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Crime (Literature & Fiction › Women's Fiction › Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Crime (Literature & Fiction › Women's Fiction › Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $4.99, median 9,072 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 14/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.74 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 16% |
| 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 9,072 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- At $4.99 its median price is below 91% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
- 16% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 78% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Crime best sellers
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Three Fates
by Nora Roberts
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,114
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The Detective's Wife: An absolutely gripping and unputdownable psychological thriller packed with nail-biting twists
by Mary Stone
- List rank#2
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,682
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The Inmate: A gripping psychological thriller
- List rank#3
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews275,448
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Reaper's Wrath: A Secret Twin Mafia Captive Romance (The Moretti Men)
- List rank#5
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews735
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The Housewife
by Natalie Barelli
- List rank#6
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews21,513
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To His Ex-Wife: A gripping, heart-racing psychological thriller (The Stone Family Book 2)
by Willow Rose
- List rank#7
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews1,003
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The Girl Behind the Gates: The gripping, heartbreaking historical bestseller based on a true story
by Brenda Davies
- List rank#9
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews67,009
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Local Woman Missing: A Novel of Domestic Suspense – A Twisted Psychological Thriller About a Small Town’s Darkest Secrets
by Mary Kubica
- List rank#10
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews125,200
FAQ
Is Crime a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 14/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 9,072 reviews and sells for $4.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Crime?
The median best seller has 9,072 reviews, and 5% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Crime best sellers cost?
The median price is $4.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.74 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Crime?
16% 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.