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Science Fiction & Fantasy (Nonfiction › Literary Criticism › Subjects & Themes, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Science Fiction & Fantasy (Nonfiction › Literary Criticism › Subjects & Themes, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $8.49, median 72 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 25/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $11.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 4% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 10% of the parent category Subjects & Themes (692), one of the easier corners under it.
- Only 4% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 82% of Kindle eBooks categories: established titles hold the list.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $11.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Science Fiction & Fantasy best sellers
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The War for Middle-earth: J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Confront the Gathering Storm, 1933–1945
- List rank#1
- Price$14.49
- Rating4.8
- Reviews222
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Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction
by Jeff VanderMeer
- List rank#2
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews929
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The King Under the Mountain: In Search of J. R. R. Tolkien
by D. J. Taylor
- List rank#3
- Price$19.95
- Rating3.6
- Reviews4
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Hollow Earth: The Long and Curious History of Imagining Strange Lands, Fantastical Creatures, Advanced Civilization
by David Standish
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews110
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Transhuman and Subhuman: Essays on Science Fiction and Awful Truth
by John C. Wright
- List rank#5
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews16
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Brave New World Revisited
- List rank#6
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,699
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A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18
- List rank#7
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,640
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The Dark Side of Alice in Wonderland
by Angela Youngman
- List rank#8
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews140
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On Writing and Worldbuilding: Volume I
by Timothy Hickson
- List rank#9
- Price$8.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews2,497
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Exploring J.r.r. Tolkien's "the Hobbit"
by Corey Olsen
- List rank#10
- Price$10.96
- Rating4.7
- Reviews280
FAQ
Is Science Fiction & Fantasy a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 25/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 72 reviews and sells for $8.49.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Science Fiction & Fantasy?
The median best seller has 72 reviews, and 56% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Science Fiction & Fantasy best sellers cost?
The median price is $8.49; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $11.99.
Can new books break into Science Fiction & Fantasy?
4% 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.