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Crime (Genres, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Crime (Genres, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.95, median 14 reviews, average rating 4.2 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $14.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.2 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 7% of the parent category Genres (200), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 77% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 14 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $14.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Crime best sellers
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The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood
by Sam Wasson
- List rank#1
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,741
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Ultimate Book of Gangster Movies: Featuring the 100 Greatest Gangster Films of All Time
by George Anastasia
- List rank#2
- Price$15.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews51
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Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas
by Glenn Kenny
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews677
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The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir (A Da Capo Paperback)
by Foster Hirsch
- List rank#4
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews118
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Godfather: The Intimate Francis Ford Coppola
by Gene D. Phillips
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews16
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Criminology Goes to the Movies: Crime Theory and Popular Culture
by Nicole Rafter
- List rank#6
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews95
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Criss-Cross: The Making of Hitchcock's Dazzling, Subversive Masterpiece Strangers on a Train
by Stephen Rebello
- List rank#7
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews107
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Dark City Dames: The Women Who Defined Film Noir (Revised and Expanded Edition) (Turner Classic Movies)
by Eddie Muller
- List rank#8
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews592
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Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir (Revised and Expanded Edition) (Turner Classic Movies)
by Eddie Muller
- List rank#9
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews951
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One Night in Idaho: The Bryan Kohberger Case and the Hunt for Justice
by Sherwood Dobson
- List rank#10
- Price$5.99
- Rating3.7
- Reviews19
FAQ
Is Crime a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 14 reviews and sells for $9.95.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Crime?
The median best seller has 14 reviews, and 82% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Crime best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.95; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $14.99.
Can new books break into Crime?
7% 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.