NYT Best Seller Analysis: Nov 2025

Monthly breakdown of the NYT Combined Fiction Best Sellers list with a focus on romance and romantasy books.

Apologies for the delay! Here is the November 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: November 2025 (4 weeks: November 2 to 29, 2025)¹

Frontlist = Published in the last year
Backlist = Published more than a year ago

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Romance & Romantasy Book Ranking

All romance and romantasy books on the list in the November 2025 sales period, ranked using a sum of ranks calculation.²

1. Brimstone by Callie Heart
   This Month: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 1)
   All Time: 2 weeks

2. Alchemised by SenLinYu
   This Month: 4 weeks (Avg Rank: 7)
   All Time: 10 weeks

3. The Seven Rings by Nora Roberts
   This Month: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 9)
   All Time: 2 weeks

4. Quicksilver by Callie Heart
   This Month: 3 weeks (Avg Rank: 7)
   All Time: 14 weeks

5. Remain by Nicholas Sparks (with M. Night Shyamalan)
   This Month: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 9)
   All Time: 5 weeks

6. Between Two Kings by Lindsay Straube
   This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 6)
   All Time: 1 week

7. The Book of Azrael by Amber V. Nicole
   This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 9)
   All Time: 1 week

8. Bad Bishop by L.J. Shen
   This Month: 1 weeks (Avg Rank: 11)
   All Time: 1 week

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