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Horror & Ghost Stories: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Horror & Ghost Stories, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 198 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.47 – $8.24 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 21% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 3% of the parent category Science Fiction, Fantasy & Scary Stories (6,280), one of the easier corners under it.
- 21% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.47 to $8.24, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Horror & Ghost Stories best sellers
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Bridge to Terabithia: A Newbery Medal Winner―A Beloved Children's Classic About Friendship, Imagination, and Coping with Loss
- List rank#1
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews13,703
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: The Classic Anthology of Chilling Folklore and Ghost Stories for Children (Ages 8-12)
- List rank#2
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,359
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Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories: From the Creator of Diary of a Wimpy Kid (The Awesome Friendly Kid Series Book 3)
by Jeff Kinney
- List rank#3
- Price$7.44
- Rating4.7
- Reviews11,557
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We're Going on a Ghost Hunt
by Susan Pearson
- List rank#4
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews297
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Scary Stories Complete Set: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and Scary Stories 3
- List rank#5
- Price$17.97
- Rating4.8
- Reviews18,359
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The School for Good and Evil: Now a Netflix Originals Movie
- List rank#6
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews6,078
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Ghosts of Greenglass House: A Greenglass House Story, Book 2 — A Middle Grade Mystery Sequel, for Kids (Ages 10-12)
by Kate Milford
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews653
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In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories: A Spooky Story Collection for Children (Ages 4–8) (I Can Read Level 2)
- List rank#8
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,294
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Ghosts: A Graphic Novel
- List rank#9
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews13,923
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The Graveyard Book: A Newbery Award Winner
by Neil Gaiman
- List rank#10
- Price$8.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews16,987
FAQ
Is Horror & Ghost Stories a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 198 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Horror & Ghost Stories?
The median best seller has 198 reviews, and 43% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Horror & Ghost Stories best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.47 and $8.24.
Can new books break into Horror & Ghost Stories?
21% 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.