RomanceBooks Insights - Subreddit Stats for April 2026
Welcome to the monthly subreddit stats update! See here for previous month's stats. Here's what we'll be sharing in this post:
- Top 20 Books Mentioned
- Top 20 Authors Mentioned
- New & Rising Sub Favorites
- Top 20 Mentioned Books with BIPOC MCs
- Most Mentioned Books by Pairing (MM and FF)
- Most Mentioned Books by Genre (Contemporary, Historical, Fantasy, SciFi)
The below stats are all sourced from the u/romance-bot and include the past month of activity. Ranking is based on the number of times a book or author is called by the bot (which could include recommendations, critiques, reviews, etc). Genre, diverse characters, pairings, and steam groupings are based on how a book is tagged on Romance.io.
April 2026 u/romance-bot activity:
- Total number of books linked: 13,557
- Total number of unique titles: 7,276
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Top 20 Books Mentioned
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Top 20 Authors Mentioned
| Top Authors | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cate C. Wells | 152 |
| 2 | Ali Hazelwood | 128 |
| 3 | Alice Coldbreath | 119 |
| 4 | Lisa Kleypas | 103 |
| 5 | Tessa Bailey | 101 |
| 6 | Liz Tomforde | 88 |
| 7 | Cassandra Gannon | 84 |
| 8 | S.J. Tilly | 78 |
| 9 | Ruby Dixon | 71 |
| 10 | Mariana Zapata | 66 |
| 11 | Abby Jimenez | 64 |
| 12 | Navessa Allen | 63 |
| 13 | Julia Wolf | 59 |
| 14 | Kresley Cole | 58 |
| 15 | Claire Kent | 58 |
| 16 | Stephanie Archer | 57 |
| 17 | Lily Mayne | 55 |
| 18 | Loretta Chase | 54 |
| 19 | Kate Canterbary | 54 |
| 20 | Emily Henry | 54 |
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New Sub Favorites
Data is obtained by the u/romance-bot for the past month of activity and includes only books released within the past 3-months or upcoming releases. This is intended to give a view into the hot / rising books being mentioned in the sub.
| New Favorites | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Game On by Navessa Allen | 18 |
| 2 | His Empress by Emilia Rossi | 16 |
| 3 | Across the Vanishing Sky by Catherine Cowles | 15 |
| 4 | This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews | 14 |
| 5 | A Much Maligned Miss by Alice Coldbreath | 13 |
| 6 | The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez | 11 |
| 7 | And Now, Back to You by B.K. Borison | 10 |
| 8 | In Her Own League by Liz Tomforde | 10 |
| 9 | Unbound by Peyton Corinne | 10 |
| 10 | Removed due to deceptive self promotion | 9 |
| 11 | Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian | 8 |
| 12 | The Wild Card by Stephanie Archer | 8 |
| 13 | The Wild Card by Piper Rayne | 8 |
| 14 | The Wrong Catch by C.R. Jane | 8 |
| 15 | No Matter What by Cara Bastone | 7 |
| 16 | Love Overboard by Kandi Steiner | 7 |
| 17 | Enchanted by Envy by Nik Knight | 7 |
| 18 | It's All in Your Head by Sabina Nordqvist | 6 |
| 19 | Of Ink and Alchemy by Sloane St. James | 6 |
| 20 | Ryder by Jessica Peterson | 6 |
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##Top 20 Books with BIPOC MCs
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##Most Mentioned Books by Pairing
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##Most Mentioned Books by Genre
| contemporary | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Against A Wall by Cate C. Wells | 41 |
| 2 | Lights Out by Navessa Allen | 28 |
| 3 | Failure to Match by Kyra Parsi | 27 |
| 4 | Deep End by Ali Hazelwood | 26 |
| 5 | Play Along by Liz Tomforde | 24 |
| 6 | The Maddest Obsession by Danielle Lori | 23 |
| 7 | The Right Move by Liz Tomforde | 22 |
| 8 | The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce | 22 |
| 9 | Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver | 22 |
| 10 | Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young | 22 |
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| science fiction | Count | |
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| 1 | The Last Hour of Gann by R. Lee Smith | 12 |
| 2 | Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon | 9 |
| 3 | When She Belongs by Ruby Dixon | 9 |
| 4 | Married to the Alien Cowboy by Ursa Dax | 9 |
| 5 | Strange Love by Ann Aguirre | 7 |
| 6 | Choosing Theo by Victoria Aveline | 7 |
| 7 | Removed due to deceptive self promotion | 7 |
| 8 | Wrangled by the Alien Rancher by Ursa Dax | 6 |
| 9 | Devotion by Claire Kent | 5 |
| 10 | Last Light by Claire Kent | 5 |
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Enjoy!