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Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror (Genres, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror (Genres, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $10.99, median 166 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 18/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $14.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 5% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 26% of the parent category Genres (636), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Books scores 31, 13 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- At $10.99 its median price beats 90% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror best sellers
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Dracula: The Original 1897 Unabridged And Complete Edition (A Bram Stoker Classics)
by Bram Stoker
- List rank#1
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews4,666
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Serling: A Journey into the Twilight Zone with TV's First Visionary
- List rank#2
- Price$15.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews21
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Frankenstein: The Original 1818 Unabridged and Complete Edition (A Mary Shelley Classics)
by Mary Shelley
- List rank#3
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,454
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Original 1886 Unabridged And Complete Edition (Robert Louis Stevenson Classics)
by Robert Louis Stevenson
- List rank#4
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,742
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Heroes' Feast (Dungeons & Dragons): The Official D&D Cookbook
by Kyle Newman
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews13,485
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The Fifty-Year Mission: The First 25 Years: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek
by Edward Gross
- List rank#6
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews578
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The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years
by Mark A. Altman
- List rank#7
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews382
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Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark
by Cassandra Peterson
- List rank#8
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,032
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Star Trek Memories
- List rank#9
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews521
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Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Twilight Zone: A Fifth-Dimension Guide to Life
by Mark Dawidziak
- List rank#10
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews182
Same niche in Books: Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
FAQ
Is Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 18/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 166 reviews and sells for $10.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror?
The median best seller has 166 reviews, and 38% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror best sellers cost?
The median price is $10.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $14.99.
Can new books break into Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror?
5% 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.