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Horror & Supernatural (Genres & Styles, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Horror & Supernatural (Genres & Styles, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $16.73, median 89 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 34/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $11.85 – $18.17 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 11% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 5% of the parent category Genres & Styles (1,801), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Horror & Supernatural best sellers
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A History of Horror, Fear, and the Uncanny (DK A History of)
by DK
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews40
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The Art and Craft of Stephen King: The Story Behind Every Novel, Novella, and Short Story
by Guy Astic
- List rank#2
- Price$46.14
- Rating4.4
- Reviews28
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The Conspiracy against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror
by Thomas Ligotti
- List rank#3
- Price$10.60
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,872
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Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature
by Becky Siegel Spratford
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews63
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The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Original 1890 Edition (A Oscar Wilde Classics)
by Oscar Wilde
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4,655
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The Vampire's Secrets: at Blackthorn Manor (Vampire at Blackthorn Manor Book 3)
by Jade Christy
- List rank#6
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews311
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Frankenstein: or `The Modern Prometheus': The 1818 Text (Oxford World's Classics)
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- List rank#7
- Price$7.41
- Rating4.6
- Reviews425
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- List rank#8
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews17,621
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Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King
by Caroline Bicks
- List rank#9
- Price$17.09
- Rating4.4
- Reviews208
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Original 1886 Unabridged And Complete Edition (Robert Louis Stevenson Classics)
by Robert Louis Stevenson
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,742
FAQ
Is Horror & Supernatural a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 34/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 89 reviews and sells for $16.73.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Horror & Supernatural?
The median best seller has 89 reviews, and 53% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Horror & Supernatural best sellers cost?
The median price is $16.73; half of the best sellers are priced between $11.85 and $18.17.
Can new books break into Horror & Supernatural?
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.