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Contemporary (Women's Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Contemporary (Women's Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $5.99, median 14,918 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 14/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 19% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 99% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 14,918 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 19% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 85% 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 Contemporary best sellers
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Wild Dark Shore: Reese's Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- List rank#1
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews74,288
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Three Fates
by Nora Roberts
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,114
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Love You More: A Novel
by Emily Giffin
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews8,600
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The Correspondent: A Novel
- List rank#5
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews179,511
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The Wedding People: A Novel
by Alison Espach
- List rank#6
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews233,118
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Night Road: A Novel
- List rank#7
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews110,854
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The Last Flight: A Novel
by Julie Clark
- List rank#8
- Price$8.77
- Rating4.4
- Reviews78,963
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The Bodyguard: A Novel
- List rank#9
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews49,606
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The Firefly Hour: A Novel
by Annie Rains
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating3.6
- Reviews3
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FAQ
Is Contemporary a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 14/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 14,918 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Contemporary?
The median best seller has 14,918 reviews, and 3% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Contemporary 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 Contemporary?
19% 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.