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Hoaxes & Deceptions (True Crime, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Hoaxes & Deceptions (True Crime, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 599 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 21/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $11.74 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 99 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 30% of the parent category True Crime (1,982), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Books scores 33, 11 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 82% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 599 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Hoaxes & Deceptions best sellers
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The Back Bedroom: A True Story of Exorcism and Murder
by Gregg Olsen
- List rank#1
- Price$1.99
- Rating3.6
- Reviews8,606
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Ordinary Wife: The true story of America’s forgotten serial killer
by Gregg Olsen
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews58
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American Mother: The true story of a troubled family, motherhood, and the cyanide poisonings that shook the world (Dangerous Women - True Crime Stories)
by Gregg Olsen
- List rank#3
- Price$4.99
- Rating3.8
- Reviews3,828
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The Greatest Hoaxes in History: How Lies Shaped the World - Mind-Blowing Deceptions That Fooled Millions: True Stories of History's Most Infamous Lies, Conspiracy Theories, and Cover-ups That Chang
- List rank#4
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews216
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London Falling: The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller
- List rank#5
- Price-
- Rating4.4
- Reviews16,388
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Practice to Deceive (A True Crime Bestseller)
by Ann Rule
- List rank#6
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews3,306
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Love Lies: A True Story of Marriage and Murder in the Suburbs
by Amanda Lamb
- List rank#7
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews4,865
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Deadly Seduction (St. Martin's True Crime Classics)
by Wensley Clarkson
- List rank#8
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews504
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Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast
by Pamela Colloff
- List rank#9
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews578
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The Mother Next Door: Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy
by Andrea Dunlop
- List rank#10
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews566
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FAQ
Is Hoaxes & Deceptions a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 21/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 599 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Hoaxes & Deceptions?
The median best seller has 599 reviews, and 24% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Hoaxes & Deceptions best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $11.74.
Can new books break into Hoaxes & Deceptions?
12% 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.