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Dark Fantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Dark Fantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $6.99, median 11,543 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 14/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $12.24 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 17% |
| 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 11,543 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- The same niche in Books scores 32, 18 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Its median reviews are 32% of the parent category Fantasy (36,126), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Dark Fantasy best sellers
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The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 3
- List rank#1
- Price$4.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews95,111
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The Gate of the Feral Gods: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 4
- List rank#2
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews72,956
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The Poison Daughter
- List rank#3
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews78,673
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The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom Book 1)
- List rank#4
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews40,397
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The Emperor's Enemy: A Spicy, Dark Romantasy Novel (Unsurvivable Love Duet Book 1)
by Jasmine Mas
- List rank#7
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews2,370
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Phantasma: A dark fantasy romance (Wicked Games Book 1)
by Kaylie Smith
- List rank#8
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews66,569
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The Queen's Witch (The Tudor Witches Book 1)
by Nancy Kress
- List rank#9
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews1,086
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On Wings of Blood: A Dark Paranormal Romance Set in a Deadly Supernatural Academy (Bloodwing Academy Book 1)
by Briar Boleyn
- List rank#10
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews43,344
Same niche in Books: Low Fantasy
FAQ
Is Dark Fantasy a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 14/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 11,543 reviews and sells for $6.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Dark Fantasy?
The median best seller has 11,543 reviews, and 4% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Dark Fantasy best sellers cost?
The median price is $6.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $12.24.
Can new books break into Dark Fantasy?
17% 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.