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Romance (Contemporary Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Romance (Contemporary Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $4.99, median 18,958 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 14/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $5.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 24% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 99% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 18,958 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 24% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 91% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- At $4.99 its median price is below 91% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Romance best sellers
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Three Fates
by Nora Roberts
- List rank#1
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,114
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Insatiable (The Edge of Darkness: Book 1) (The Edge of Darkness Trilogy)
by Leigh Rivers
- List rank#2
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews82,678
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The Carnage We Keep: A Dark Forced Marriage Mafia Romance (Dark Descendants)
by Jagger Cole
- List rank#3
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews708
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On Mystic Lake: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews23,855
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Voracious (The Edge of Darkness: Book 2) (The Edge of Darkness Trilogy)
by Leigh Rivers
- List rank#6
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews61,938
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The Last Letter
- List rank#7
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews231,013
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The Cinnamon Bun Book Store: The viral TikTok cozy fall romance for fans of opposites attract and small-town romcoms in 2026! (Dream Harbor 2)
- List rank#8
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews43,947
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Restitution (The Edge of Darkness: Book 3) (The Edge of Darkness Trilogy)
by Leigh Rivers
- List rank#10
- Price$4.50
- Rating4.5
- Reviews68,417
FAQ
Is Romance a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 14/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 18,958 reviews and sells for $4.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Romance?
The median best seller has 18,958 reviews, and 7% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Romance best sellers cost?
The median price is $4.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $5.99.
Can new books break into Romance?
24% 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.