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Serial Killers (True Crime, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Serial Killers (True Crime, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $12.97, median 1,430 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $7.70 – $17.63 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 12% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 89% of Books categories: the median best seller has 1,430 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 16, 13 points lower than here.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $7.70 to $17.63, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Serial Killers best sellers
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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#1
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews187,287
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Ordinary Wife: The true story of America’s forgotten serial killer
by Gregg Olsen
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews58
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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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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
by Erik Larson
- List rank#4
- Price$19.59
- Rating4.3
- Reviews31,548
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Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
by Tom O'Neill
- List rank#5
- Price$32.19
- Rating4.6
- Reviews13,400
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By the River's Edge: A True Story of Identity and Serial Murder
by Gregg Olsen
- List rank#6
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.0
- Reviews2,584
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Kingdom of Devils: A Tale of Murder in the Shadow of the American Revolution
by Katherine Grandjean
- List rank#7
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews34
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American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
by Maureen Callahan
- List rank#9
- Price$14.95
- Rating4.4
- Reviews9,446
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MrBallen Presents: The Terror Within: The Graphic Stories (MrBallen Graphic Stories)
by MrBallen
- List rank#10
- Price$26.10
- Rating4.9
- Reviews48
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Serial Killers
FAQ
Is Serial Killers a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 1,430 reviews and sells for $12.97.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Serial Killers?
The median best seller has 1,430 reviews, and 16% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Serial Killers best sellers cost?
The median price is $12.97; half of the best sellers are priced between $7.70 and $17.63.
Can new books break into Serial Killers?
12% 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.