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Murder & Mayhem (True Crime, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Murder & Mayhem (True Crime, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $11.27, median 279 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 42/100 (fairly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $10.36 – $15.47 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 18% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 22, 20 points lower than here.
- 18% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 87% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- At $11.27 its median price is below 85% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Murder & Mayhem best sellers
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London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
- List rank#1
- Price$19.95
- Rating4.4
- Reviews16,388
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If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
by Gregg Olsen
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews187,287
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Ordinary Wife: The true story of America’s forgotten serial killer
by Gregg Olsen
- List rank#3
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews58
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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
by David Grann
- List rank#4
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.4
- Reviews43,268
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Out of the Woods: A Girl, a Killer, and a Lifelong Struggle to Find the Way Home
by Gregg Olsen
- List rank#5
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews19,532
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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
- List rank#6
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.6
- Reviews21,401
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
by Erik Larson
- List rank#7
- Price$19.59
- Rating4.3
- Reviews31,548
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Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
by John Douglas
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews17,048
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In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
- List rank#9
- Price$11.77
- Rating4.5
- Reviews26,830
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by David Grann
- List rank#10
- Price$15.69
- Rating4.4
- Reviews82,738
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Murder & Mayhem
FAQ
Is Murder & Mayhem a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 42/100, which makes it fairly competitive. The median best seller has 279 reviews and sells for $11.27.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Murder & Mayhem?
The median best seller has 279 reviews, and 41% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Murder & Mayhem best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.27; half of the best sellers are priced between $10.36 and $15.47.
Can new books break into Murder & Mayhem?
18% 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.