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Espionage (True Crime, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Espionage (True Crime, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 632 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $13.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 2% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Only 2% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Its median reviews are 32% of the parent category True Crime (1,982), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 83% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 632 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Espionage best sellers
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CUCKOO'S EGG
by Clifford Stoll
- List rank#1
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,311
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The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
- List rank#2
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews37,565
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Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
by Ronan Farrow
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews12,586
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The Havana Syndrome: Invisible Weapons, a Government Cover-Up, and the Greatest Spy Mystery of Our Time
by Michael Rey
- List rank#4
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews29
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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#5
- Price$10.13
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,945
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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#6
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews303
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A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
- List rank#7
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews13,174
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A Spy Alone (Oxford Spy Ring Book 1)
by Charles Beaumont
- List rank#8
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews10,121
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Don't Look Behind You: Ann Rule's Crime Files #15
by Ann Rule
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,697
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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#10
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews11,696
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FAQ
Is Espionage a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 632 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Espionage?
The median best seller has 632 reviews, and 20% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Espionage best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $13.99.
Can new books break into Espionage?
2% 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.