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A graph showing Total Number of Physical Romance Bookstores in the US in 2021 - 3 2022 - 4 2023 - 16 2024 - 55 2025 - 67 The increase from 2022 to 2024 represents a 13.75x or 1275% increase

Lady Jane of @romancingthedata.bsky.social has some data AND graphs about the rise of romance bookstores in the US and globally!

In the US: there's been a 1275% increase between 2022 and 2024. 🤯

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Here is my update on the number of physical romance bookstores. Check out the directory: www.romancingthedata.com/bookstores/

20 Years of AAR Top 100 Romances: A Guest Post Explore AAR's Top 100 Romances list analyzed and discover what romance readers favored over the last two decades.

I wrote a guest blog post for All About Romance, analyzing their Top 100 Romances lists over 20 years: allaboutromance.com/20-years-of-...

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In total, 15 books appear on all 7 of the AAR Top 100 Romances lists—enduring over a 20-year period—and another 16 appear on 6 of the 7 lists. Which is your favourite?

Best of AAR Top 100 Romances I reviewed the AAR (All About Romance) Top 100 Romances lists published between 1998 and 2018 to find out which romance books endured over the 20-year period.

The results are in! I applied my meta-analysis skills to the AAR (All About Romance) Top 100 Romances lists to see which books appeared on the most lists and endured over time. www.romancingthedata.com/p/best-of-aa...

@jenreadsromance.bsky.social this might be of interest to you as you’re the one who introduced me to the AAR Top 100 when you mentioned it on an episode of @fatedmates.net!

Any fans of the AAR Top 100 Romances lists from the olden times? (Last one was published in 2018) If so, I’ve got a new meta-analysis coming tomorrow you might be interested in! (AAR = All About Romance)

Hi, I’m Lady Jane from Romancing the Data! What is my account about?

📚 Combining romance books and spreadsheets
📊 Charts, graphs, lists, rankings + more
🏆 Creator of www.bestofromancebooks.com
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