New York Times: Top 100 Romance Best Sellers of 2025
Year-end ranking of all the romance and romantasy books on The New York Times Combined Fiction Best Sellers list last year.
I recently published the Amazon Kindle Store Top 100 Romance Best Sellers of 2025 list and—of course!—I had to do a similar consolidated year-end ranking for The New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Fiction Best Sellers list.
In total, 243 unique books appeared on the NYT Combined Fiction Best Sellers list in 2025—103 (or 42%) of which I categorized as Romance & Romantasy. The next biggest genres were Mystery & Thriller at 34% and Fiction at 17%.
I ranked the books based on the number of weeks each was on the list in 2025, followed by the average rank across those weeks. There ended up being a lot of ties, so you’ll see a lot of duplicate numbers on the list.
And although this is called the Top 100 (which just has a nice ring to it), there were actually 103 Romance & Romantasy books on the list so I included them all!
Here’s the list, along with some breakdowns.
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Data Source
List: The New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Fiction Best Sellers
Sales Period: 2025 (52 weeks from December 29, 2024 to December 27, 2025)
Methodology: This 2025 ranking is based on the 52 lists published from January 19, 2025 to January 11, 2026, which I’ve then compiled, consolidated, and ranked based on the number of weeks on the list in 2025, followed by average rank.
Top 100* Romance Best Sellers of 2025
*There were 103 Romance & Romantasy titles on the list, so I included them all.
🅰️ = Also appeared on Amazon Kindle Store Top 100 Romance Best Sellers of 2025
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (2025) 🅰️
2025: 30 weeks (Avg Rank: 7)All Time: 30 weeks
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (2023)
2025: 29 weeks (Avg Rank: 7)All Time: 104 weeks
Lights Out by Navessa Allen (2024)
2025: 24 weeks (Avg Rank: 12)All Time: 27 weeks
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (2023)
2025: 22 weeks (Avg Rank: 8)All Time: 71 weeks
One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune (2025)
2025: 15 weeks (Avg Rank: 5)All Time: 15 weeks
Alchemised by SenLinYu (2025) 🅰️
2025: 14 weeks (Avg Rank: 7)All Time: 14 weeks
Quicksilver by Callie Hart (2024) 🅰️
2025: 14 weeks (Avg Rank: 10)All Time: 18 weeks
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (2025) 🅰️
2025: 12 weeks (Avg Rank: 7)All Time: 12 weeks
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (2015) 🅰️
2025: 12 weeks (Avg Rank: 11)All Time: 50 weeks
Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood (2025)
2025: 8 weeks (Avg Rank: 10)All Time: 8 weeks
Caught Up by Navessa Allen (2025)
2025: 7 weeks (Avg Rank: 7)All Time: 7 weeks
Brimstone by Callie Hart (2025) 🅰️
2025: 6 weeks (Avg Rank: 4)All Time: 6 weeks
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood (2025)
2025: 6 weeks (Avg Rank: 7)All Time: 6 weeks
Remain by Nicholas Sparks with M. Night Shyamalan (2025) 🅰️
2025: 5 weeks (Avg Rank: 7)All Time: 5 weeks
Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez (2025) 🅰️
2025: 4 weeks (Avg Rank: 4)All Time: 4 weeks
Mate by Ali Hazelwood (2025) 🅰️
2025: 4 weeks (Avg Rank: 6)All Time: 4 weeks
Scythe & Sparrow by Brynne Weaver (2025)
2025: 3 weeks (Avg Rank: 7)All Time: 3 weeks
Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry (2025) 🅰️
2025: 3 weeks (Avg Rank: 9)All Time: 3 weeks
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid (2019) 🅰️
2025: 3 weeks (Avg Rank: 11)All Time: 3 weeks
Accomplice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (2025)
2025: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 3)All Time: 2 weeks
Story of My Life by Lucy Score (2025) 🅰️
2025: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 5)All Time: 2 weeks
Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts (2025)
2025: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 7)All Time: 2 weeks
King of Envy by Ana Huang (2025) 🅰️
2025: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 7)All Time: 2 weeks
Summer in the City by Alex Aster (2025)
2025: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 7)
All Time: 2 weeks
The Gingerbread Bakery by Laurie Gilmore (2025)
2025: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 7)All Time: 2 weeks
The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig (2025)
2025: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 7)All Time: 2 weeks
Wild Card by Elsie Silver (2025) 🅰️
2025: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 7)All Time: 2 weeks
The Strawberry Patch Pancake House by Laurie Gilmore (2025)
2025: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 8)All Time: 2 weeks
The Seven Rings by Nora Roberts (2025)
2025: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 9)All Time: 2 weeks
Wild Side by Elsie Silver (2025) 🅰️
2025: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 9)All Time: 2 weeks
