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Series: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Series, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $4.99, median 2,532 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $5.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 27% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its review barrier is higher than in 95% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 2,532 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- 27% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 93% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
- At $4.99 its median price is below 91% of Kindle eBooks categories, so it is a volume game.
Top 10 Series best sellers
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House of Peril: A Bow Street Duchess Mystery (Bow Street Duchess Mystery Series Book 8)
by Cara Devlin
- List rank#1
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews372
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Into the Cold: Ellie Kline Locke Files (Ellie Kline Mystery Series Book 16)
by Mary Stone
- List rank#2
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews629
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Crimson Thaw (Detective Justice Book 1)
by Bruce Robert Coffin
- List rank#3
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,772
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The Wedding Eve Murders: A Homefront Sleuths Mystery (The Homefront Sleuths Cozy Mystery Series Book 12)
by Anna Elliott
- List rank#4
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews974
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The Bones at Point No Point (A Thomas Austin Crime Thriller Book 1)
by D.D. Black
- List rank#5
- Price$5.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews22,905
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The Silence of the Slasher: A 1920s Cozy Mystery (Lady Ellen Investigates Book 10)
by Kelly Mason
- List rank#6
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews16
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The Blackout Murders: A Homefront Sleuths Mystery (The Homefront Sleuths Cozy Mystery Series Book 1)
by Anna Elliott
- List rank#7
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews4,979
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A Killer's Truth: An FBI Thriller (Jo Pullinger Book 14)
by Thomas Fincham
- List rank#8
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews64
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Cold As The Grave (A Sheriff Ray Duke Small Town Mystery Book 1)
by Kelly Cross
- List rank#9
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews2,224
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Fountain Murder Beyond the Castle: A Kitty McCray Cozy Mystery
by Avery Kent
- List rank#10
- Price$0.99
- Rating4.9
- Reviews31
FAQ
Is Series a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 2,532 reviews and sells for $4.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Series?
The median best seller has 2,532 reviews, and 10% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Series best sellers cost?
The median price is $4.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $5.99.
Can new books break into Series?
27% 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.