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Gay (Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Gay (Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $3.99, median 15 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $4.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 31% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 3% of the parent category Fiction (583), one of the easier corners under it.
- 31% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 95% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- At $3.99 its median price is below 97% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Gay best sellers
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Notice Me, Jameson Hart
by Christopher J. Brice
- List rank#1
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews222
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Where the Light Falls, A Cozy MM London Romance: SHORT READ - Friends to Lovers, Shy Librarian, Coffee Shop Romance, Mutual Pining, Bookish Romance, ... HFN (The Bloomsbury Cozy MM Romance Series)
by Emory Hale
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews95
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The Way We Swing (Out at Home Book 1)
by Logan Lane
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews24
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The Boy Beside Me: An MM High School Romance (Hallway Hearts Romance Book 3)
by Tyler Young
- List rank#4
- Price$4.99
- Rating3.5
- Reviews2
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And Then He Pressed Play: Track Two
by Robert J. Halliwell
- List rank#5
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews23
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The Boy From Nebraska: A Gay Coming-of-Age Fantasy Romance About First Love and Friendship (The Green Guardian Book 1)
by Luke R. Arnaux
- List rank#6
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews15
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The Last Weekend: (A coming of age story)
by D.K. Daniels
- List rank#7
- Price$4.47
- Reviews-
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The Way We Swing Back (Out at Home Book 2)
by Logan Lane
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews14
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Of Feathers and Thorns
by Kit Vincent
- List rank#9
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews458
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Perfect Boy: A Queer Young Adult Sci-Fi Romance
by Marcus Herzig
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews93
FAQ
Is Gay a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 15 reviews and sells for $3.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Gay?
The median best seller has 15 reviews, and 83% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Gay best sellers cost?
The median price is $3.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $4.99.
Can new books break into Gay?
31% 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.