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Horror & Supernatural (Subjects & Themes, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Horror & Supernatural (Subjects & Themes, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.49, median 37 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $12.74 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 5% of the parent category Subjects & Themes (692), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $12.74, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
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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Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature
by Becky Siegel Spratford
- List rank#2
- 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#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews4,655
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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#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,742
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The Conspiracy against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror
by Thomas Ligotti
- List rank#6
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,872
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The Complete Stephen King Universe: A Guide to the Worlds of Stephen King
by Stanley Wiater
- List rank#7
- Price$16.03
- Rating4.6
- Reviews170
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Still Floating: 40 Years of Pennywise
by Tom Deady
- List rank#8
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews20
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Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King
by Caroline Bicks
- List rank#9
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews208
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Charlie Parker: A Mysterious Profile (Mysterious Profiles)
by John Connolly
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews541
FAQ
Is Horror & Supernatural a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 37 reviews and sells for $5.49.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Horror & Supernatural?
The median best seller has 37 reviews, and 69% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Horror & Supernatural best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.49; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $12.74.
Can new books break into Horror & Supernatural?
5% 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.