by Mary Burton
Sweet Ruin by Nicole Fox
The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson
🆕 I Accidentally Joined a Wolf Shifter Group Chat by Roxie Ray
🆕 One Moore Time by Mariana Zapata
The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
A Court of Forgotten Melody by Sarah J. Maas
🆕 The Voicemail by Natasha L. Black
Until I Remember by Karla Sorensen
Burn of the Everflame by Penn Cole
🆕 The Ballad of Falling Dragons by Sarah A. Parker
Just for the Plot by Meghan Quinn
Fallen Rook by L.J. Shen
🆕 The Last Goodbye by Laura Pavlov
🆕 Vasmora by Keri Lake
⬇️ Paid subscribers can see the full list below