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Mystery & Suspense (Romance, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Mystery & Suspense (Romance, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 703 reviews, average rating 4.7 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 32/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.7 |
| New releases (90 days) | 36% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- 36% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 98% of Books categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- At $5.99 its median price is below 98% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
- Its median reviews are 48% of the parent category Romance (1,470), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Mystery & Suspense best sellers
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The Alchemist: A Modern Classic Fable of Spiritual Healing, Self-Discovery, and the Power of Dreams
by Paulo Coelho
- List rank#1
- Price$8.88
- Rating4.6
- Reviews185,441
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Shelter Me This Christmas: Eight Faith-Filled Christmas Romantic Suspense Stories
- List rank#2
- Price$0.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews2
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The Stranded Hiker: Christian Romance & Suspense (Secrets of Shadow Cove Book 3)
- List rank#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews240
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When Crickets Cry
- List rank#4
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews37,937
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The Bible of Blackwater County: A Gritty Depression-Era Appalachian Novel Based on True Events (Women of Blackwater County Book 1)
by Jenny Cafaro
- List rank#5
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,068
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Veil of Silence (Fog Lake: Homecoming Book 2)
- List rank#6
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews789
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WEST: A forbidden romance, a rule-breaker, and one weekend that blows up both their worlds. (The Hunt for Alan Martin Book 4)
- List rank#7
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews470
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Weight of Guilt (Fog Lake: Homecoming Book 1)
- List rank#8
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews966
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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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FAQ
Is Mystery & Suspense a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 32/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 703 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Mystery & Suspense?
The median best seller has 703 reviews, and 21% 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 $9.99.
Can new books break into Mystery & Suspense?
36% 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.