Tourist Season by Brynne Weaver (2025)
2025: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 10)All Time: 2 weeks
Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal by Meghan Quinn (2025) 🅰️
2025: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 12)All Time: 2 weeks
A Curse Carved in Bone by Danielle L. Jensen (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 1)All Time: 1 week
Enchantra by Kaylie Smith (2025) 🅰️
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 1)3
All Time: 1 week
Rose in Chains by Julie Soto (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 1)All Time: 1 week
The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 2)All Time: 1 week
The Fallen & The Kiss of Dusk by Carissa Broadbent (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 2)All Time: 1 week
The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 2)All Time: 1 week
The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer L. Armentrout (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 2)All Time: 1 week
Bonds of Hercules by Jasmine Mas (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 3)All Time: 1 week
The Things Gods Break by Abigail Owen (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 3)All Time: 1 week
Wild and Wrangled by Lyla Sage (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 3)All Time: 1 week
Blood of Hercules by Jasmine Mas (2024) 🅰️
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 4)All Time: 1 week
Love Arranged by Lauren Asher (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 4)All Time: 1 week
Releasing 10 by Chloe Walsh (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 4)All Time: 1 week
The Charlie Method by Elle Kennedy (2025) 🅰️
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 4)All Time: 1 week
Can’t Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 5)All Time: 1 week
Firebird by Juliette Cross (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 5)All Time: 1 week
On Wings of Blood by Briar Boleyn (2024) 🅰️
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 5)All Time: 1 week
Rewind It Back by Liz Tomforde (2025) 🅰️
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 5)All Time: 1 week
Scarred by Emily McIntire (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 5)All Time: 1 week
Severed Heart by Kate Stewart (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 5)All Time: 1 week
The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros (2019) 🅰️
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 5)All Time: 1 week
Between Two Kings by Lindsay Straube (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 6)All Time: 1 week
Lover Forbidden by J.R. Ward (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 6)All Time: 1 week
Silver Elite by Dani Francis (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 6)All Time: 1 week
The Defender by Ana Huang (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 6)All Time: 1 week
A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 7)All Time: 1 week
Among the Burning Flowers by Samantha Shannon (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 7)All Time: 1 week
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas (2024)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 7)All Time: 1 week
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig (2022)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 7)All Time: 1 week
Sweet Venom by Rina Kent (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 7)All Time: 1 week
The Night is Defying by Chloe C. Peñaranda (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 7)All Time: 1 week
Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 7)All Time: 1 week
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (2016) 🅰️
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 8)All Time: 1 week
Pitcher Perfect by Tessa Bailey (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 8)All Time: 1 week
Soul Searching by Lyla Sage (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 8)All Time: 1 week
Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 8)All Time: 1 week
Beautiful Venom by Rina Kent (2025) 🅰️
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 9)All Time: 1 week
Dream Girl Drama by Tessa Bailey (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 9)All Time: 1 week
First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 9)All Time: 1 week
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (2021)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 9)All Time: 1 week
The Book of Azrael by Amber V. Nicole (2022)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 9)All Time: 1 week
Three Shattered Souls by Mai Corland (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 9)All Time: 1 week
Till Summer Do Us Part by Meghan Quinn (2025) 🅰️
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 9)All Time: 1 week
Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 10)All Time: 1 week
Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (2023)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 10)All Time: 1 week
Beg, Borrow, or Steal by Sarah Adams (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 10)All Time: 1 week
Burning Daylight by Emily McIntire (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 10)All Time: 1 week
Funny Story by Emily Henry (2024)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 10)All Time: 1 week
Good Spirits by B.K. Borison (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 10)All Time: 1 week
The Robin on the Oak Throne by K.A. Linde (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 10)All Time: 1 week
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas (2017) 🅰️
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 11)All Time: 1 week
Bad Bishop by L.J. Shen (2025) 🅰️
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 11)All Time: 1 week
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune (2022)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 11)All Time: 1 week
Kiss The Villain by Rina Kent (2025) 🅰️
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 11)All Time: 1 week
Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 11)All Time: 1 week
A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas (2021)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 12)All Time: 1 week
Dark Hope by Christine Feehan (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 12)All Time: 1 week
Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 12)All Time: 1 week
For Whom the Belle Tolls by Jaysea Lynn (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 12)All Time: 1 week
It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover (2022)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 12)All Time: 1 week
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas (2019)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 13)All Time: 1 week
Deadly Storms by Christine Feehan (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 13)All Time: 1 week
Pucking Strong by Emily Rath (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 13)All Time: 1 week
Four Ruined Realms by Mai Corland (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 14)All Time: 1 week
God of Fury by Rina Kent (2023)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 14)All Time: 1 week
God of War by Rina Kent (2024)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 14)All Time: 1 week
People Watching by Hannah Bonam-Young (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 14)All Time: 1 week
It Takes a Psychic by Jayne Castle (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 15)All Time: 1 week
Leave Me Behind by K.M. Moronova (2024)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 15)All Time: 1 week
The Love Haters by Katherine Center (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 15)All Time: 1 week
Thunder Game by Christine Feehan (2025)
2025: 1 week (Avg Rank: 15)All Time: 1 week
Authors with Multiple Books on the List
There are 67 unique authors of the 103 Romance & Romantasy books—23 authors have multiple books on the list. The authors with multiple books:
6 books
Sarah J. Maas
5 books
Rina Kent
4 books
Rebecca Yarros
3 books
Ali Hazelwood
Christine Feehan
Emily Henry
Rachel Gillig
2 books
Ana Huang
B.K. Borison
Brynne Weaver
Callie Hart
Carley Fortune
Elsie Silver
Emily McIntire
Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Jasmine Mas
Laurie Gilmore
Lyla Sage
Mai Corland
Meghan Quinn
Navessa Allen
Nora Roberts
Tessa Bailey
Top 103 Breakdown
Subgenre
Contemporary: 51% (53)
Dark: 12.5% (13)
Sports: 8.5% (9)
Small Town: 7.5% (8)
Romantic Comedy: 6.5% (7)
General: 6% (6)
Suspense: 4% (4)
Other: 6% (6)
Romantasy: 40% (41)
Paranormal: 8% (8)
Science Fiction: 1% (1)
Publisher Type
Big Five: 54% (56)
Penguin Random House: 24% (25)
HarperCollins: 10% (10)
Hachette: 8.5% (9)
Macmillan: 8.5% (9)
Simon & Schuster: 3% (3)
Other Traditional: 46% (47)
Sourcebooks: 19% (20)
Entangled: 12% (12)
Bloomsbury: 7% (7)
Zando: 4% (4)
Kensington: 3% (3)
Evil Eye Concepts: 1% (1)
Publication Age (as of last appearance on list)
Frontlist = Published in the last year
Backlist = Published more than a year ago
Frontlist: 79% (81)
Backlist: 21% (22)
Authors
65% unique (67 authors of 103 books)
12% BIPOC (8 of 67 authors)
Authors who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Person of Color) in published interviews and articles.
Covers
Art Style
Illustrated: 72% (74)
Photorealistic: 28% (29)
People
No People: 51% (53)
Woman: 16.5% (17)
Couple Clinched: 16.5% (17)
Couple: 15% (15)
Group: 1% (1)
Level of Undress
for the 50 books with people on the cover
No Undress: 94% (47)
Some Level of Undress: 6% (3)
Man partially undressed: 6% (3)
Woman partially undressed: 0% (0)
Diversity
for the 50 books with people on the cover
BIPOC: 10% (5)
LGBTQ+: 2% (1)
Visible Disability: 0%
Polyamory: 2% (1)
Happy reading! If there’s anything else you’d like to see in this analysis, let me know in the comments!