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Law & Crime (Reference, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Law & Crime (Reference, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 40 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $8.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 8% of the parent category Reference (466), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 82% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $8.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Law & Crime best sellers
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The Night Dad Went to Jail: What to Expect When Someone You Love Goes to Jail (Life's Challenges)
by Melissa Higgins
- List rank#1
- Price$6.95
- Rating4.1
- Reviews835
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The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century
by Sarah Miller
- List rank#2
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews761
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Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition
by Karen Blumenthal
- List rank#3
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews133
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I Escaped The Prison Island: An 1836 Child Convict Survival Story
by Scott Peters
- List rank#4
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews141
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Let's Meet a Police Officer (Cloverleaf Books ™ — Community Helpers)
by Gina Bellisario
- List rank#5
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews211
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Weird Laws for Kids: 300 Strange but Real Laws from America and Around the World, Plus the Famous Fake Ones Everybody Believes (Ages 8 to 12)
by Yoyo Rick
- List rank#6
- Price$0.99
- Reviews-
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The Sun Does Shine: An Innocent Man, a Wrongful Conviction, and the Long Path to Justice
by Anthony Ray Hinton
- List rank#7
- Price$5.89
- Rating4.8
- Reviews126
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What Is the Constitution? (What Was?)
by Patricia Brennan Demuth
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,871
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I Want to Be a Police Officer: Children's book to learn about the functions and duties of the police (Children's picture books)
by Samuel John
- List rank#9
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews29
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You and the Law ebook (Primary Source Readers)
by Jennifer Overend Prior
- List rank#10
- Price$10.44
- Reviews-
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FAQ
Is Law & Crime a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 40 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Law & Crime?
The median best seller has 40 reviews, and 65% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Law & Crime best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $8.99.
Can new books break into Law & Crime?
4% 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.