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Monsters (Horror, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Monsters (Horror, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $6.99, median 1,025 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 6% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 12% of the parent category Horror (8,896), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 88% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,025 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Monsters best sellers
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: A Harry Potter Hogwarts Library Book
by J.K. Rowling
- List rank#3
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews12,295
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Swirls of Magic: A Scottish Fantasy Adventure (Old Town Trilogy Book 1)
by Kerry Law
- List rank#4
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews240
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The Spaceship Next Door
by Gene Doucette
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews3,116
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Trollhunters
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews939
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Serpent & Dove
- List rank#7
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews17,740
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Body Count
by Codie Crowley
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating3.9
- Reviews69
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H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Works: The Call of Cthulhu, The Tomb, Polaris, Beyond the Wall of Sleep... (Bauer Classics) (All Time Best Writers Book 2)
- List rank#9
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews247
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Realm Breaker: The First Entry in an Epic Fantasy Series
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews3,649
FAQ
Is Monsters a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,025 reviews and sells for $6.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Monsters?
The median best seller has 1,025 reviews, and 19% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Monsters best sellers cost?
The median price is $6.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Monsters?
6% 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.