KDP categories · Top KDP authors
Criminal Law (Law, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Criminal Law (Law, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $7.49, median 880 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $11.62 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 86% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 880 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $11.62, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Criminal Law best sellers
-
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
by John Douglas
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews17,048
-
Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever
by Joseph Cox
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews880
-
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (One World Essentials)
- List rank#3
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews40,552
-
Riders on the Storm (Historical True Crime)
by Sherri Kukla
- List rank#4
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews202
-
Redemption: Faith, Justice, and Sisterhood on Death Row
- List rank#5
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews28
-
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer – A #1 NYT Bestselling Serial Killer Investigation
by Michelle McNamara
- List rank#6
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews26,997
-
Dead Center: Behind the Scenes at the World's Largest Medical Examiner's Office
by Shiya Ribowsky
- List rank#7
- Price$12.16
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,073
-
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
by Dave Grossman
- List rank#8
- Price$9.96
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,929
-
Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi
by Neal Bascomb
- List rank#9
- Price$10.13
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,945
-
When a Killer Calls: A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town — A Profiler's Memoir (Cases of the FBI’s Original Mindhunter Book 2)
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,758
Subcategories
Same niche in Books: Criminal Law
FAQ
Is Criminal Law a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 880 reviews and sells for $7.49.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Criminal Law?
The median best seller has 880 reviews, and 22% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Criminal Law best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.49; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $11.62.
Can new books break into Criminal Law?
8% 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.