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Romance (Action & Adventure, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Romance (Action & Adventure, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $5.99, median 1,298 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 29/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $7.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 41% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 4% of the parent category Action & Adventure (30,843), one of the easier corners under it.
- 41% 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 $5.99 its median price is below 98% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Romance best sellers
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The Silversmith: A totally addictive fantasy romance (The Selvaren Book 1)
by LJ Claren
- List rank#1
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews16,675
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The Incendiary: A passionate and thrilling fantasy romance (The Selvaren Book 2)
by LJ Claren
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,591
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House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, 1)
- List rank#3
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews183,946
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Spark of the Everflame: The Kindred's Curse Saga, Book One
by Penn Cole
- List rank#4
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews85,970
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A Week from Never (Murphy's Law Book 2)
- List rank#5
- Price$9.41
- Rating4.7
- Reviews521
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Magician: Apprentice (Riftwar Cycle: The Riftwar Saga Book 1)
by Raymond E. Feist
- List rank#6
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews13,299
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When the Moon Hatched: A Fast-Paced Romantasy with Undeniable Chemistry in a Stunning Immersive World (The Moonfall Series Book 1)
- List rank#7
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews69,929
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Beautiful Venom: A Dark Hockey Romance (Vipers Book 1)
by Rina Kent
- List rank#8
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews30,818
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Academy Life as an Archmage: Volume Three (Ardenth Academy Book 3)
by Max Pants
- List rank#9
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews229
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Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson Book 14)
- List rank#10
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews12,010
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Romance
FAQ
Is Romance a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 29/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,298 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Romance?
The median best seller has 1,298 reviews, and 17% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Romance best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $7.99.
Can new books break into Romance?
41% 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.