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Halloween (Holidays & Celebrations, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Halloween (Holidays & Celebrations, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $7.46, median 2,459 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 21/100 (highly competitive).

21Opportunity / 100
$7.46Median price
2,459Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$6.05 – $9.99
Average rating4.7
New releases (90 days)10%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its review barrier is higher than in 94% of Books categories: the median best seller has 2,459 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • At $7.46 its median price is below 96% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.

Top 10 Halloween best sellers

  1. The Spooky Wheels on the Bus: (A Holiday Wheels on the Bus Book) book cover by J. Elizabeth Mills

    The Spooky Wheels on the Bus: (A Holiday Wheels on the Bus Book)

    by J. Elizabeth Mills

    • List rank#1
    • Price$3.78
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews9,022

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  2. Room on the Broom book cover by Julia Donaldson

    Room on the Broom

    by Julia Donaldson

    • List rank#2
    • Price$6.79
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews36,414

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  3. How to Catch a Monster: A Halloween Picture Book for Kids About Conquering Fears! book cover by Adam Wallace

    How to Catch a Monster: A Halloween Picture Book for Kids About Conquering Fears!

    by Adam Wallace

    • List rank#3
    • Price$5.90
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews4,751

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  4. Little Blue Truck's Halloween: A Fun And Interactive Lift-the-Flap Book For Kids Celebrati book cover by Alice Schertle

    Little Blue Truck's Halloween: A Fun And Interactive Lift-the-Flap Book For Kids Celebrating Halloween With Little Blue Truck And Friends

    by Alice Schertle

    • List rank#4
    • Price$7.43
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews15,054

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  5. Coraline book cover by Neil Gaiman

    Coraline

    by Neil Gaiman

    • List rank#5
    • Price$6.18
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews23,924

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  6. I Spy Spooky Night: A Book of Picture Riddles book cover by Jean Marzollo

    I Spy Spooky Night: A Book of Picture Riddles

    by Jean Marzollo

    • List rank#6
    • Price$8.25
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews5,051

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  7. Five Little Pumpkins: A Rhyming Pumpkin Book for Kids and Toddlers book cover by Tiger Tales

    Five Little Pumpkins: A Rhyming Pumpkin Book for Kids and Toddlers

    by Tiger Tales

    • List rank#7
    • Price$6.28
    • Rating4.9
    • Reviews980

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  8. How to Catch® a Witch: A Halloween Picture Book for Kids book cover by Alice Walstead

    How to Catch® a Witch: A Halloween Picture Book for Kids

    by Alice Walstead

    • List rank#8
    • Price$7.47
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews2,978

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  9. Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2: From the Creator of Diary of a Wimpy book cover by Jeff Kinney

    Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2: From the Creator of Diary of a Wimpy Kid (The Awesome Friendly Kid Series)

    by Jeff Kinney

    • List rank#9
    • Price$10.84
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews511

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  10. Creepy Carrots! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!) book cover by Aaron Reynolds

    Creepy Carrots! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)

    by Aaron Reynolds

    • List rank#10
    • Price$10.07
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews5,895

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Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Halloween

FAQ

Is Halloween a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 21/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 2,459 reviews and sells for $7.46.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Halloween?

The median best seller has 2,459 reviews, and 4% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Halloween best sellers cost?

The median price is $7.46; half of the best sellers are priced between $6.05 and $9.99.

Can new books break into Halloween?

10% 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.