Here is the August 2026 ranking of the romance and romantasy books on The New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Fiction Best Sellers list.
August was a very unusual month, with only 4 romance and romantasy books on the list, all of which were romantasy. Half (2 of 4) of the books also appeared on the Amazon Kindle Store Top 100 Best Sellers in Romance (as marked below). Elle Kennedy’s Off Campus series completely disappeared from the list, while A Court of Thorns and Roses managed to snag a #15 spot for one week.
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Data Source
List: The New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Fiction Best Sellers
Sales Period:
August 2026 (4 weeks: August 2 to 29, 2026)1
Methodology: The romance and romantasy books 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 (if needed).
August 2026
🅰️ = Also appeared on Amazon Kindle Store Romance Best Sellers: August 2026 (full list and analysis coming soon)
Adversary to the Villain by Hanna Nicole Maehrer
This Month: 2 weeks (Avg Rank: 8)
All Time: 2 weeksThe Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson 🅰️
This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 6)
All Time: 1 weekThe Lion and the Deathless Dark by Carissa Broadbent
This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 11)
All Time: 1 weekA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 🅰️
This Month: 1 week (Avg Rank: 15)
All Time: 53 weeks
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Sales Period: August 2026 (4 weeks: August 2 to 29, 2026)
↳ Lists Included:
The New York Times Best Sellers lists reflect sales from the week starting three Sundays prior to their publication date.