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Contemporary (Literature & Fiction › Contemporary Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Contemporary (Literature & Fiction › Contemporary Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 1,057 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.89 – $6.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 19% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 5% of the parent category Contemporary Fiction (23,140), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,057 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.
Top 10 Contemporary best sellers
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Roped in Rawhide: An Enemies to Lovers Small Town Romance
by Harloe Rae
- List rank#1
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews213
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The Man from Stone Creek (A Stone Creek Novel Book 1)
by Linda Lael Miller
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,559
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Joe Pickett: A Mysterious Profile (Mysterious Profiles)
by C. J. Box
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,602
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Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (Vintage International)
- List rank#4
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews22,041
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Tattered Stars (The Tattered & Torn Series Book 1)
by Catherine Cowles
- List rank#5
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews16,868
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Colton: A Hammond Brothers Novel (Christmas at Whiskey Mountain Lodge in Coral Canyon™ Book 1)
by Liz Isaacson
- List rank#6
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews5,187
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MACK: A Small-Town One-Night Stand Single Dad Forbidden Romance (Devil's Ridge: The BAD BOYS of Hellfire Ranch)
by Ivy Starck
- List rank#7
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews32
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Frontier Ghosts: A Coogan Mystery (Frontier Series Book 6)
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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Giant: A Novel (Perennial Classics)
by Edna Ferber
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,118
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Roping Her In: A Grumpy Cowboy Workplace Romance & Small Town Saga (Cowboys of Three Rivers Book 13)
by Liz Isaacson
- List rank#10
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews335
FAQ
Is Contemporary a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,057 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Contemporary?
The median best seller has 1,057 reviews, and 11% 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 $4.89 and $6.99.
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.