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Genre Fiction (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Books › Literature & Fiction, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Genre Fiction (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Books › Literature & Fiction, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $11.32, median 5,352 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 37/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10.00 – $18.34 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 17% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 97% of Books categories: the median best seller has 5,352 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Its median reviews are 2.1× those of the parent category Literature & Fiction, harder to enter than the parent as a whole.
- 17% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 86% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Genre Fiction best sellers
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This Is How It Always Is: A Novel
by Laurie Frankel
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews41,868
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The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles Book 1)
by TJ Klune
- List rank#3
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews95,903
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John of John (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel
by Douglas Stuart
- List rank#4
- Price$15.54
- Rating4.4
- Reviews6,110
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The Daughters of Rosebud: A Novel
by Sonny Buttar
- List rank#6
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,969
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Canon: A Novel
by Paige Lewis
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews115
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The Last Living Diva
by Matthew Addison
- List rank#8
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews25
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The Song of Achilles: A Novel
- List rank#9
- Price$9.69
- Rating4.5
- Reviews136,196
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Death by Misadventure: A Novel
by Jane Bitomsky
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating3.9
- Reviews2,226
Subcategories
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: LGBTQ+ Fiction
FAQ
Is Genre Fiction a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 37/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 5,352 reviews and sells for $11.32.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Genre Fiction?
The median best seller has 5,352 reviews, and 17% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Genre Fiction best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.32; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.00 and $18.34.
Can new books break into Genre Fiction?
17% 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.