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Forensic Science (Criminal Law, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Forensic Science (Criminal Law, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $18.49, median 73 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 34/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.71 – $34.98 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 7% of the parent category Criminal Law (995), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $12.71 to $34.98, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Forensic Science best sellers
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The Jacklighter: Murder, Betrayal, and Justice in Pennsylvania’s Endless Mountains
by Carla Conti
- List rank#1
- Price$9.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews14
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Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI
by Robert K. Ressler
- List rank#2
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,837
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Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime
by Val McDermid
- List rank#3
- Price$9.29
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,345
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Journey into Darkness
by John Douglas
- List rank#4
- Price$19.59
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,991
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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#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,758
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The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter — A Crime Study
- List rank#6
- Price$11.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,158
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The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle
by Kent Alexander
- List rank#7
- Price$15.14
- Rating4.7
- Reviews849
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Chasing the Ripper
- List rank#8
- Price$0.99
- Rating3.6
- Reviews4,131
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Get the Truth: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Persuade Anyone to Tell All
by Philip Houston
- List rank#9
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.5
- Reviews824
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Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales
by Bill Bass
- List rank#10
- Price$17.29
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,424
FAQ
Is Forensic Science a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 34/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 73 reviews and sells for $18.49.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Forensic Science?
The median best seller has 73 reviews, and 52% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Forensic Science best sellers cost?
The median price is $18.49; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.71 and $34.98.
Can new books break into Forensic Science?
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.