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Romance (Black & African American, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Romance (Black & African American, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $6.14, median 1,178 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 31/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $9.99 |
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| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 57% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- 57% 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 $6.14 its median price is below 97% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.
- Its median reviews are 27% of the parent category Black & African American (4,351), one of the easier corners under it.
Top 10 Romance best sellers
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Give Me Honesty (The Graham Family Saga Book 8)
by Kami Holt
- List rank#3
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews196
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Lemon Drop: A Demon's Dream Spinoff (Drunken Summer Nights Book 5)
by elle kayson
- List rank#4
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews877
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A Little Bit of Sweetness
by Tatum James
- List rank#6
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews912
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Sweet Inferno
by K.C. Mills
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews453
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Khaotic Ties: Reloaded
by Tacarra
- List rank#8
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews108
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Butterfly 6: Phase 1 (Caterpillar)
- List rank#9
- Price$19.26
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,310
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Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Dark Romance
FAQ
Is Romance a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 31/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,178 reviews and sells for $6.14.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Romance?
The median best seller has 1,178 reviews, and 8% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Romance best sellers cost?
The median price is $6.14; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Romance?
57% 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.