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Contemporary (Women's Fiction, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Contemporary (Women's Fiction, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.74, median 20,571 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 18/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 17% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 99% of Books categories: the median best seller has 20,571 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- At $9.74 its median price is below 92% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
- 17% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 86% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Contemporary best sellers
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Bad in Bed
- List rank#1
- Price$17.14
- Rating4.8
- Reviews14
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Wild Dark Shore: Reese's Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- List rank#2
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews74,288
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Three Fates
by Nora Roberts
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,114
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The Correspondent: A Novel
- List rank#5
- Price$6.50
- Rating4.5
- Reviews179,511
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Verity
- List rank#6
- Price$10.82
- Rating4.6
- Reviews538,270
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Love You More: A Novel
by Emily Giffin
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews8,600
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The Wedding People: A Novel
by Alison Espach
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews233,118
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Night Road: A Novel
- List rank#9
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews110,854
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The Last Flight: A Novel
by Julie Clark
- List rank#10
- Price$8.77
- Rating4.4
- Reviews78,963
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Contemporary
FAQ
Is Contemporary a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 18/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 20,571 reviews and sells for $9.74.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Contemporary?
The median best seller has 20,571 reviews, and 6% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Contemporary best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.74; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Contemporary?
17% 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.