Top 100 Romance Best Sellers of 2025: Amazon Kindle Store
My exclusive annual ranking of the U.S. Kindle Store Top 100 Best Sellers in Romance (Paid).
Now that 2025 has come to a close, it’s time for some year-end analysis.
I’ve been using my monthly ranking methodology to report the Amazon Kindle Store Top 100 Best Sellers in Romance for the past six months, so I decided to apply it to a whole year’s worth of data!
That’s right. I compiled 52 Top 100 lists pulled from the Amazon Kindle Store weekly throughout 2025.
That’s 5,200 books, which I consolidated down to 1,155 unique books to determine the top 100.
Here’s the list, along with a few superlatives and breakdowns!
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Data Source
List: Amazon Kindle Store Top 100 Best Sellers in Romance (Paid), U.S. Kindle Store. Data accessed from Kindletrends Romance Weekly Newsletter.1
Sales Period: 2025
Methodology: This 2025 ranking is based on 52 Kindle Store Top 100 Best Sellers in Romance (Paid) lists pulled weekly throughout the year, which I’ve then compiled and ranked using a sum of ranks calculation.
Top 100 Romance Best Sellers of 2025
Till Summer Do Us Part by Meghan Quinn (2025)
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (2025)
Quicksilver by Callie Hart (2024)
Story of My Life by Lucy Score (2025)
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid (2019)
Regretting You by Colleen Hoover (2019)
The Fall Risk by Abby Jimenez (2025)
What She Saw by Mary Burton (2025)
Brimstone by Callie Hart (2025)
The First Witch of Boston by Andrea Catalano (2025)
Hot for Slayer by Ali Hazelwood (2025)
Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry (2025)
Rewind It Back by Liz Tomforde (2025)
Wild Side by Elsie Silver (2025)
The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore (2023)
The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros (2019)
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez (2024)
Wild Card by Elsie Silver (2025)
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (2025)
Rebound by Sadie Kincaid (2025)
The Butcher by Penelope Sky (2025)
Wildest Dreams by L.J. Shen (2025)
Outlier by Susie Tate (2025)
Bridesmaid by Chance by Meghan Quinn (2025)
The Long Game by Rachel Reid (2022)
King of Envy by Ana Huang (2025)
Phantasma by Kaylie Smith (2024)
Haunting Adeline by H. D. Carlton (2021)
Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal by Meghan Quinn (2025)
Bad Bishop by L.J. Shen (2025)
Game Changer by Rachel Reid (2019)
Wild Love by Elsie Silver (2024)
Alchemised by SenLinYu (2025)
Zodiac Academy: The Awakening by Caroline Peckham (2019)
Variation by Rebecca Yarros (2024)
The Surrogate Mother by Freida McFadden (2018)
The Women of Arlington Hall by Jane Healey (2025)
Promise Me Forever by Sadie Kincaid (2025)
The Kill Clause by Lisa Unger (2025)
Mate by Ali Hazelwood (2025)
The Wolf King by Lauren Palphreyman (2023)
Verity by Colleen Hoover (2018)
The Charlie Method by Elle Kennedy (2025)
Whispers and Wildfire by Claire Kingsley (2025)
Gild by Raven Kennedy (2020)
Kiss of the Basilisk by Lindsay Straube (2025)
The Ritual by Shantel Tessier (2021)
Kiss The Villain by Rina Kent (2025)
Chasing Shelter by Catherine Cowles (2025)
God of Malice by Rina Kent (2022)
The Fix by Mia Sheridan (2025)
The Carver by Penelope Sky (2025)
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez (2022)
Handsome Devil by L. J. Shen (2025)
Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover (2022)
Flawless by Elsie Silver (2022)
Insatiable by Leigh Rivers (2023)
Forged in Blood by Sadie Kincaid (2024)
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (2015)
Snow Place Like Home by Laura Pavlov (2025)
The Deal by Elle Kennedy (2015)
The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris by Evie Woods (2025)
How My Neighbor Stole Christmas by Meghan Quinn (2024)
