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Mystery & Detective (Teen & Young Adult › Comics & Graphic Novels, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Mystery & Detective (Teen & Young Adult › Comics & Graphic Novels, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $7.99, median 27 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 18/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 4% of the parent category Comics & Graphic Novels (769), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Books scores 39, 21 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Only 5% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
Top 10 Mystery & Detective best sellers
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Squad: A Graphic Novel — A Funny YA Graphic Novel About Fighting the Patriarchy
by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
- List rank#1
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,494
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Project Nought: A Graphic Novel
by Chelsey Furedi
- List rank#2
- Price$10.49
- Rating4.5
- Reviews592
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Over My Dead Body: A Witchy Graphic Novel (An Over My Dead Body Book Book 1)
by Sweeney Boo
- List rank#3
- Price$14.49
- Rating4.3
- Reviews234
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The Fourth Closet: Five Nights at Freddy’s (Five Nights at Freddy’s Graphic Novel #3) (Five Nights at Freddy's Graphic Novels)
- List rank#4
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,953
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SUCCUBUS: The Bloody Mary Murders: Book One: The Devil and the Details (Graphic Novel. A suspenseful supernatural vampire horror thriller book for teens, YA, and adults)
by Darryl Hughes
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating3.9
- Reviews18
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Five Nights at Freddy's: Fazbear Frights Graphic Novel Collection Vol. 4 (Five Nights at Freddy’s Graphic Novel #7)
- List rank#6
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews644
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High-Rise Invasion Vol. 12
by Tsuina Miura
- List rank#8
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews19
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High-Rise Invasion Vol. 11
by Tsuina Miura
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews17
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Case Closed, Vol. 72: IN THE CARDS
by Gosho Aoyama
- List rank#10
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews31
Same niche in Books: Mystery
FAQ
Is Mystery & Detective a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 18/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 27 reviews and sells for $7.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Mystery & Detective?
The median best seller has 27 reviews, and 79% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Mystery & Detective best sellers cost?
The median price is $7.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Mystery & Detective?
5% 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.