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Horror (Horror, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Horror (Horror, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $4.99, median 324 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 19/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.74 – $7.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 16% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category Horror (15,360), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $4.99 its median price is below 91% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
- 16% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 78% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Horror best sellers
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Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (Vintage International)
- List rank#1
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews22,041
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An Unwanted Western Halloween (Unwanted Bastards MC Book 4)
by Elizabeth N. Harris
- List rank#2
- Price$4.60
- Rating4.8
- Reviews72
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Murder in the Mountains (A Sheriff Elven Hallie Mystery Book 2)
by Drew Strickland
- List rank#3
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews5,182
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Hunted in the Holler (A Sheriff Elven Hallie Mystery Book 3)
by Drew Strickland
- List rank#4
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,987
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Legends of the Fall
by Jim Harrison
- List rank#5
- Price$12.32
- Rating4.4
- Reviews3,250
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Terrifying Towns: Dead Man's Gulch Vol. 2 - Creepy Small Town Horror Stories
- List rank#6
- Price$0.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews4
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I Travel by Night and Last Train from Perdition
by Robert McCammon
- List rank#7
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews324
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Dire Wolf of the Quapaw: a Jubal Smoak Mystery (Jubal Smoak Mysteries Book 1)
by Phil Truman
- List rank#9
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,908
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Red Rabbit
by Alex Grecian
- List rank#10
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews2,597
FAQ
Is Horror a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 19/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 324 reviews and sells for $4.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Horror?
The median best seller has 324 reviews, and 35% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Horror best sellers cost?
The median price is $4.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.74 and $7.99.
Can new books break into Horror?
16% 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.