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Romance (Women's Fiction, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Romance (Women's Fiction, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $4.99, median 19,652 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 9/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $10.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 26% |
| 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 19,652 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 26% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 92% 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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Verity
- List rank#1
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews538,270
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Wild Dark Shore: Reese's Book Club Pick (A Novel)
- List rank#2
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews74,288
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Partita: A Novel
- List rank#3
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,525
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Three Fates
by Nora Roberts
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews5,114
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The Lost Kingdom of Daughters: A Novel
- List rank#5
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews1,974
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel
- List rank#6
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews308,604
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Love You More: A Novel
by Emily Giffin
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews8,600
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On Mystic Lake: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
- List rank#9
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews23,855
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The Alice Network: A Novel – A New York Times Bestselling Historical Fiction of Female Spies, Courage, and Betrayal Across Two World Wars
by Kate Quinn
- List rank#10
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews101,144
FAQ
Is Romance a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 9/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 19,652 reviews and sells for $4.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Romance?
The median best seller has 19,652 reviews, and 4% 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 $3.99 and $10.99.
Can new books break into Romance?
26% 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.