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Criminology (Crime & Criminals, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Criminology (Crime & Criminals, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.73, median 1,148 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 19/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 89% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,148 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $11.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Criminology best sellers
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Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
by John Douglas
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews17,048
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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (One World Essentials)
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews40,552
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The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy (James Patterson True Crime Book 3)
- List rank#3
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews7,745
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In Cold Blood (Vintage International)
by Truman Capote
- List rank#4
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews26,830
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Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI
by Robert K. Ressler
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,837
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Kingpins & Coyotes: 25 Years as a Special Agent Hunting Drug Cartel Bosses and Human Smugglers
by Eric Balliet
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews20
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The Greatest Hoaxes in History: How Lies Shaped the World - Mind-Blowing Deceptions That Fooled Millions: True Stories of History's Most Infamous Lies, Conspiracy Theories, and Cover-ups That Chang
- List rank#7
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews216
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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
- List rank#8
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews9,853
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
by Dave Grossman
- List rank#9
- Price$9.96
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,929
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Angels of Death: A True Story of Murder and Innocence Lost (St. Martin's True Crime Classics)
by Gary C. King
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews58
FAQ
Is Criminology a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 19/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,148 reviews and sells for $9.73.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Criminology?
The median best seller has 1,148 reviews, and 8% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Criminology best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.73; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $11.99.
Can new books break into Criminology?
3% 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.