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the obsession index
romance reading trends
what romance readers cannot stop opening, saving, clicking, and searching for on bybookishbabe.
july 2026 report
20,079all-time reader visits
2,937all-time book opens
303all-time books saved
july 19–25
july's top tropes so far
the trope pages readers opened most during this month's tracking window.
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touch her and die booksmost viewed
protective obsession with teeth
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enemies to lovers booksreader favoriteconflict, banter, earned payoff
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slow burn bookspopular nowthe wait is still part of the appeal
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stalker romance bookspopular nowdark attention and dangerous devotion
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mafia romance bookson the risedanger, loyalty, and powerful families
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insatiable is the book readers opened most.
the words is the book readers saved most.
god of malice and six of crows led book searches.
the action index
july's books readers want
an open means someone wanted a closer look. a save means they want to remember it. a click means they went looking for the book.
what readers are searching for
the search pulse
the books, tropes, and fictional men readers are looking for right now.
“god of malice”
“six of crows”
“johnny kavanagh”
how it works
patterns, never people.
we look at what gets opened, saved, clicked, shared, and searched. no names and no personal profiles, just the bigger reading patterns.
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