NYT Best Seller Analysis: Sept 2025

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

Here is the September 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: September 2025 (4 weeks: August 31 to September 27, 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 September 2025 sales period, ranked using a sum of ranks calculation.²

FRONTLIST (12 books)

Published in the last year

1. Alchemised by SenLinYu
   This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 1)
   All Time: 1 week

2. Wild Card by Elsie Silver
   This Month: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 7)
   All Time: 2 weeks

3. The Primal of Blood and Bone by Jennifer L. Armentrout
   This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 2)
   All Time: 1 week

4. The Gingerbread Bakery by Laurie Gilmore
   This Month: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 7)
   All Time: 2 weeks

5. Tourist Season by Brynne Weaver
   This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 5)
   All Time: 1 week

6. Lover Forbidden by J.R. Ward

   This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 6)
   All Time: 1 week

7. Among the Burning Flowers by Samantha Shannon
   This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 7)
   All Time: 1 week

8. (TIED FOR 7) Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross
   This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 7)
   All Time: 1 week

9. Pitcher Perfect by Tessa Bailey
   This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 8)
   All Time: 1 week

10. Deadly Storms by Christine Feehan
    This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 13)
    All Time: 1 week

11. People Watching by Hannah Bonam-Young
    This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 14)
    All Time: 1 week

12. Leave Me Behind (Deluxe Edition) by K.M. Moronova
    This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 15)
    All Time: 1 week

BACKLIST (5 books)

Published more than a year ago

1. The Last Letter (Special Edition) by Rebecca Yarros (2019)
   This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 5)
   All Time: 1 week

2. One Dark Window (Hardcover) by Rachel Gillig (2022)
   This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 7)
   All Time: 1 week

3. Two Twisted Crowns (Hardcover) by Rachel Gillig (2023)
   This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 8)
   All Time: 2 weeks

4. Assistant to the Villain (Special Edition) by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (2023)
   This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 10)
   All Time: 1 week

5. Quicksilver (New Cover) by Callie Hart (2024)
   This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 11)
   All Time: 11 weeks

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