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Humorous Fiction: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Humorous Fiction, updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $13.95, median 717 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 40/100 (fairly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $12.02 – $17.77 |
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| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 14% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 13% of the parent category Genre Fiction (5,352), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 28, 13 points lower than here.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 81% of Books categories: the median best seller has 717 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Humorous Fiction best sellers
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The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles Book 1)
by TJ Klune
- List rank#2
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews95,903
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Canon: A Novel
by Paige Lewis
- List rank#3
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews115
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The Last Living Diva
by Matthew Addison
- List rank#4
- Price$19.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews25
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Death by Misadventure: A Novel
by Jane Bitomsky
- List rank#5
- Price$4.99
- Rating3.9
- Reviews2,226
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Boyfriend Material: An MM Fake Dating Romance (London Calling Book 1)
by Alexis Hall
- List rank#7
- Price$8.18
- Rating4.4
- Reviews14,461
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Decomposition Book: A Novel
by Sara van Os
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews854
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The Prince and the Bodyguard: The BRAND NEW fake dating royal MM romance from USA Today Bestseller Nora Phoenix for 2026 (The Prince Pact Book 4)
by Nora Phoenix
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews960
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Gay Fiction
FAQ
Is Humorous Fiction a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 40/100, which makes it fairly competitive. The median best seller has 717 reviews and sells for $13.95.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Humorous Fiction?
The median best seller has 717 reviews, and 24% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Humorous Fiction best sellers cost?
The median price is $13.95; half of the best sellers are priced between $12.02 and $17.77.
Can new books break into Humorous Fiction?
14% 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.