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LGBTQ+ (Fantasy, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for LGBTQ+ (Fantasy, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 836 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 35/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.74 – $9.45 |
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| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 41% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 2% of the parent category Fantasy (50,648), one of the easier corners under it.
- 41% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 99% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- At $5.99 its median price is below 98% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 LGBTQ+ best sellers
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The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles Book 1)
by TJ Klune
- List rank#1
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews95,903
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Don't Hook the Merman (Coastal Creatures Book 2)
by Grae Bryan
- List rank#5
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews451
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The Song of Achilles: A Novel
- List rank#6
- Price$9.69
- Rating4.5
- Reviews136,196
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The Once and Future Witches
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews12,844
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Tempt: An MM Monster Romance (Feed and Feast Book 3)
by Cora Rose
- List rank#8
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews823
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The Priory of the Orange Tree
by Samantha Shannon
- List rank#10
- Price$30.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews25,570
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: LGBTQ+ Fantasy
FAQ
Is LGBTQ+ a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 35/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 836 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in LGBTQ+?
The median best seller has 836 reviews, and 23% of them have fewer than 100.
What do LGBTQ+ best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.74 and $9.45.
Can new books break into LGBTQ+?
41% 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.