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Monsters & Creatures (Horror, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Monsters & Creatures (Horror, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $6.99, median 278 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 39/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $12.99 |
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| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 44% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Horror (19,712), one of the easier corners under it.
- 44% 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 $6.99 its median price is below 97% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Monsters & Creatures best sellers
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Coffin Moon: A Novel
by Keith Rosson
- List rank#2
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews2,427
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Slow Burn: Book 12: Mark's Ruin
by Bobby Adair
- List rank#5
- Price$20.99
- Reviews-
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Lost World: The Valley Of Bones
by Greig Beck
- List rank#6
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews501
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What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier Book 1)
- List rank#7
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews11,263
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Them: A Novel
by W.H. Chizmar
- List rank#8
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews191
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The Suffering
by David Sodergren
- List rank#10
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews1,393
FAQ
Is Monsters & Creatures a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 39/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 278 reviews and sells for $6.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Monsters & Creatures?
The median best seller has 278 reviews, and 31% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Monsters & Creatures best sellers cost?
The median price is $6.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Monsters & Creatures?
44% 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.