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Serial Killers (True Crime, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Serial Killers (True Crime, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 1,281 reviews, average rating 4.3 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 16/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $3.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 |
| New releases (90 days) | 13% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 90% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 1,281 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- The same niche in Books scores 28, 13 points higher than here; worth checking both.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $9.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Serial Killers best sellers
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Ordinary Wife: The true story of America’s forgotten serial killer
by Gregg Olsen
- List rank#1
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews58
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If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
by Gregg Olsen
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews187,287
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Out of the Woods: A Girl, a Killer, and a Lifelong Struggle to Find the Way Home
by Gregg Olsen
- List rank#3
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews19,532
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Kingdom of Devils: A Tale of Murder in the Shadow of the American Revolution
by Katherine Grandjean
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews34
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By the River's Edge: A True Story of Identity and Serial Murder
by Gregg Olsen
- List rank#5
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews2,584
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The Scientist and the Serial Killer: The Search for Houston's Lost Boys
by Lise Olsen
- List rank#6
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews149
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True Crime Case Histories - Volume 29: 12 Disturbing Stories of Murder and Mayhem
by Jason Neal
- List rank#7
- Price$5.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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The Devil in the White City: A Saga of Magic and Murder at the Fair that Changed America
by Erik Larson
- List rank#9
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews31,548
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American Black Widow: The shocking true story of a preacher's wife turned killer (Dangerous Women - True Crime Stories)
by Gregg Olsen
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews3,897
Same niche in Books: Serial Killers
FAQ
Is Serial Killers a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 16/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,281 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Serial Killers?
The median best seller has 1,281 reviews, and 14% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Serial Killers best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Serial Killers?
13% 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.