New York Times Romance Best Sellers Ranking: April 2026

Monthly ranking of the romance and romantasy books on The New York Times Combined Fiction Best Sellers list.

Here is the April 2026 ranking of the romance and romantasy books on The New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Fiction Best Sellers list.

I’m always fascinated by the differences between The New York Times and Amazon Kindle Store best sellers. This month, only 43% (6 of 14) of the NYT romance best sellers appeared on the Amazon Kindle Store Top 100 Best Sellers in Romance (as marked below).

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Data Source

List: The New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Fiction Best Sellers

Sales Periods:
April 2026 (5 weeks: March 29 to May 2, 2026)¹

Methodology: The romance and romantasy book on the list are ranked by:

• number of weeks on the list this month

• then average rank this month

• then number of weeks on the list all time.

April 2026

🅰️ = Also appeared on Amazon Kindle Store Romance Best Sellers: April 2026

1. Game On by Navessa Allen 🅰️
   This Month: 5 weeks (Avg Rank: 7)
   All Time: 5 weeks

2. The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez 🅰️
   This Month: 4 weeks (Avg Rank: 11)
   All Time: 5 weeks

3. Rites of the Starling by Devney Perry 🅰️
   This Month: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 5)
   All Time: 2 weeks

4. Purple State by Dana Perino 🅰️
   This Month: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 7)
   All Time: 2 weeks

5. (tied for #4) Starside by Alex Aster
   This Month: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 7)
   All Time: 2 weeks

6. King of Gluttony by Ana Huang
   This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 3)
   All Time: 1 week

7. Twisted Pawn by L.J. Shen 🅰️
   This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 8)
   All Time: 1 week

8. Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
   This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 11)
   All Time: 17 weeks

9. Blood Bound by Ellis Hunter
   This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 11)
   All Time: 1 week

10. Bulletproof by K.M. Moronova
    This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 12)
    All Time: 1 week

11. Lights Out by Navessa Allen 🅰️
    This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 14)
    All Time: 31 weeks

12. Bloodsinger by Juliette Cross
    This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 14)
    All Time: 1 weeks

13. (tied for #12) The Throne of Broken Gods by Amber V. Nicole
    This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 14)
    All Time: 1 weeks

14. The Auction by Sadie Kincaid
    This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 15)
    All Time: 1 weeks

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1. Sales Period: April 2026 (5 weeks: March 29 to May 2, 2026)

↳ Lists Included:

• April 19, 2026

• April 26, 2026

• May 3, 2026

• May 10, 2026

• May 17, 2026

The New York Times Best Sellers lists reflect sales from the week starting three Sundays prior to their publication date.