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Gay Romance: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Gay Romance, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.49, median 750 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.75 – $5.99 |
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| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 59% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- 59% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 99% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 85% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 750 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Gay Romance best sellers
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Lynx's Ruin (The Wilde Men Book 3)
by Saxon James
- List rank#3
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews183
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Jon and Seiji's Monstrously Macabre Predicament (Jon's Mysteries)
by AJ Sherwood
- List rank#4
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews273
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Monstrous Serpent: A Dark MMM Hockey Romance (South Shore Serpents Book 1)
by E.V. Olsen
- List rank#5
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews4,277
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Goalie Interference: An unputdownable spicy MM hockey romance (On Thin Ice Book 3)
- List rank#6
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews228
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God of Fury: A Dark MM College Romance (Legacy of Gods Book 5)
by Rina Kent
- List rank#10
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews54,206
FAQ
Is Gay Romance a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 750 reviews and sells for $5.49.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Gay Romance?
The median best seller has 750 reviews, and 19% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Gay Romance best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.49; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.75 and $5.99.
Can new books break into Gay Romance?
59% 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.