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Mystery & Suspense (Literature & Fiction, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Mystery & Suspense (Literature & Fiction, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 755 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $12.17 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 31% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- 31% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 97% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- Its median reviews are 18% of the parent category Literature & Fiction (4,191), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $5.99 its median price is below 98% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Mystery & Suspense best sellers
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The Altar of Pergamon: The Mystery of the Dark Angel and the Future of the World
- List rank#1
- Price$20.98
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,212
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The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity
by William P. Young
- List rank#2
- Price$8.04
- Rating4.6
- Reviews42,597
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Veil of Silence (Fog Lake: Homecoming Book 2)
- List rank#3
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews789
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Cold As The Grave (A Sheriff Ray Duke Small Town Mystery Book 1)
by Kelly Cross
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,224
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Time to Pay (Maine Justice Book 8)
by Susan Page Davis
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews145
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A World of Hurt: A Post-Apocalyptic Novel of America's Coming Economic and Political Meltdown (Enemy Within Book 1)
by Mark Goodwin
- List rank#6
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews106
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Weight of Guilt (Fog Lake: Homecoming Book 1)
- List rank#7
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews966
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Island Countdown: WhiteRock Security Book 2 ~ Christian Romantic Suspense in the Caribbean
by Stacy Angell Curtis
- List rank#8
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews60
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The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd Book 1)
- List rank#9
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews18,765
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This Present Darkness
by Frank Peretti
- List rank#10
- Price$20.25
- Rating4.7
- Reviews8,094
FAQ
Is Mystery & Suspense a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 755 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Mystery & Suspense?
The median best seller has 755 reviews, and 19% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Mystery & Suspense best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $12.17.
Can new books break into Mystery & Suspense?
31% 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.