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Abductions, Kidnappings & Missing Persons: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Abductions, Kidnappings & Missing Persons, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 156 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 27% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 8% of the parent category True Crime (1,982), one of the easier corners under it.
- 27% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $11.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Abductions, Kidnappings & Missing Persons best sellers
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If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
by Gregg Olsen
- List rank#1
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews187,287
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Out of the Woods: A Girl, a Killer, and a Lifelong Struggle to Find the Way Home
by Gregg Olsen
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews19,532
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The Scientist and the Serial Killer: The Search for Houston's Lost Boys
by Lise Olsen
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews149
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The Stepmother: A totally gripping psychological thriller with a twist you won’t see coming
by Sheila Bugler
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews122
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True Crime Case Histories - Volume 29: 12 Disturbing Stories of Murder and Mayhem
by Jason Neal
- List rank#5
- Price$5.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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Unthinkable: Lori Vallow Daybell’s Plot to Kill Me, and How Family, Faith, and Hope Saved Me
by Brandon Boudreaux
- List rank#6
- Price$10
- Reviews-
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A Stolen Life: A Memoir
by Jaycee Lee Dugard
- List rank#7
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews12,949
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Blood in the Water: The Untold Story of a Family Tragedy
by Casey Sherman
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews328
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Portrait of a Monster: Joran van der Sloot, a Murder in Peru, and the Natalee Holloway Mystery
by Lisa Pulitzer
- List rank#9
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews303
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Stolen: A True Story—Kidnapped, Rescued, Redeemed
by Lauren Burns
- List rank#10
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews89
FAQ
Is Abductions, Kidnappings & Missing Persons a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 156 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Abductions, Kidnappings & Missing Persons?
The median best seller has 156 reviews, and 41% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Abductions, Kidnappings & Missing Persons best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $11.99.
Can new books break into Abductions, Kidnappings & Missing Persons?
27% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.