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Horror (Horror, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Horror (Horror, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $3.99, median 420 reviews, average rating 4.1 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 33/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $5.24 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.1 |
| New releases (90 days) | 25% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category Horror (20,304), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $3.99 its median price is below 99% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
- 25% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 94% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Horror best sellers
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Doctor Daddy's Forbidden Exam: 7 Taboo Stepdad and Stepdaughter Medical Erotica Short Stories - Age Gap, Daddy Dom, DDLG, Gyno Exam, First Time, Virgin (Taboo Short Stories)
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews34
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Her Soul to Take (Souls Trilogy)
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews44,182
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Scream For Us: A Dark Halloween Novella (Order of the Unseen)
by Molly Doyle
- List rank#3
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews24,420
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Phantasma: A dark fantasy romance (Wicked Games Book 1)
by Kaylie Smith
- List rank#4
- Price$21.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews66,567
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Red Rabbit: You Shatter So Beautifully (Red Rabbit Series Book 1)
by Devyn Rivers
- List rank#5
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews7,721
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Hollow Hellion (The Hollows Trilogy Book 1)
by Jodie King
- List rank#6
- Price$3.50
- Rating4.4
- Reviews5,558
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Burn for Jack: A Dark Monster Romance (Holiday Horrors)
by Aiden Pierce
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews3,129
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Ghosts of Halloween: A Dark Why Choose Romance
by Layla Fae
- List rank#8
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews5,447
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Trapped with My Older Boss: A Dark Forbidden Age Gap Office Pregnancy Romance with Elevator Forced Proximity (Fertile Age Gap Pregnancy Romance Short Stories Book 3)
- List rank#9
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews68
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Trick or Treat Me: A Dark Halloween Romance (Holidays After Dark Book 1)
by Sienne Vega
- List rank#10
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews74
FAQ
Is Horror a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 33/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 420 reviews and sells for $3.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Horror?
The median best seller has 420 reviews, and 37% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Horror best sellers cost?
The median price is $3.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $5.24.
Can new books break into Horror?
25% 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.