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Law Enforcement (Professionals & Academics, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Law Enforcement (Professionals & Academics, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 1,011 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 20/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,011 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 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 $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Law Enforcement best sellers
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Kingpins & Coyotes: 25 Years as a Special Agent Hunting Drug Cartel Bosses and Human Smugglers
by Eric Balliet
- List rank#1
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews20
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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer – A #1 NYT Bestselling Serial Killer Investigation
by Michelle McNamara
- List rank#2
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews26,997
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Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI
by Robert K. Ressler
- List rank#3
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews3,837
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Chasing Evil: Shocking Crimes, Supernatural Forces, and an FBI Agent’s Search for Hope and Justice
by Robert Hilland
- List rank#4
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews3,771
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When a Killer Calls: A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town — A Profiler's Memoir (Cases of the FBI’s Original Mindhunter Book 2)
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,758
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Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly
by Evy Poumpouras
- List rank#6
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews6,142
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The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter — A Crime Study
- List rank#7
- Price$11.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews3,158
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Hell in the Heartland: Murder, Meth, and the Case of Two Missing Girls
by Jax Miller
- List rank#8
- Price$10.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,001
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Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)
- List rank#9
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews14,936
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Chasing Goodfellas: Lufthansa, Henry Hill, Point Shaving, and Making Movies
by Edward McDonald
- List rank#10
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews9
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FAQ
Is Law Enforcement a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 20/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,011 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Law Enforcement?
The median best seller has 1,011 reviews, and 13% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Law Enforcement best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Law Enforcement?
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.