Lauren Palphreyman Tops Fiction Bestsellers
Lauren Palphreyman's *The Night Prince* holds the top spot on the latest US hardcover fiction bestseller list. The rankings feature a mix of established names like Colleen Hoover and emerging voices including Matt Dinniman, reflecting a dynamic fiction market with diverse reader preferences.
- *The Night Prince* is the second installment in the paranormal "romantasy" series, *The Wolf King*, which involves a princess, wolf shifters, and a love triangle. - Before her print success, Lauren Palphreyman gained a significant following on the online writing platform Wattpad, where her *Cupid's Match* series accumulated over 45 million reads and was developed into a pilot for CW Seed. - The bestseller list also features Matt Dinniman, who represents a different path to success; his popular *Dungeon Crawler Carl* series is a LitRPG (Literary Role Playing Game) science fantasy that he initially self-published on Royal Road before being acquired by Ace Books. - Established author Colleen Hoover, also on the list, has sold more than 20 million books, with her sales in 2022 alone surpassing those of James Patterson and John Grisham combined. - The rise of authors like Palphreyman reflects a growing "romantasy" (romance-fantasy) trend, which has seen a surge in popularity largely driven by the BookTok community on TikTok. - Broader fiction sales show a notable increase in the science fiction and romance genres, indicating a market receptive to the themes present in the current bestsellers.
