Bottom Line June 2024 bestseller lists

The June 2024 bestseller lists are now available free to everyone. Points of interest in June:

Self-published ebook bestsellers: Small-town romance and grumpy/sunshine romance are prevalent this month, with eight titles explicitly referring to one or both tropes in the subtitle. Example: Score on You: A Grumpy x Sunshine Small Town Standalone by Harloe Rae. Also more prevalent in June due to Father’s Day: dad-focused romances.
Self-published print book bestsellers: Guided journals dominate again, this time due to Father’s Day; we removed several guided journals from the list because they were the same title (Dad, I Want to Hear Your Story), only with a different cover color. A new release appears in the seventh spot: The Book of Enoch by Timothy Alberino, a collaboration with the Blurry Creatures podcast, a Christian paranormal show.
Hidden Gems (traditional + self-pub books, print sales only): Relatively new publisher Zando hits the list with two new releases this month: the second installment of the Ruinous Love Trilogy by Brynne Weaver and Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps by Jon Favreau. Freida McFadden’s latest novel, The Housemaid Is Watching (Sourcebooks) takes the top spot.

Top ten hidden gems for the month of June 2024, from The Hot Sheet and Bookstat. Number 1: The Housemaid Is Watching by Freida McFadden, published Jun. 11, 2024. Number 2: The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies by Claude Davis, published Jan. 1, 2019. Number 3: Dad, I Want to Hear Your Story: A Father’s Guided Journal to Share His Life & His Love by Jeffrey Mason, published May. 27, 2019. Number 4: Leather & Lark: The Ruinous Love Trilogy (Ruinous Love 2) by Brynne Weaver, published Jun. 4, 2024. Number 5: The Wren in the Holly Library (Deluxe Limited Edition) by K.A. Linde, published Jun. 4, 2024. Number 6: The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King: Book 2 of the Nightborn Duet (Crowns of Nyaxia 2) by Carissa Broadbent, published Jun. 4, 2024. Number 7: Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps by Jon Favreau, published Jun. 25, 2024. Number 8: Lies I Taught in Medical School: How Conventional Medicine Is Making You Sicker and What You Can Do to Save Your Own Life by Robert Lufkin, MD, published Jun. 4, 2024. Number 9: Mom, I Want to Hear Your Story: A Mother’s Guided Journal to Share Her Life & Her Love by Jeffrey Mason, published Jul. 19, 2019. Number 10: The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs) by Jacqueline Winspear, published Jun. 4, 2024. For more, visit https://hotsheetpub.com/?p=83229

Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.

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