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Horror Fiction: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Horror Fiction, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $13.62, median 906 reviews, average rating 4.1 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10.99 – $18.52 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.1 |
| New releases (90 days) | 11% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 17% of the parent category Genre Fiction (5,352), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 84% of Books categories: the median best seller has 906 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Horror Fiction best sellers
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The Lamb: A Dark Gothic Horror About Women, Hunger, and the Bodies They Consume
by Lucy Rose
- List rank#1
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews6,969
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You Weren't Meant to Be Human: A Novel
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews1,090
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Decomposition Book: A Novel
by Sara van Os
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews854
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The Haunting of William Thorn
by Ben Alderson
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews279
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The Starving Saints: A Dark Medieval Tale of Survival, Divine Intervention, and Unraveling Mysteries Amidst a Castle's Descent into Madness
by Caitlin Starling
- List rank#6
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews3,549
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Castle of Flesh
by Aiden E. Messer
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews12
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Pareidolia
by Lee McCormick
- List rank#8
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews327
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She's a Doll
by Barbara Truelove
- List rank#10
- Price$17.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews252
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FAQ
Is Horror Fiction a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 906 reviews and sells for $13.62.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Horror Fiction?
The median best seller has 906 reviews, and 21% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Horror Fiction best sellers cost?
The median price is $13.62; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.99 and $18.52.
Can new books break into Horror Fiction?
11% 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.