NYT Best Seller Analysis: August 2025
Monthly breakdown of the NYT Combined Fiction Best Sellers list with a focus on romance and romantasy books.
Hello friends! Here is the August analysis of The New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Fiction Best Sellers list focused on romance and romantasy books.
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Data Source
List: The New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Fiction Best Sellers
Sales Period: August 2025 (4 weeks: August 3 to 30, 2025)1
Frontlist = Published in the last year
Backlist = Published more than a year ago
Romance & Romantasy Book Ranking
All romance and romantasy books on the list in the August 2025 sales period, ranked using a sum of ranks calculation.2
FRONTLIST (8 books)
Published in the last year
Accomplice to the Villain by Hanna Nicole Maehrer
This Month: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 3)
All Time: 2 weeksThe Fallen and the Kiss of Dusk by Carissa Broadbent
This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 1)
All Time: 1 weekOnyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
This Month: 4 weeks (Avg Rank: 10)
All Time: 30 weeksOne Golden Summer by Carley Fortune
This Month: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 8)
All Time: 15 weeksLove Arranged by Lauren Asher
This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 4)
All Time: 1 weekOn Wings of Blood by Briar Boleyn
This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 5)
All Time: 1 weekKiss the Villain by Rina Kent
This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 11)
All Time: 1 weekPucking Strong by Emily Rath
This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 13)
All Time: 1 week
BACKLIST (6 books)
Published more than a year ago
Quicksilver (New Cover) by Callie Hart (2024)
This Month: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 3)
All Time: 10 weeksLights Out by Navessa Allen (2024)
This Month: 3 weeks (Avg Rank: 11)
All Time: 25 weeksScarred (Collector’s Edition) by Emily McIntire (2022)
This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 5)
All Time: 10 weeksFourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (2023)
This Month: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 13)
All Time: 97 weeksPeople We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (2021)
This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 9)
All Time: 38 weeksA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (2015)
This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 13)
All Time: 50 weeks
Comparison to Amazon Kindle Store Best Sellers
Did this month’s NYT Combined Fiction Romance & Romantasy Best Sellers also appear on the Amazon Kindle Store Best Sellers in Romance list? Let’s take a look: