The Trend Desk

What's selling, genre by genre

Every weekday we read the Kindle charts and China's biggest web-fiction platforms, then tell you what it means for your next book. Free, one genre a day.

Monday · RomanceRomance this weekAbout half of the Kindle Romance top 50 is historical romance right now, and several books sit high on the chart with fewer than 100 reviews. Tuesday · MysteryMystery & thriller this weekOne author holds 13 of the top 50 mystery and thriller spots. Short stories and cozy series 15 to 29 books deep are charting too. Wednesday · Science FictionSci-fi & fantasy this weekTwo kinds of series own the Kindle Sci-Fi & Fantasy top 50: game-world LitRPG and romantasy. A funny shifter title is #2. Thursday · HorrorHorror this weekA new Talisman novel pushed Stephen King's older books up the Kindle Horror chart, and dark fantasy romance holds a big share of the top 50. Friday · LiteraryLiterary & general fiction this weekFour genre authors hold 24 of the top 50 Literature & Fiction spots. The book-club novels that stay on the chart have six-figure review counts.

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