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/

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

Voting starts in a few hours!! The Lisa Kleypas Historical Hero Showdown. www.instagram.com/romancingthe...

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...

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
💯 Derek Craven WOULD follow