Kindle Romance Falls as LitRPG Titles Surge
New data cited from analyst Alexander Newhouse of Klytics, reported via an interview with Jane Friedman, shows the romance genre's share of the top 100 best-selling US Kindle books dropped from 60% last year to 48% this year, even when counting romantasy titles. Mystery, thriller, and suspense now account for 31% of the top 100, while science fiction and fantasy hold 10%. The report also notes that Amazon changed its Kindle sales rank update frequency from hourly to daily in May 2025, a shift analysts say reduces the visibility spike authors get from email blast campaigns. Separately, the…
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