The Best and Most Popular Paranormal Romance Authors

Paranormal romance has continued to remain one of the most popular genres in books. This is not just considering paranormal or fantasy fiction but taking into account all fiction novels being sold, both in bookstores and digital marketplaces.

Therefore today, I thought it would be a good idea to take a quick look at who are the best, most popular authors in paranormal romance. These authors together account for hundreds of books and have sold well over a hundred million copies worldwide. They are the most acclaimed writers in the genre and a good starting point for those considering getting into reading paranormal romance.

1) Stephanie Meyer

Stephanie Meyer is an American author, born in the year 1973. I had to start this list with Stephanie Meyer thanks to her insanely popular Twilight series.

In fact, even today, Twilight remains one of the highest searched paranormal fantasy novels online. She has sold well over 100 million copies of her books. The Twilight series is also famous for its film adaptations starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.

Stephanie Meyer has been America’s bestselling author twice in 2008 and 2009.

Some of the bestselling books of Stephanie Meyer are as follows:

• Twilight
• New Moon
• Eclipse
• Breaking Dawn

All four books above are from the Twilight Saga series.

2) Christine Feehan

With seven immensely popular series under her repertoire, American author Christine Feehan is without doubt, one of the best and most popular paranormal romance authors in the world.

She is a New York Times bestselling author and incredibly all of her seven series in the paranormal romance genre have reached number one position. She has over 70 published novels selling millions of copies.

Some of the bestselling books of Christine Feehan are as follows:

• Dark Series
• Ghostwalker Series
• Leopard Series
• Shadow Series
• Torpedo Ink Series
• Sea Haven Series
• Drake Sisters Series

Considering there were so many bestselling books to mention, I have listed the names of her seven book series. All of these series are bestsellers.

3) Sherrilyn Kenyon

Sherrilyn Kenyon is an American author who writes Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy and Historical Fantasy. She uses different pen names for Paranormal Romance and Historical Fantasy genres.

She is most famous for her Dark Hunter series although her published work spans several series and a huge number of books.

She is known to be an international bestselling author with 70 million copies sold in almost 100 nations around the world.

Some of the bestselling books of Sherrilyn Kenyon are as follows:

• Entire Dark Hunter series including book 1: Fantasy Lover
• Cloak & Silence from the League: Nemesis Rising series
• Illusion: Chronicles of Nick
• Deadmen Walking: A Deadman’s Cross Novel
• Dragonswan

4) Deborah Harkness

Deborah Harkness is the author of the immensely popular All Souls Trilogy. The series consists of three books named A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night and The Book of Life.

In fact, A Discovery of Witches was recently adapted as a television series with rave reviews. It is also a New York Times bestselling novel.

Deborah Harkness is an American author and lives in California. She is still a professor of History at the University of Southern California.

Some of the bestselling books of Deborah Harkness are as follows:

• A Discovery of Witches
• Shadow of Night
• The Book of Life.

A prequel series to the All Souls Trilogy is also in the works.

5) Nalini Singh

Nalini Singh is a New York Times bestselling author from New Zealand. Born in 1977, she is most famous for her Psy-Changeling and Guild Hunter series. Both series have won a number of awards and nominations in the best paranormal romance category.

Apart from Paranormal Romance, she also writes science fiction and fantasy fiction. I believe she has a little over 50 books to her credit and is still going strong.

Some of the bestselling books of Nalini Singh are as follows:

• Psy-Changeling series
• Guild Hunter series

Considering there were so many books that are on the bestsellers list by Nalini Singh, I have given her two main series above. The books in each series are best read in the order in which they were released.

6) Kerrelyn Sparks

Kerrelyn Sparks is both a USA Today and New York Times bestselling author. She is an American author best known for her Love at Stake series. Her latest series in the paranormal romance category is called Embraced.

The Love at Stake series that made Kerrelyn Sparks a household name for paranormal romance fans consists of 19 books. This includes 16 main books with a novella and two supporting books as well.

Some of the bestselling books of Kerrelyn Sparks are as follows:

• The entire Love at Stake series.
• How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days – Book 1 of Embraced series.
• The Undead Next Door – Book 4 of Love at Stake series.

7) Chloe Neill

Chloe Neill is an American author and is also both a USA Today and New York Times bestselling author. She was born in 1975 and is most famous for her Devil’s Isle and Chicagoland Vampires series.

Apart from Paranormal Romance, Chloe Neill writes Urban Fantasy as well. Her latest work includes The Bright and Breaking Sea series published in 2020.

Some of the bestselling books of Chloe Neill are as follows:

• Entire Chicagoland Vampires series.
• Wild Hunger from The Heirs of Chicagoland.
• The Veil – Book 1 of Devil’s Isle series.

8) Jessica Bird

Jessica Bird is an American author born in 1969. What is interesting is that she writes Contemporary Romance using her name Jessica Bird while she writes Paranormal Romance using the name J.R. Ward.

So if you search for her, make sure you use the correct name to get an idea of her books in each of the genres.

She has won the prestigious Romance Writers of America RITA Award thrice in her writing career and is also a New York Times Bestselling author.

Some of the bestselling books of Jessica Bird / J.R. Ward are as follows:

• Lover Revealed
• From the First (Contemporary Romance)
• Black Dagger Brotherhood Universe

9) Kresley Cole

Kresley Cole is an American author who writes Paranormal Romance, Historical Romance, Contemporary Romance and Young Adult fiction novels.

She is a three-time winner of the Romance Writers of America RITA Award and is also part of the RWA Hall of Fame.

Her most popular Paranormal Romance series is The Immortals After Dark series.

Some of the bestselling books of Kresley Cole are as follows:

• A Hunger Like No Other
• Kiss of a Demon King
• Untouchable/Deep Kiss of Winter
• Lothaire
• Shadow’s Claim

10) Tina St. John

Tina St. John is an American author born in 1966. She writes Historical Romance using her name Tina St. John and Paranormal Romance under the name Lara Adrian.

Her most popular Paranormal Romance books include the entire Midnight Breed Vampire series.

She is a multiple award-winning international and New York Times bestselling author.

Some of the bestselling books of Tina St. John / Lara Adrian are as follows:

• The entire The Midnight Breed series starting with Kiss of Midnight.
• Lord of Vengeance.
• Dragon Chalice Series