On Wings of Blood by Briar Boleyn (2024)
Mile High by Liz Tomforde (2022)
Enchantra by Kaylie Smith (2025)
Beautiful Venom by Rina Kent (2025)
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (2016)
Twisted Love by Ana Huang (2021)
Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole (2023)
Blood of Hercules by Jasmine Mas (2024)
King of Wrath by Ana Huang (2022)
Feathers so Vicious by Liv Zander (2023)
Inked Adonis by Nicole Fox (2025)
The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods (2023)
The Things We Water by Mariana Zapata (2025)
Love & Other Killers by Brynne Weaver (2025)
10 Days to Ruin by Nicole Fox (2025)
Wild Eyes by Elsie Silver (2024)
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas (2017)
Playboy by Brittanee Nicole (2025)
Dating After the End of the World by Jeneva Rose (2025)
Falling by Christina Lauren (2025)
Origin In Death by J. D. Robb (2025)
Mountain Boss by S.J. Tilly (2025)
The Path to Loving Him by Meghan Quinn (2025)
The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros (2021)
Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez (2025)
Hunting Adeline by H. D. Carlton (2022)
Wrong Number. Right Don. by Natasha L. Black (2025)
Forbidden Vows by K.C. Crowne (2025)
In Good Company by Kat Singleton (2025)
Heartless by Elsie Silver (2022)
Remain by Nicholas Sparks with M. Night Shyamalan (2025)
The Night Prince by Lauren Palphreyman (2025)
Zodiac Academy 2: Ruthless Fae by Caroline Peckham (2019)
Eldritch by Keri Lake (2025)
The One That Got Away by Mike Gayle (2025)
Just Say Yes by Lena Hendrix (2025)
Gloves Off by Stephanie Archer (2025)
Most Lists
Four books appeared on all 52 Top 100 lists used to compile this ranking:
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (2025) - ranked #2
Quicksilver by Callie Hart (2024) - ranked #3
The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros (2019) - ranked #16
God of Malice by Rina Kent (2022) - ranked #50
Interestingly, only three of these books ranked in the top 20 overall. Even though it appeared on all 52 lists, God of Malice by Rina Kent ranked #50 overall because it’s average rank was relatively low.
Most Books
There are 64 unique authors of the 100 books on this list—22 authors have multiple books on the list. The authors with the most books on the list:
6 books
Elsie Silver
4 books
Abby Jimenez
Rebecca Yarros
3 books
Colleen Hoover
L.J. Shen
Meghan Quinn
Rachel Reid
Rina Kent
Sarah J. Maas
Top 100 Breakdown
Average Price: $6.56
Kindle Unlimited: 85% available in KU
Average Length: 432 pages
Series: 74% part of a series
Publisher Type:
Self Published - 59%
Other Traditional - 23%
Big Five - 18%
Publication Age (as of last appearance on list):
Frontlist - 59% (published in last year)
Backlist - 41% (published more than a year ago)
Subgenre:
Contemporary - 69%
Romantasy - 22%
Paranormal - 6%
Historical - 3% (not genre romance)
Other Subgenre Elements:
23% described as “dark”
12% mention “billionaire”
11% mention “alpha”
4% holiday romance
Authors:
64% unique (64 authors of 100 books)
5% BIPOC (3 of 64 authors)
Authors who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Person of Color) in published interviews and articles.
Representation:
BIPOC - 5%
LGBTQ+ - 5%
Polyamory - 1%
Book POV:
First - 87%
Third - 13%
Blurb POV:
First - 37%
Third - 63%
Happy reading! If there’s anything else you’d like to see in this analysis, let me know in the comments!
Books must be assigned at least one Romance subcategory in the US Kindle Store to be included. Books may be assigned to different categories in the Kindle Store vs. Amazon Books section. It’s rather confusing, I know.







Thank you for doing this analysis! This is so interesting. I’m surprised that one of Ali Hazelwoods novellas made the top 10 instead of one of her other two full length books this year! Is there anyway to break down by debut authors?