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Espionage (True Crime, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Espionage (True Crime, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $15.57, median 647 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 27/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.30 – $18.77 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 80% of Books categories: the median best seller has 647 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Espionage best sellers
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The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
- List rank#1
- Price$10.48
- Rating4.7
- Reviews37,567
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CUCKOO'S EGG
by Clifford Stoll
- List rank#2
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,311
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Ghosts of Sicily: The True Story of the Naval Intelligence Agents Who Courted the Mob to Fight Nazis in America and the Battlefields of Italy
by Mark Harmon
- List rank#3
- Price$18.09
- Rating4.4
- Reviews303
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The Havana Syndrome: Secret Weapons, a Government Cover-Up, and the Greatest Spy Mystery of Our Time
by Michael Rey
- List rank#4
- Price$17.29
- Rating4.6
- Reviews29
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Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
- List rank#5
- Price$17.69
- Rating4.6
- Reviews11,696
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A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
- List rank#6
- Price$15.69
- Rating4.5
- Reviews13,174
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One Nation Under Blackmail, Vol. 1: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein
by Whitney Alyse Webb
- List rank#7
- Price$21.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,496
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Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
by Ronan Farrow
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews12,586
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Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA's War on Terror
- List rank#9
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.4
- Reviews770
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Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
by Andy Greenberg
- List rank#10
- Price$17.69
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,246
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FAQ
Is Espionage a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 27/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 647 reviews and sells for $15.57.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Espionage?
The median best seller has 647 reviews, and 11% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Espionage best sellers cost?
The median price is $15.57; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.30 and $18.77.
Can new books break into Espionage?
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.