Haunting Adeline
by H. D. Carlton
Interest peak #2
A dark romance with a stalker plot, heavy themes, and explicit content aimed squarely at adult readers. Divisive, intense, and very popular online. Read the full description
Best for: Adult dark romance readers only, check content notes
Haunting Adeline is #44 on BookWard's Top 100 books for September 2026, with a BookWard Score of 66 out of 100.
Haunting Adeline: reading interest over the past 12 months
Sources: Open Library’s public reading-log and ratings data (dump of 2026-08-31), Wikipedia page views and Wikidata. Monthly counts are exact; they show relative interest among readers of these public sources, not total readership.
Ranked against the other books on this list, Haunting Adeline’s reading interest has run from #2 to #30 over these 12 months. Interest rank blends shelf adds, Wikipedia page views and rating activity, each compared with the other 99 books that month.
Shelf adds by month
Haunting Adeline was added to Open Library readers’ shelves 2,071 times in the past 12 months, peaking in November 2025 with 339 (96% above its monthly average of 173). Over the latest three months (Jun 2026 to Aug 2026) shelf adds were down 43% on the three months before. 86% of the adds were “want to read”, 11% “currently reading” and 4% “already read”.
Want to read Currently reading Already read
What the data says about Haunting Adeline
- Moderate swings. Monthly shelf adds averaged 173 with some ups and downs.
- Busiest and quietest months. November 2025 was its busiest month (339 adds), about 5.7 times its quietest, July 2026 (60).
- Ratings below the list’s middle. Its Open Library average of 3.60 from 324 ratings is 0.52 lower than the middle book on the list (4.12).
- Against its genre. It had 113% more shelf adds than the average Romance book on this list.
- Share of the list. It accounts for 2.0% of all shelf adds recorded for the Top 100 over these 12 months, #9 of 100.
- Its age. First published in 2021 (5 years ago), it is older than 7% of the books on the list.
Each finding is computed from the public data above and shown only when the numbers support it.
Haunting Adeline on the Top 100: rank history
First charted in September 2026. The chart gains a point with every monthly update, so its peak, climbs and falls will show here as they happen.
| Month | Rank | Score |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | #44 | 66 |
Is Haunting Adeline rising or falling?
Cooling It ranks lower this week than over the past year, so interest is softening from its recent level.
On Open Library, Haunting Adeline ranks #28 this week, #26 this month, and #10 over the past year. A longer bar means a higher position. Comparing the three windows shows whether readers are arriving faster than the book's long-term pace. Readings as of 2026-09-30.
Why Haunting Adeline made the Top 100
Haunting Adeline made the list mainly on momentum (+30.9 points) and being read right now (+22.9 points). Its smallest contribution is rising (+0). The BookWard Score blends five public signals, each scored from 0 to 100 and weighted as shown.
The reading-now, rating and rank signals come from Open Library’s public data, not from BookWard’s own readers. The score measures reading interest, not quality or sales. How the score works.
Open Library reader stats for Haunting Adeline
Source: Open Library public reading logs, as of 2026-09-30. BookWard’s own monthly snapshots are added to the picture, and anonymous BookWard reader data will be layered in as the community grows.
More readers have Haunting Adeline open right now than 89% of the other books on this list. These counts come from one public source, so they show relative interest rather than total readership.
Where it sits among Romance books
It is #4 of the 11 Romance books on this month’s list.
About Haunting Adeline
A dark romance with a stalker plot, heavy themes, and explicit content aimed squarely at adult readers. Divisive, intense, and very popular online.
Why it’s here: It rides a wave of reader recommendations, so we include it, with a content warning.
Best for: Adult dark romance readers only, check content notes
At a glance
- First published
- 2021
- Genre
- Romance
- Length
- about 624 pages (the median across its editions)
- Languages
- editions in 3 languages listed on Open Library
- Editions
- 18 on Open Library
- Characters listed
- Zade, Adeline
From Open Library and Wikidata public records. Missing rows mean the records do not list that fact.
Themes
- Stalking
- Dark romance
- Revenge
What reading it is like
Dark and intense romance.
At about 624 pages it is a long read: roughly 12 hours at an average reading pace (about 250 words a minute, 300 words a page). Audiobook and edition lengths vary.
Good to know
Dark romance with graphic violence and sexual assault. Content warnings are recommended before reading. Adult readers only.
The premise
A dark romance about a woman who discovers she is being stalked and finds herself drawn to the man behind it. The book includes heavy themes and explicit scenes.
What you’ll get
- An intense, morally gray hero
- A fast plot with dark twists
- Popular in online reading communities
You might skip it unless you are comfortable with violence, stalking, and explicit content.
More by H. D. Carlton on the Top 100: Hunting Adeline
Pairs well with: Hunting Adeline · Lights Out
Keep exploring the chart
Also on the chart at #43 and #45
Questions about Haunting Adeline
What rank is Haunting Adeline on the Top 100 books?
Haunting Adeline is #44 on BookWard's Top 100 books for September 2026, with a BookWard Score of 66 out of 100.
Is Haunting Adeline rising or falling?
Cooling. It ranks lower this week than over the past year, so interest is softening from its recent level. On Open Library, Haunting Adeline ranks #28 this week, #26 this month, and #10 over the past year.
Why is Haunting Adeline on the Top 100?
Haunting Adeline made the list mainly on momentum (+30.9 points) and being read right now (+22.9 points). Its smallest contribution is rising (+0).
How many people are reading Haunting Adeline right now?
Open Library's reading logs show 983 readers currently reading Haunting Adeline, 10,832 who want to read it and 340 who have logged it as read (as of 2026-09-30). These are counts from one public source, not all readers.
How much interest has Haunting Adeline had over the past year?
2,071 Open Library shelf adds in the past 12 months (peak November 2025, 339); latest three months down 43% on the prior three. Figures come from Open Library and Wikipedia public data.
Who is Haunting Adeline best for?
Adult dark romance readers only, check content notes.
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How we know
This page is built from public data: Open Library’s dated reading-log and ratings dumps, Wikipedia page views, Wikidata, and BookWard’s own monthly Top 100 snapshots. The interest rank blends shelf adds (45%), Wikipedia page views (30%), rating activity (10%) and, for months where a snapshot exists, BookWard’s own score (15%), each as a percentile among the Top 100 books. Every month shown is real data; nothing is estimated. Rankings reflect reading interest, not quality or sales, and can be affected by data gaps. Last updated September 2026. Read the full methodology.
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