We’re taking a break from our regularly scheduled bi-weekly bestsellers to bring you the bestsellers of 2021. These are determined by our affiliate sales data, which means these are the top books you all purchased through our site links last year.
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- The Heiress Gets a Duke by Harper St. George Amazon | B&N | Kobo
- Gentleman Jim by Mimi Matthews Amazon | B&N | Kobo
- Ten Things I Hate About the Duke by Loretta Chase Amazon | B&N | Kobo
- Book of Love by Erin Satie Amazon | B&N | Kobo
- A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher Amazon | B&N | Kobo
- The Duke Who Didn’t by Courtney Milan Amazon | B&N | Kobo
- Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown Amazon | B&N | Kobo | GooglePlay
- The Fire in the Glass by Jacquelyn Benson Amazon | B&N | Kobo
- The Devil Comes Courting by Courtney Milan Amazon | B&N | Kobo
- The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon Amazon | B&N | Kobo
Best wishes and reading in the new year!
I’m glad to see A Fire in the Glass on this list, as SBTB’s review of it interested me enough to buy it on Kindle.
And then I’ve gotten all of the series.
Thank you for the new author!
I bought 7 of the 10 books, but I haven’t read them all yet. That’s one of my New Year’s resolutions.
My two favorite books from last year made your list–A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, and Cinnamon and Gunpowder! Thanks much for all your great recommendations.
Yay Loretta Chase! I loved TEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT THE DUKE, and I reread her backlist regularly.
I bought THE HEIRESS GETS A DUKE based on the review here, but haven’t read it yet. I guess that I need to! I keep being stopped in my tracks by the casual use of the name Rothschild for the hero. I remember when that name frequently showed up in anti-Semitic slurs, so seeing it casually used in a romance keeps generated distaste. But I already bought it on sale, so I guess that it’s time.
@Laura George I’ve never seen it as a slur, but I can’t read Rothschild in a 19th Century context without assuming we’re discussing one of the richest families in Europe. Imagine a contemporary romance hero named Bezos– no, no connection to Amazon, why would you think that? It’s a perfectly common name. /s
@laura George – I actually DNF’d the Heiress gets a Duke, partly for that reason, and partly because the heroine was incredibly annoying to me. I just didn’t buy the romance at all, but it might have been a me thing as many people have clearly enjoyed it ♀️
@Ariella: It did make me wonder how knowledgeable the author and editors were about the 19th century. But I’m now extra curious to read it.